Damian Arsenis
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I have heard that there is a transgender athlete (biological male) set to play in
@NBL1
South this season.
As a father of 3 girls, I am absolutely flabbergasted to hear this is even being considered.
This is not equality.
This is not inclusion.
This is wrong.
#NBL1South
#GirlDad
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Joel Embiid should take note of what a real team mate is that has your back.
"I've got his back. I've always had his back, and now I have the opportunity to be with him. I've had his back from afar and I wish I was with him earlier in his career" - Patty Mills on Ben Simmons.
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Just to be clear, this is a biological male athlete set to play in the female NBL1 South competition.
This is not hearsay.
Clubs have been asking their female athletes if they are comfortable with this happening.
As a father of girls, I am not comfortable with this.
#NBL1South
I have heard that there is a transgender athlete (biological male) set to play in
@NBL1
South this season.
As a father of 3 girls, I am absolutely flabbergasted to hear this is even being considered.
This is not equality.
This is not inclusion.
This is wrong.
#NBL1South
#GirlDad
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I've had players, coaches and administrators privately share in confidence they are not in support of trans gender athletes (biological male) playing in the
@NBL1
South women.
They will not openly say so for fear of reprisal.
Shame acceptance is real & part of the problem.
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What a true champion
@laurenej15
is.
Straight after dropping 30 points on Sydney, she has her broken foot in ice in and still signing autographs for all the fans for well over an hour.
📸
@tigerlaady
#WNBL23
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Cecil Exum, father of Dante, is fighting for his life in intensive care.
Please have him in your prayers.
#AussieHoops
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Patty Mills is a genuine superstar of Australian sport.
Not just basketball, but all sports.
#PattyThrills
#FIBAWC
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Just love this drawing by my 5 year old daughter who told me this was for Patty Mills 🥰🏀
#Basketball
#SayNoToRacism
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Absolutely no class from the pro-Philly commentary...disgraceful.
"𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝘽𝘼..." 💥
Josh Giddey was on the receiving end of this bruising foul from Joel Embiid.
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When two of the most respected Australian basketballers of all time in Jenna O'Hea and Andrew Gaze speak up, you know it to be true.
#AussieHoops
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@Thunder_Road7
@NBL1
@PickandRollAU
How am I transphobic?
I am all for inclusion, but it needs to be done fairly. I don't see how this is fair to biological women.
And this is my personal account and opinion, not that of anyone else.
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Just finished re-watching the Boomers' rose gold win vs Slovenia.
Dante Exum's brilliant two-way effort has almost been overlooked. He guarded Doncic, while his offensive play, especially in the 4th, helped put Slovenia away.
How Exum is not on an NBA team is beyond me.
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The Boomers
#FIBAWC
campaign is over.
My take is that Goorj struggled to blend the new with the old; he was stuck in his old ways and was too stubborn to change it up.
Unfortunately, it cost Australia dearly.
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Very disappointing from
@BasketballAus
that they did not acknowledge on Facebook or Instagram Australian
@AmyAtwell1
's drafting to the
@WNBA
. Jade Melbourne was widely promoted but not Amy who was picked 6 spots earlier.
What happened to promoting equality?
#AussieHoops
#WNBA
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Hearing that Jade Melbourne will not head to
@seattlestorm
for training camp or play in the 2022 WNBA season.
The 19-year-old is expected to remain & play in Australia to improve her game while focusing on earning a spot in the Opals for a home World Cup.
#AussieHoops
#WNBA
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Basketball Australia will pitch to host the 2031 Basketball World Cup, inspired by the success of the Matildas in uniting the nation. And Melbourne will host key games under the plan.
Basketball Australia to bid to host 2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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@jsin_59
@NBL1
Our comp has mixed comps available up to u10. My eldest actually played against boys, and by choice, asked to move to the all girls competition. My next youngest followed suit, by choice.
Why? Boys were bigger and more physical. The difference more pronounced as they got older.
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Can't help but feel that Danté Exum will be the next Aussie with a new NBA home.
He has not only proven his return to fitness with the Boomers, but that he still has the ability to impact a game at a high-level. Getting better with each game.
#AussieHoops
#NBA
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Some big news about to break -
@TerpsWBB
star
@chloelbibby
is heading to the
@minnesotalynx
for training camp on Friday after being overlooked in the
@WNBA
Draft.
Bibby was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 2022.
#AussieHoops
#WNBA
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- Duop Reath is a lock. How is that chemistry with Giddey?!!
- Goulding hobbling off is not a great sign for him tonight.
- Dyson Daniels only got minutes in the second half.
