Aussie Hoopla Nbl & Nba Podcast

Former Cairns Taipans big man Matt Smith (100 NBL games) and Aussie Hoopla's Dan Boyce discuss what's happening in Australian basketball this week. Topics include... The 2000's NBL, how Australian player development suffered and the NBL points system (3:00) RJ Hampton outplays LaMelo Ball as New Zealand destroys Illawarra in front of scouts from 16 NBA teams (15:00) LaMelo Ball's "Free Reign" with the Illawarra Hawks (18:30) Ben Simmons comments about being racially vilified in Australia and playing for the Boomers at the Olympics (23:00) Could the Australian coaching ranks be impacted by China moving away from the NBA and it's resources (32:00) Matt Smith shares stories of being torn apart verbally by NBL coaches in the 2000s (36:00) Rob Beveridge to coach New Zealand's Southland Sharks (39:00) Was Andrew Bogut's swipe at former Sydney Kings coach Andrew Gaze fair? (43:00) Bryce Cotton's amazing start to the season and should the Perth Wildcats be worried about losing him to the NBA mid-season (49:00) V