Sunday Six Pack: Suns go to #1, Kobe goes inside, AI goes home
ONE: Pop Quiz: Who is THE in-form center in the league at the moment? If you answered Dwight Howard, you’d be incorrect. The correct answer is actually Chris Kaman. But who is the second most in-form...
View ArticleSunday Six Pack: A Magic title, the legacy of Chauncey, and Mr Amundson
ONE: As an Aussie NBA blog, you’d be forgiven lately for thinking Bogut is the only Australian playing in the league at the moment. And you wouldn’t be far from the truth. The three players who make up...
View ArticleThe only Playoff Preview you’ll need – Part I
They’re finally here. The 2010 NBA Playoffs. The second season. The reason we play 82. On the eve of Day 1 of the playoffs, Ant and Rob break down each series the old-fashioned way,...
View ArticleOn Kobe, Nash, Vince and the Lakers-Celtics Finals
AP Photo/Winslow Townson A week ago J.O wrote his piece on the potential Celtics vs Lakers Finals match up, which at the time felt like a perfectly reasonable idea. A few days later it seemed a little...
View ArticleThe Offseason Trade Chronicles, Part 2: The Hedo/Childress Trades
In the second part of our Offseason Trade Chronicles (check Part I while you’re at it), me and my bro Fish took the time to analyse the moves made by the Phoenix Suns in the off-season. Once Amare...
View ArticleUnderestimating the Phoenix Suns - do it at your own risk
Known to many simply as the “Frustrated Suns Fan”, Chucko was first introduced to NBAMate readers back in early 2008 and since then has been perpetually frustrated with his team. Don’t let that fool...
View Article2010-11 NBA Preview – Sleepers, Creepers and Grenades
Greetings, gentlemen and ladyboys. Today I come to you not from the glitz and glamour of South Beach, the sunshine and G-strings of the Gold Coast or even from amongst the skanky delights of my home...
View ArticleSunday Six Pack: Beastly Bogut, Confusing Trades and Lessons in Losing
So its been a little while between updates lately. My bad. Some overseas travel and my annual Golf Trip are the main culprits. But I’m back home and geared up for some serious ILP watching and blogging...
View ArticleSunday Six Pack: Patty’s PB, Record Ray and the Amare Show
ONE: For the first time in a while, I’m going to start the Aussie Roundup with someone other than Bogut. The biggest NBA-related Australian news of late has been the play of Patty Mills. Patty hit his...
View ArticleAn Easter Special – Barkley’s 56-point game
These last few weeks of the NBA regular season have been a bit of a snore fest, so last night I went in search of some classics and this is what I found – Game 3 of the 1994 first round playoff series...
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