- Cooks and White looked good!
- The Boomers leather jackets are sweet!
#FIBAWC
#WinForAustralia
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One of the greatest performances by an Australian basketballer in history. Ever. 💚💛🇦🇺🏀🥉🙌
@Patty_Mills
is the Boomers.
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
FIBA PATTY | Our flag bearer put his country on his shoulders and delivered with one of the greatest individual performances by an Australian on the biggest stage in winning bronze. Take a bow
@Patty_Mills
🏀🇦🇺🙌
#AussieHoops
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
#PattyThrills
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Well said
@JennaOHea
.
No more words needed.
#AussieHoops
What was behind Liz Cambage's falling out with the Opals?
Former Australian captain Jenna O'Hea tells the Offsiders panel what really happened in the build-up to the Tokyo Olympics.
#Offsiders
#basketball
#LizCambage
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Paul Gorris took the Opals to just a basket away from the gold medal game at the FIBA Asia Cup with a brand new team with no preparation. They fell just 2 points short of upsetting Olympic silver medallist Japan.
Take a bow.
#GoOpals
#FIBAAsiaCupWomen
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As a long-time junior coach, if any child carried on like this in one of my teams, they would be sitting on the bench and there would be a chat set up with their parents.
Disgraceful that it appears the coach (and likely the parents) are allowing this to happen.
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Anyone who did not believe
@JockLandale
was an NBA calibre player should now officially have their legs between their tails!
The man has not put a foot wrong and taken every opportunity he has been given.
#AussieHoops
#NBATwitter
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@PhilGould15
The most biased commentary I can ever recall. Storm led by 22-0 at half time but "The Panthers have all the momentum..."
Seriously. Bad.
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Three straight days, and not a single mention of basketball
@heraldsunsport
.
🚫 No
@BasketballAus
Opals.
🚫 No
@NBL
Blitz.
🚫 No
@WNBA
/
@ecambage
.
Disgraceful
@theheraldsun
.
#AussieHoops
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Patty Mills should be Australia's flag bearer in Tokyo.
Australian of the year.
How can we get one of these in Australia
@spurs
?
#AussieHoops
"This is my identity. I'm a proud Indigenous Australian."
Your first look at the
@Patty_Mills
Bobblehead pres. by
@HEB
👀
The first 10K fans at the
@attcenter
on Jan. 19 vs. Miami will receive one!
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I sure hope reports that
@BenSimmons25
bypassing the Olympics are not correct.
The best thing he could do right now is play for the Boomers and be surrounded by real team mates like
@Patty_Mills
and
@aronbaynes
.
(see the comments)
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
#Tokyo2020
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Why the NBL does not engage experienced and knowledgeable people like Matt McQuade involved in calling games is beyond me. They keep persevering with non-basketball guys and it is doing the league a disservice.
#NBL20
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I'd be keen to hear from women, especially those who have had to work bloody hard to get to where they are,
as to how they would feel playing against a biological male at this level of the sport.
#NBL1South
#GirlDad
Just to be clear, this is a biological male athlete set to play in the female NBL1 South competition.
This is not hearsay.
Clubs have been asking their female athletes if they are comfortable with this happening.
As a father of girls, I am not comfortable with this.
#NBL1South
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I am loving Dante Exum tonight. He is getting better with each game in this tournament.
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
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Can someone please trade for
@JockLandale
? I just want to see him play rather than the
@spurs
wasting his talents sitting on the end of the bench.
#NBATwitter
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From an outsider point of view, Pop's management of
@JockLandale
at the
@spurs
is criminal.
Goes from top-scoring to not seeing the court at all🤦♂️
#FreeJockLandale
#GoSpursGo
#NBATwitter
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Just watched the replay...
Boomers look lie they are stuck somewhere in between the past [Patty & Joe] & the future [Giddey and Co.].
Too small
No apparent plan B
Rotations were strange
Could not hit from 3
Why take Goulding & not use in him times like these?
Slovenia too good.
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Giddey was robbed
Was Josh Giddey a victim of recency bias in being snubbed for the NBA All Rookie First team in favour of Jalen Green?
#AussieHoops
#NBA
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The past vs the future. I'll take the future thanks!
#AussieHoops
#WNBA
EZI MAGBEGOR ABSOLUTELY COOKING LIZ CAMBAGE ON BOTH ENDS! 😤😱
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@virtchspo
It should never have happened in the first place. If this does not get sorted out properly now, the flood gates will open. My girls - and those of others - need to have a fair and level playing field. This is not right and I will not sit back and watch wrong be done.
