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NBL champ & current sideline reporter Peter Hooley joins the show this week to talk about his career & changing from being a player to media member... PLUS a bunch of NBA Bubble news, including NBA players like Harrison Barnes & Michael Beasley testing positive for COVID-19, breaking the 'bubble' & getting through quarantine... and injuries to the likes of RAJON RONDO. Plus, a new NBA STRAYA TIME MACHINE that heads back to the year Prince loved: 1999.

Anyway - great chat with the ledge Peter Hooley, talking his monumental & iconic three-pt shot to get his U-Albany team to the NCAA Tournament, making the NBL, his experience being an NBL sideline reporter & HEAPS more. It's awesome fun - you'll love it.

ALSO - bubble life is wild... Rondo is injured already, Beasley's been sent home... and Big Simmo Ben Simmons can't throw fish BUT he's hitting off-season 3s again!

Meanwhile, the latest NBA STRAYA Time Machine goes back to the Spurs-Knicks NBA Finals in 1999! ripper fun.

We also finish off with a BRAND NEW 'Jingles HR' as 'Joe' tackles a question from 'Donovan in Orlando''!

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LeBron's Decision to take his talents to South Beach turned 10 this week, and while we're all still in lockdown in thanks to a ravaging disease, we're still hopping in the NBA Straya Time Machine... so we brought on OUR resident ravaging disease, Lakers Fan Tim to talk about the wild 2010 Lakers-Celtics Finals. PLUS! All the latest NBA Corona lockdown news & the Nets don't have a team? Brad Beal is out!? There's bad food!? What the hell is happening?

YEP - it's a wild time reliving THE DECISION, so Tim & I talk about the Top 5 Moments of the Decision as well as the Top 5 REPERCUSSIONS of the Decision... there's a LOT of shirt talk. And some YEAH NAHs.

Plus, in ALSO going back to 2010 NBA TIME MACHINE looks at who should ACTUALLY have been the Finals Mvp of Lakers-Celtics, and who the unsung hero of the entire series was... and just who sucked more than a 10-hour John Mayer set.

So there you go: a couple of Top 5s, some YEAH NAHs, an NBA Straya Time Machine... and allllll the news you need.

We also finish off with a BRAND NEW 'DELLY REVIEW' as 'Delly' reviews the 'HAMILTON'!

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TV star, comedian & radio host DAVE THORNTON joins the show this week to talk his career, comedy & hoops.... also, Friend of the Show & Recurring Guest Ryan ROWDY Broekhoff GOT SIGNED BY THE SIXERS... AND the NBA released the RE-OPENING schedule for all the teams going to Orlando!! Oh... but also, a bunch of players tested positive for the COVID-19, so yeah. Not great.

ANWYAY - it's an absolute PEARLER of a chat with Dave, covering growing up in Geelong, his love of Hoops and what it was like meeting Gazey AND Mr Cooper!

PLUS, we've got YEAH NAHs, the Top 5 Games On The New Re-Opening Schedule AND an NBA Straya Time Machine back to 2004 for Lakers-Pistons!

Anddddd we touch on the 10-year anniversary of Lebron's THE DECISION + what all the positive tests/players dropping out means...

But, we finish off with a BRAND NEW 'DELLY REVIEW' as 'Delly' reviews the new Will Ferrell movie, EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA.... Neat!

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holy moly... Nicola Jokic has Corona Virus, JR is probably headed to the Lakers... 4 players in a Western Conference team have tested positive for COVID-19 & the NBA STILL reckon they're gonna be good to go... So we've brought on PDX Pete to give us the lowdown on what's happening. PLUS - we head back to 2014 for NBA Straya Time Machine for Patty & Bangers winning a title with the Spurs!

We smash through a BUNCH of YEAH NAHs with PDX Pete - incl the best options to replace Trevor Ariza, whether or not you'd give the Bubble a crack, which teams the Lockdown has benefitted the most AND a bit of DAD Straya!

There's also a Top 5 'Other Players Who Might Probably Perhaps Have Dropped Out By The Time You Hear This'.

Aaaaaand we finish off with a BRAND NEW 'JINGLES HR' as our HR expert gets a letter from a 'JR'.

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Aussie comic legend Aaron Gocs jumps on the show to chat about what he's been up to during the Covid lockdown, learning a new trade & how his live-streamed 'Gocsy Tonight' comedy show has been going... PLUS... Kyrie Irving might be a dickhead for trying to stop players from retuning to play in the NBA this year... but he might also be right? ANDDDDD a bit more NBA Straya Time Machine, where we head back to the Lakers-Celtics NBA Finals Game 6 in 2008!

