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The Adelaide 36ers signed former EuroLeague star Tony Crocker as their second import and final roster signing for the 2020-21 NBL season. The Oklahoma native carved out an impressive college career, playing alongside Blake Griffin at Oklahoma University, reaching the NCAA Elite Eight in 2009. Tony's decade-long pro-career has included significant stints in the Basketball Super League in Turkey and the EuroLeague. The 33-year-old forward most recently played with Pinar Karsiyaka in the Turkish Super League and the Basketball Champions League and having won a number of slam dunk competitions during his time in Europe he is expected to excite the Adelaide fans with his above the ring playing style. Tony averaged 10.5 points during the COVID shortened season for Pinar Karsiyaka. Prior to that he had played alongside Russian basketball legend Alexy Schved at Khimki Moscow, finishing runners-up to CSKA Moscow. Topics include; How the coronavirus impacted Tony Crocker's basketball journey (2:0

With the recent passing of Stormin' Norman Taylor, Aussie Hoopla host Dan Boyce and Norman's Illawarra teammate Greg Hubbard remember the player and the man who was the most effective scoring in NBL history. Taylor holds the Illawarra club record for most points in a game with 54, against new Hawks coach Brian Goorjian's Eastside Spectres in 1990. He finished with three MVP awards, scoring 1855 in just 67 games, as well as an average of 27.69 points at the phenomenal shooting percentage of 65, plus 10.57 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game. Topics include; Thoughts on the Hawks removing Illawarra from its team name (2:00) Thoughts and feelings on hearing of the passing of Norman Taylor this week (9:00) His debut in 1987 and winning the NBL Rookie of the Year (11:00) Memories of playing at "The Snake Pit" (14:30) 1988 - A dismal season for the Hawks... What happened? (17:30) Remembering Stormin' Norman Taylor, his career highlights and impact on the Illawarra community (21:00) Th

Donald Whiteside played for the Hobart Devils from 1992-1993 after graduating from Northern Illinois University. After leaving the Devils he played in Latvia, Czech Republic and Spain before signing an NBA deal with the Toronto Raptors in 1996, six years after graduating from college. Topics include; Thoughts on the US election (2:00) Being one of the very first players to jump from the NBL to the NBA and his start with the Kalgoorlie Goldminers (8:00) Playing college basketball at Northern Illinois (12:30) How did he find his way to Australia (16:00) What he thought about the Hobart Devils roster (19:00) Playing under player-coach Cal Bruton (20:30) Thoughts on NBL talent in 1992 and his rivalry with Doug Overton (21:30) Deciding to return for a second NBL season in 1993 (25:30) How his 1993 season was different from his 1992 season (28:00) Jim Havrilla breaks the backboard (29:30) NBL opponents he enjoyed beating the most (32:30) Playing basketball in Kalgoorlie (33:30) Leaving the Devils and p

1990 marked the beginning of the most exciting era in Wildcats history after businessman Kerry Stokes purchased the franchise and moved the team into the iconic 8,000-seat Perth Entertainment Centre. The season was a turbulent one to say the least with the first controversy coming when coach Alan Black was fired and replaced by Bruton only two games into the season. The team then limped into the playoffs in 5th place and a 17-9 record. After knocking out the North Melbourne Giants in the Semi-Finals the team moved forward to a Grand Final match-up with a tough Brisbane Bullets squad featuring Leroy Loggins, Derek Rucker and Andre Moore. Tens of thousands of people across Western Australia tuned in to the live coverage to see the Wildcats triumph 112–106 in Game 1 of the Grand Final series in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,200 at the Perth Entertainment Centre. Brisbane tied the series at 1–1 after winning Game 2 in convincing fashion at home, 106–90 and in the deciding game, the Wildcats blew the

"Jumping" Joe Hurst played his college ball with Northwest Missouri State University, before starting his professional career for the Hobart Devils in the NBL. During his debut season, he averaged 32 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block and captured league MVP in the process. Strangely, he was left off the All-NBL First team that season and become the only MVP in NBL history to not make the All NBL First team in the same season. Hurst played a second season with the Devils in 1989, averaging 29 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game. His numbers not quite what they were during his debut season thanks to a number of mid-season injuries. Hurst also played professionally for teams in Sweden, Iceland, Croatia, Indonesia and Portugal before playing a final season for Hobart in 1992. Topics include; Joe Hurst's current role as Bendigo Basketball's director of coaching.and how it allows him to stay close to the development of Australian Basketball (2:00)