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This just shows that Joel Embiid lacks any class and is not the kind of team mate you want as he does not have your back.
#NBATwitter
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The last two times the Australian Boomers have played the USA:
🇦🇺2 | 🇺🇸0
💚💛🏀💪
#Aussiehoops
#GoBoomers
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Patty Mills is reminding everyone why he is in the
#NBAAllStar
#mtndew3pt
contest 👌
Who else would love to see him tear off his Nets jersey in the final to reveal his Boomers jersey?
#FIBAPatty
#AussieHoops
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Lock it in: Bronze Medal Game
Saturday, 9pm AEST
Boomers can still make history.
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
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It's the day for the Boomers to create their own history.
Go get that much-deserved medal fella's! 🥉
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
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Thankfully
@Patty_Mills
WILL carry the Aussie flag in
#Tokyo2020
🇦🇺👌🙌🙌🙌
Could not think of a better choice.
He will do so alongside swimmer
@catecamp
- another great choice.
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
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Love the fact
@Patty_Mills
take
#1
spot and
@joshgiddey
is
#4
...but...the only place you can buy them is on the online store!
Imagine how many more would be sold if they were in retail stores
@nikeaustralia
!!!
#AussieHoops
#MissedOpportunity
Patty Mills'
#8
jersey is the hottest seller down under so far this season 🔥🔥🔥
Australian Rookie Josh Giddey's
#3
is not far behind in 4th spot ⛈️
#AussieHoops
#NetsWorld
#NBATwitter
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@battledinosaur
I would never out any individual. I have no problem with them being female either.
I am concerned that they started off as a biological male, and therefore, have a physical advantage over biological females when it comes to women's basketball. This is not equality in my opinion.
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So much to like about the Australian Boomers program right now.
The culture is so strong that anyone who comes in, immediately buys in, and contributes positively.
Talent pool has never been deeper downunder.
#AussieHoops
#FIBAWC
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Why does the NBL continue to allow music to be played continuously during games at a ridiculous volume?
#TurnOffTheMusic
#NBL20
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The only player to score 30 points or more versus Team USA when they have featured NBA players ia
@Patty_Mills
- and he has now done it twice!
#AussieHoops
#BoomersUSA
#FIBAWC
#GoBoomers
BOOMERS | A historical win over Team USA led by Patty Mills' 30 point performance.
What a game! 🙌🙌🙌
#AussieHoops
#BoomersUSA
#GoBoomers
#FIBAWC
#AustraliaGotGame
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Man... officials doing everything they can to get Melbourne over the line in this game.
#NBL24
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#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
Boomers roster breakdown:
#NBA
Mills - Nets
Baynes - Raptors
Ingles - Jazz
Green - Mavs
Landale - Spurs
Thybulle - 76ers
#NBL22
Dellavedova - Melbourne
Goulding - Melbourne
Reath - Illawarra
Sobey - Brisbane
#B
リーグ
Kay - Shimane Susanoo
#FreeAgent
Exum
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Look who dropped into the Spectres U12 Girls training!🏀👻🇦🇺❤️💙
Thanks to Opals superstar & former Spectres junior Bec Allen for helping inspire the next gen. Spending time on court, taking questions, signing autographs and taking phoots - brilliant role model.
#OnTheHaunt
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Not one Twitter post from the
@WNBL
in over 10 hours today... and yet a WNBL record crowd has just been set 🧐
#AussieHoops
#WNBL23
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Can't believe
@Eastbay
is closing.
This was the go-to for Aussie ballers before they stopped shipping to Australia.
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A win's a win: always good to win the ugly ones.
Positives for the Boomers:
- Boomers Patty
- Exum's aggressiveness (albeit out of control at times)
- Nick Kay's defence
- Matisse Thyubulle at both ends
- Josh Green's third quarter D
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
#GoBoomers
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Double standards at play for NBL1 South women's athletes.
Some athletes are allowed to openly discuss their support for transgender athletes being allowed to play without censure, while others are not if they share a different point of view.
#NBL1South
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Seriously.
@Patty_Mills
is the most worthy choice for representing the entire Australian Olympic team I can recall in recent memory.
@AUSOlympicTeam
#Tokyo2020
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
OLYMPICS | Give Patty Mills the flag for the opening ceremony in
#Tokyo2020
🇦🇺
Read why:
#AussieHoops
#GoBoomers
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For those calling for Andrej Lemanis to be sacked and Brett Brown or Brian Goorjian to replace him, consider their record as head coach of the Boomers:
Goorjian:
9th | 2004 Olympics
9th | 2006 World Cup
7th | 2008 Olympics
Brown:
10th | 2010 World Cup
7th | 2012 Olympics
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Marianna Tolo has been the unsung hero of the Opals so far.