It's a great chat with Gocsy, talking about how his comedy translates, hosting a talk show, being the old bloke at TAFE & loads more ...

And there's also a few Kyrie-focused YEAH NAHs... and a Top 5 'Other Things Kyrie Probably Said On That Group Call Last Week'.

Aaaaaand we finish off with a BRAND NEW 'JINGLES HR' as our HR expert weighs in on a co-worker undermining negotiations!

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NBL star & gaming legend ANTHONY DRMIC joins NBA Straya to talk gaming, his time at the AIS, college at Boise State & playing with the Adelaide 36ers! Lots of good stuff covered... like the time he got put through a wall by Hugh Greenwood... ALSO: the NBA is coming back, so we look at the 22-team return and throw out some YEAH NAHs....

PLUS: NBA Straya Time Machine goes back to June 10, 2011 for a pivotal Game 5 of the Heat-Mavericks NBA Finals & gives out some awards.

Aaaaaand we finish off with a BRAND NEW DELLY REVIEW as Delly expresses his disappointment at not going to Disney World and what he's been watching.

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AFL player (& former basketball player) Hugh Greenwood joins this week's show! Hugh the ledge & Jimmy talk about leaving hoops behind for Aussie Rules, playing college ball in the US, his time at the AIS with Delly, Rowdy & co, why he loves the Denver Nuggets, who he's got winning the title this year, Aussie media's approach to The Last Dance and THE TIME HE MET MICHAEL JORDAN!

PLUS - a bit of news and the Black Lives Matter protests in America at the top, along with the TOP 5 THINGS I'VE FORGOTTEN DURING LOCKDOWN... We also jump in the NBA Straya Time Machine to 2012!

Great chat with Hugh though... really reckon you'll like it, talking about changing AFL clubs from Adelaide to Gold Coast & the difference in environment, staying fit during the lockdown, being a new dad and HEAPS more. It's really fun.

We also close out with a COOKING WITH BAYNESY to lighten the mood a little.

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Rapper Illy joins this week's NBA Straya to talk hoops, hip hop &, uh, hats... and not in that order. Ripper chat with the man behind 'Parmas In June' (as well as, y'know, 'Tightrope' and 'Papercuts' and 'Then What' and 'It Can Wait' & heaps of other ripper tunes). PLUS - a look at the ways the NBA might come back in July... and another trip in the NBA Straya Time Machine!

With Illy we also talk The Last Dance, MJ, and LOADS more (incl Parmas) AND we get stuck into some YEAH NAHs with him.

Also - breaking down the World Cup group idea vs 12-team Conference play=in tournaments for the NBA to come back... AND the NBA Straya Time Machine heads to May 27-28, 2008 to wrap some Lakers & Celtics Conference Finals games & give out some awards...

We also close out with a DIARY OF STEVEN ADAMS to find out what the big Kiwi has been up to.

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The ledge Mitch McCarron of Melbourne United jumps on this week's show to talk about his career, playing in the US & Europe along with his NBL stints AND being in the middle of the most memorable brawl in Boomer history... as well as breaking down the final two episodes of The Last Dance... but more importantly, how you chuck a wedding over Zoom!

It's a great chat with Mitch, talking about training during the lockdown, learning from some of the best coaches in the NBL, his escapades across Europe, AND we get stuck into some YEAH NAHs.

Plus, we smash final two The Last Dance eps, with Dennis Rodman bouncing on his team in the middle of the NBA Finals to go wrestling, MJ being superman, and we also get stuck into what it was like witnessing the Philippines-Australia brawl...

Also - we jump in the NBA Straya Time Machine to May 18-19, 1998 to wrap some games & give out some awards...

We also close out with a DELLY REVIEW of the final two The Last Dance eps! enjoy!

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Ay! Shaun Bruce of the Sydney Kings joins the show this week to talk about his career, from the end of the Kings season in the NBL finals alllll the way back to his time with the Ballarat Miners! We also crush The Last Dance Episodes 7 & 8, with a Top 5 Moments of the two eps, YEAH NAHs & heaps more.

it's a ripper hang with Shaun, chatting about the NBL finals he's played in, how warm it is in Cairns, and we also get stuck into a bit of Horsham chat...

PLUS - we jump in the NBA Straya Time Machine to May 13-14, 1996 to wrap some games & give out some awards...

We also close out with a DELLY REVIEW of the latest The Last Dance eps! enjoy!

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