Bruce has over 30 years experience in basketball from his days playing in Melbourne to becoming one of the seven winningest coaches in NBL history. The colourful American began his career playing with the Coburg Giants in the NBL before transitioning to an impressive coaching career which included NBL coach of the year honours in 1988 and the NBL championship in 1989. Palmer's NBL coaching resume includes the North Melbourne Giants (1987-1992), Brisbane Bullets (1993-1995) and the Hunter Pirates (2003). Topics include; How did Bruce Palmer's reputation as an NBL bad boy begin (2:00) The bond between US NBL coaches he shares with Brian Goorjian and Al Westover (13:00) Melbourne pick-up basketball in the 1970s and 1980s (21:30) How many imports should NBL teams have on their rosters? (27:00) What structure does the NBL have to take operate under to enable larger expansion (32:00) The challenges the Hawks face trying to play games in regions outside of Illawarra (36:00) Br

The JackJumpers were unveiled as the league’s 10th team this week and despite not entering the NBL until the 2021/22 season, they will soon begin formulating their playing roster. Tasmania JackJumpers CEO Simon Brookhouse joined Dan Boyce on the podcast to talk about their plans for signing a coach, a playing roster and what fans should expect on game day. Topics include; The impact the JackJumpers have already made in Tasmania (2:00) Why the deciding against returning the former "Devils" branding (7:30) What the feel of a Tasmania JackJumpers game day will feel like for fans (9:00) Current plans to remember past Tasmanian basketball players and teams during the season? (12:30) The search for the team's first head coach (15:30) When to expect the team's first player signings and what type of budgets is the team working under (19:00) Plans to take the team into venues all across Tasmania (26:00) What is the daily requirements of the JackJumpers CEO? (29:30) Visit dunk.com.au for your n

Donald Sloan has signed to play with the Adelaide 36ers for season 2020-21. Coming off a stint with Baskets Bonn in the Basketball Bundesliga, and will be the only import on Conner Henry's largely local roster and will play alongside NBL Next Star Josh Giddey and Sunday Dech in the backcourt. During his NBA career, he averaged 5 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 218 games. Topics include; Thoughts on Adelaide 36ers team coming into the 2020-21 season (2:00) Playing alongside LaMarcus Aldridge during his high school years (7:00) Is Sloan hoping to use the NBL as a platform to return to the NBA (8:30) Facing Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love in the NCAA Tournament (10:30) How it felt not hearing his name called at the 2010 NBA draft (13:30) Signing his first NBA deal with the Atlanta Hawks (17:30) Backing up Kyrie Irving in Cleveland (22:00) Exploding onto the NBA scene in 2013 with the Indiana Pacers (23:30) Funny stories from playing alongside Lance Stephenson (30:00) The most important thing he's learnt

Nunawading Basketball was established in 1969. In 1979, a Nunawading Spectres men's team entered the National Basketball League for its inaugural season. Barry Barnes would coach the team during every NBL season until the team decided to move into the CBD to facilitate more fans and in doing so were renamed the Eastside Melbourne Spectres. The Nunawading Spectres would narrowly miss out on an NBL Grand Final appearance due to countback in 1979 and then were runners-up in 1981 to Launceston City Casino. The Spectres' opening-night roster included Bill Palmer, Fox, Brendan Joyce, Alan Black, Dean Templeton and Barry Barnes as coach. Six men who were to play significant roles in shaping the NBL during it's for 20 seasons. Palmer became general manager of the league in the mid-90s and took the game to new heights. Fox, Joyce, Black and Templeton became NBL head coaches with a combined 565-499 win-loss record and four NBL Coach of the Year awards (two each for Black and Joyce). Among other players who wore the

Barry Barnes is arguably the most successful Boomers coach ever. With a record of 119 wins and 53 losses as head coach, an outstanding 69% win percentage, and having led the national team to two fourth-place finishes (1996 and 2000) his resume is hard to beat. Barry became a Boomers assistant coach under coach Adrian Hurley in 1985, joining the team at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic games before being elevated to head coach in 1993 where he would become the program's first full-time head coach. Barnes was head coach of the National Men’s Team from 1993-2000 leading the team in two Olympics (1996 & 2000) and two FIBA World Championships (1994 & 1998). Barnes was elected to the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame in 2007. Topics include; Should the Boomers coaching job be a full-time or part-time job? (2:00) The difficulties of coaching the national team (8:00) Why 1996 was the Boomers best chance of winning a medal so far (17:00) Did the Boomers tank in 2016 (20:00) An unusual start to the 1996 Olympic