Her effort, experience and talent is helping drive the Opals to on court success.
#FIBAWWC
OPALS |
@MariannaTolo
continues to come up BIG for the Opals in Sydney, justifying her elevation into the starting lineup against Serbia! 🙌🙌🙌
#AussieHoops
#GoOpals
#FIBAWWC
|
@FIBAWCC
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Ryan Broekhoff proved once again he is a legitimate NBA. Today he drained 4-6 from downtown for 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in 17min.
I can see Rowdy on a new team next season and torching the Mavs in return fire ala Joe Ingles and the Clippers.
#AussieHoops
#
#MFFL
#NBA
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How Duop Reath was benched for the 4th quarter against Germany is bizarre when you consider that he just did this in the 3rd term.
#FIBAWC
#WinforAustralia
When Duop Reath was inserted back into the game in the third term, he delivered!🇦🇺💪
Should we have seen him back on court in the fourth?
#AussieHoops
#FIBAWC
#WinForAustralia
@FIBAWC
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Common sense has prevailed in this instance.
However biological sex is fundamentally important when it comes to women’s health, women’s sports and women's spaces. We have to protect their rights, as much as those of others, and not instead of others.
Basketball Australia has released the following statement.
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The Whitehorse Council has plans to redevelop the ageing 5-court Nunawading Basketball Centre, into a new 11-court stadium as part of a master plan!
Please support it with your say here:
#OnTheHaunt
#Basketball
#AussieHoops
@Basketball_Vic
@NunaBball
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About last night down under in Australia...
4⃣1⃣ & 9⃣ triples for
@SaraBlicavs
in the
@WNBL
4⃣2⃣ & 🔟 triples for
@3jvasiljevic
in the
@NBL
Cannot recall there ever being 40 point performances in both the men's & women's leagues on the same night!
#AussieHoops
#NBL23
#WNBL23
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Not to take anything away from Tianna Hawkins, but do the
@WNBL
realise that 20-year-old Jade Melbourne logged just the third triple-double in the last 10 years? Not one mention on WNBL social channels🤦♂️
The other two were from Opals stars
@JennaOHea
and
@CaylaGeorge22
...
#WNBL23
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So Ben Simmons wants in on the Boomers' World Cup tilt according to Goorj! Wow.
I feel it should have happened in Tokyo... but sure, add him to an extended squad and see how he goes in camp, then let Goorj decide.
#FIBAWC
#WinForAustralia
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FIBA have dropped the ball when it comes to gender equality at the
#FIBAU16Asia
women's tournament.
No All-Star Five named. No tournament MVP.
But as for the men's tournament...
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Boomers have work to do after loss to Germany,
- Slow start (again)
- Missed free throws
- Strange player match-ups and rotations off the bench
- Some missed gimme opportunities in the paint
- Costly turnovers down the stretch
Must now beat hosts Japan to advance.
#FIBAWC
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Now we see Chris Goulding?
Why not earlier in the tournament when we needed his shooting?
#FIBAWC
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I am loving Exum's energy. I hope his ankle is OK.
If he is OK, and he keeps playing aggressively, I think that over the next 3 games he will quickly find his groove as right now he is still a bit out of control.
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
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Wow... so Ben Simmons has outlasted both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
Is it Ben's team now? I think it is more likely Patty Mills' team!
#AussieHoops
#NBATwitter
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Georgia was never in it tonight, with the Boomers getting it done, but it was not pretty at times.
I'm personally disappointed that we did not see more of Daniels, Reath, Thybulle, White & Cooks [the future] in this game, especially given how it went.
#FIBAWC
#WinForAustralia
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I just woke up the young kids!
BRONZE and HISTORY for the BOOMERS!
Well done Boomers on bringing home a first ever medal from a major event.
#Basketball
#Tokyo2020
#GoBoomers
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According to reports coming out of Spain, looks like Dante Exum may be signing on with Barcelona for the remainder of the season rather than a possible return to the NBA.
His existing contract expires 28 Feb.
#AussieHoops
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Leopards and spots... Part 2
Disgusting behaviour from Cambage in China.
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Dear Serbia,
Thank you.
From All of Australia
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So this is what 'working on his skills' looks like?
New couple alert 🚨 Maya Jama and her new beau, Basketball player, Ben Simmons debut their relationship at Wimbeldon 😍 how cute are they!?
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