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by **Fresh8** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:52 pm

I think McGee will win it actually.

And yes, it is fakers...

by **artestfighttrainer** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:14 pm

Did Chris Anstey take him on 1 on 1 yet?

by **Fresh8** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:16 pm

Nope... Nothing ever happened after the challenge...

by **Laxation** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:30 pm

where do you find out about the aussie of the year? i didnt even know about it...

by **Jugs** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:43 pm

laxation, it means you're not aussie enough, SHAME.

( i didn't know either)

by **Fresh8** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:04 pm

Its on SBS at 10 pm tonight.

It's aussie sportsman of the year! Not aussie of the eyar.. aussie of the year was awarded to some professor.

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:59 pm

aussie of the year was awarded to some professor.

I'm sure Bogut must have been more deserving. :lame:

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:08 pm

Wasn't Steve Irwin nominated a couple of years back for Australian of the Year?

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:10 pm

Bill Clinton was once nominated for the Nobel Award for Peace. :wink:

by **Matt** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:50 am

Bill Clinton likes fat chicks

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:25 am

Bill Clinton likes fat chicks

What does this have to do with peace? :lol:

by **Fresh8** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:27 am

Grant Hackett won Aussie Sportsperson of the Year... couldnt deny him of it though... considering that Bogut doesn't get much media attention here and also that Hackett did very well at world championship swimming... and the description of his past year sounded like the voice over guy had no idea what he was talking about.

'Andrew was the slam dunk of basketball, he made first pick in NBA draft...' <-- That's wat they said... it sounded weird.

by **artestfighttrainer** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:16 am

Yeh Aussie commentators when it comes to NBA are stoned, same with the jurnos in the aussie print media. I was listening to 04 Athens Olympics on radio when Team USA were playing and the commentator kept on calling Dwayne Wade Dwayne Wade Jr.. Everyone regards him as Dwayne Wade, couldn't he at least someone about that.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:41 am

All the overlays that popped up during the Athens Olympics on the Australian broadcast had "Timothy Duncan" and "Dwyane Wade Jr", which is fair enough I suppose but they obviously don't go by their full names. It was funnier to hear them try to pronounce "McDyess" back in 2000, not to mention "Abdur-Rahim".

Additionally, Andrew Gaze must not be allowed to commentate ever again. Ever.

by **Carmo** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:06 am

Additionally, Andrew Gaze must not be allowed to commentate ever again. Ever.

lol, how come you say that?

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:13 am

It was ridiculous. In between the other commentator kissing his arse, his bias was simply embarrassing. Shane Heal could have stood at midcourt, flung the ball into the crowd and Gaze would've said "Smart play by Heal there, no way the other team can get it up there." His anti-US bais was a bit sickening as well. I mean, don't get me wrong, supporting Australia is great. But the way he was doing it was very unprofessional.

by **Fresh8** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:15 am

Gaze really had no idea haha... I read in his book and it seems that he loves Steve Kerr... maybe he has a thing for guys like Heal and Kerr. Cause they all similar I guess.

by **artestfighttrainer** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:31 pm

Andrew wrote:It was ridiculous. In between the other commentator kissing his arse, his bias was simply embarrassing. Shane Heal could have stood at midcourt, flung the ball into the crowd and Gaze would've said "Smart play by Heal there, no way the other team can get it up there." His anti-US bais was a bit sickening as well. I mean, don't get me wrong, supporting Australia is great. But the way he was doing it was very unprofessional.

LoL

Do you people out there think Australia treats Basketball like the U.S treats Football (Soccer)? Its a big yes from me.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:38 pm

I'm constantly disappointed by the treatment of basketball and the attitude many Australians have towards it. I know my opinion is biased, but I don't see how it is "slow", "boring" or "unskillful". I guess a lot of people dislike it because it's "not Australian"...like rugby, cricket and tennis originated in Australia... :roll:

by **artestfighttrainer** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:00 pm

Another thing that ticked me off in the Sunday Telegraph Tv Guide they put the time for The ASG itself at 12pm Sunday AEST, it was 12pm Monday you dopes! Lucky I don't have Foxtel and had to rely on that tv guide. God Bless Sopcast!

Andrew wrote:I know my opinion is biased, but I don't see how it is "slow", "boring" or "unskillful".

It's 'great' how most of Aussie public is jumping on the soccer bandwagon. I like soccer but as the Simpsons put it in one of their episodes "Low scoring, lots of draws". Basketball all the way baby!

I guess a lot of people dislike it because it's "not Australian"...like rugby, cricket and tennis originated in Australia...

Majority of Aussie public stereotype basketball like its harlem globetrotters all the time or something.

There are other examples of the lame reception basketball gets here in Oz, can't think of any now but hopefully I can think of something else and type it later.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:46 pm

The fact Australia hasn't had much success internationally and the NBL is poorly managed and marketed doesn't help either.

by **J@3** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:19 pm

I think Andrew Gaze's best moments have been while pronouncing player names.

Allan House-ton and Amare Stoooodamire being my favourites.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:40 pm

Who was it that said the USA was coached by Karl Malone a few years back?

by **J@3** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:44 pm

Gaze again... he said it like 5 times and never corrected himself.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:52 pm

I should've known. Great player, did great things for Australian basketball. But seriously, he doesn't belong behind the mike. Get him back on the sidelines coaching perhaps. But not in the booth.

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