Andrew Parkinson played 10 seasons in the NBL debuting with the Geelong Supercats (1988–1990) before relocating to Melbourne where he would win the league's Most Improved Player award in 1991 with the Southern Melbourne Saints after averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists per game. In 1992 the Saints merged with cross-town rivals the Eastside Spectres and formed the South East Melbourne Magic where "Parky" played from 1992 to 1998, winning NBL championships in 1992 and 1996. In September 2019, Parky was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma (SSC) of the bladder, a highly malignant and fast-growing cancer.  Parky gives us an update on his condition and takes us through NBL championship years with the South East Melbourne Magic. Topics include; Playing basketball as a junior with Knox and Dandenong basketball associations (2:00) Becoming one of the first Australia's to attend an NCAA basketball program (10:00) A rookie season with Geelong Supercats (11:30) A breakout season in 1991 which resulted in t

Newly appointed Adelaide 36ers coach Conner Henry joins the podcast to talk about how the team is coming together during the off-season and what he likes about new recruits Isaac Humphries, Keanu Pinder, Sunday Dech and Josh Giddey. Henry also enjoyed an NBA career prior to coaching which saw him drafted to the Houston Rockets before playing for the Boston Celtics as the went head to head with the LA Lakers in the 1987 NBA Finals. Henry takes the time to share some memories from sharing the court with Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Kevin McHale as well. Topics include; Taking the 36ers head coaching job and dealing with an NBL off-season during a pandemic (2:00) Connor talks about his playing time in the NBA which included stops with Houston, Boston, Milwaukee and Sacramento (11:00) Memories from playing a part in the Lakers v Celtics rivalry and the 1987 NBA Finals (15:00) What's it going to take to bring an NBL championship to Adelaide this season (18:30) Expectations on Next Star

Matthew 'Bubble' Shanahan played 17 seasons in the NBL, playing for eight NBL teams, which is the second most in NBL history behind Ben Knight who played for nine teams. At 6 foot 5 inches tall, Shanahan was a versatile player who could play any perimeter position, he also led the NBL in three-point percentage in 1999. Topics include; Entering the NBL and winning two championships in his first two seasons (2:00) A stint at the AIS, playing with Sam MacKinnon, Aaron Trahair, Simon Dwight and the strength of Victorian basketball in the early 1990s (9:00) How missing out on a junior world championships medal fueled his NBL career (12:00) Brian Goorjian stories from playing for him at the South East Melbourne Magic (14:00) The "unglamorous" life of an NBL basketball player (17:30) Lessons learned from Robert Rose, Leroy Loggins, Ricky Grace and Darryl McDonald (25:00) The season he had the most fun and NBL drinking stories (30:00) Remembering the 2001 championship with Wollongong Hawks (34:00) Why Joe Ingle

David Patrick, a former NBL player for the Canberra Cannons has since gone on to become Australia's best coach in the NCAA and easily the most successful recruiter of Aussie basketball talent for the past 15 years. Topics include. Accepting a coaching role at Arkansas University (2:00) Coaching and recruiting during a pandemic (7:30) How is the NCAA going to fare when it returns to after COVID-19 (11:00) Playing for Syracuse and playing in the 1996 NCAA championship (13:00) Playing with the Canberra Cannons in the NBL (20:00) Playing overseas in England and Spain (25:30) The beginning of his coaching career with Nicholls State University (27:30) Coaching Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova at St Mary's University (31:30) Spending time with the Houston Rockets as a scout (37:00) The move to LSU and recruiting Ben Simmons to play in the NCAA (39:00) Doup Reath, his talent levels and the likelihood of him playing in the NBL this season (44:00) The move to Texas Christian University and coaching Kouat Noi (

Adonis Jordan joins the Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about his basketball career which includes reaching two NCAA Final Fours with Kansas University, two NBA stints with the Denver Nuggets and Milwaukee Bucks as well as 76 NBL games played with the South East Melbourne Magic, Townsville Crocodiles and the Victoria Giants. All of this and a whole lot more... Topics include. Growing up in New York... with the name "Adonis"(2:00) Adonis Jordan's connections to Mary J Bligh, Aerosmith and Greek Gods (8:30) Memories of high school basketball in New York, LA, Cleveland (10:30) Playing college ball with Kansas University (13:00) Losing the NCAA championship in 1991 to Duke University (17:00) Mental preparation and how it helped Adonis face NBA stars like Jason Kidd (22:30) Playing for coach Roy Williams and the stories about Michael Jordan he shared with Adonis (26:00) His strategy with coaching young players today (31:30) Being drafted in the 1993 NBA draft by Seattle and his first year in the NBA (35:00) A

Anthony Drmic had a career year in Adelaide this season, averaging 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, earning him a spot in the 36ers starting lineup. After being told by Adelaide he would not be re-signed for the 2020-21 season he is now a free agent and in discussions with a number of NBL teams.  On this episode of Aussie Hoopla, Dan Boyce talks with Anthony about being a free agent, the current market for players, how COVID-19 has impacted player salaries and opportunities and how he is currently navigating the move to another NBL team. All of this and a whole lot more... Topics include. We congratulate Anthony on marrying longtime partner Jenna during COVID-19 restrictions (2:00) The rise of e-sports and Anthony's role as a content creator for Mind Freak (6:30) Anthony reviews his own performance during NBL 2019-20 (12:00) Joey Wright, Kevin White, Twitter, how it impacted the 36ers players last season and why he won't be re-signing with Adelaide (14:00) How are NBL players dealing with t

Mal Speed was named the chairman of the NBL after the conclusion of the league's debut season in 1980. Speed had a key role in developing the sport of basketball both nationally and internationally and his guidance over the 1980s and 1990s saw basketball boom during the early 90s down under. On this episode of Aussie Hoopla host, Dan Boyce dives into the growth of the NBL in the 1990s and why it was so successful, the league's rapid decline in the late 1990s and what changed as well as the decision to shift the league from summer to winter, what led to that decision and in hindsight was it the right move. All of this and a whole lot more... Topics include. Thoughts on the NBL and its current situation (2:00) How Mal became NBL chairman in 1980 and how the NBL changed during his time as chairman (9:00) A financial model that works for the NBL's big market teams and small-market teams (14:30) How TV deals impact the growth of the NBL (20:00) David Stern and his involvement with the NBL in the 1990s (26:00

Former owner of the South Dragons Mark Cowan joins Dan Boyce on the podcast to talk about how the team began, the stars who made their way through the program like Mark Price, Shane Heal, Joe Ingles and finally the ultimate achievement that was winning the 2009 NBL championship. Mark Cowan discussed this and more on the latest episode of Aussie Hoopla. All of this and a whole lot more... Topics include. How the idea of the South Dragons became a reality (2:00) Bringing in NBA Hall of Famer as the head coach (16:00) Shane Heal becomes the teams player/coach (19:30) Recruiting Joe Ingles to the Dragons (22:00) 2006-07: The team's first year in the league (28:30) Signing Dennis Rodman to play with the Dragons in 2007 (30:00) 2007-08: Year Two doesn't go as well as planned (35:00) 2008-09: Brian Goorjian turns the team around before winning a championship (39:00) The things Mark learned from the South Dragons success that applies to his business today (42:00) Facing the Melbourne Tigers in the 2009 NBL Grand Fi

Will Weaver in his first season as head coach of the Sydney Kings delivered what could be described as the best debut season ever by an NBL head coach but it was unable to end in victory or defeat, COVID-19 instead forced the team to withdraw from the NBL Grand Final. He joined Dan Boyce to discuss the season that was and look at how the team is rebuilding for next season. Topics include... Dealing with the realities of COVID-19 (2:00) How the opportunity to coach the Sydney Kings came about (7:00) Putting together this years team, recruiting Casper Ware, Jae'Sean Tate and Didi Louzada (12:00) What NBA scouts are saying about Jae'Sean Tate and Didi Louzada after a year in the NBL (20:00) The Kings take the court for their first game of 2019-20 (22:30) How did the Kings bounce back after their first loss (25:00) The Kings lose to Perth how did they use their regular-season loss to Perth to plan for the NBL Grand Final (27:00) Xavier Cooks joins the team, why did the Kings make the move (29:00) A semi-final

Doug Overton, the first player to make the jump from playing in the NBL to the NBA joins the Aussie Hoopla podcast to tell stories from his time playing for the Illawarra Hawks, stories from over a decade of playing in the NBA and what he's doing now as a basketball coach at Lincoln University. Doug was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1991 but wasn't able to make the roster as a rookie when he found himself playing his first professional gig in Australia for the Hawks in 1992. An All-NBL First teamer that season who went on to sign a deal to play with the NBA's Washington Bullets the next season, the first NBL player to ever make the NBA and then went on to play in 499 NBA games over 11 seasons. In one season with Illawarra, he averaged 24 points, 5, rebounds and 6 assists per game culminating with the Hawks team MVP. He played for the Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets and Los Angeles Clippers. Topics include... The i