The Hasbeen Hoops Podcast

S02 E01 - NBL Preseason Blitz, Next Stars

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back for Season 2 of The Hasbeen Hoops Podcast! In this episode, the guys cover NBL Preseason Blitz and both ends of the Next Stars spectrum after evaluating the Next Stars in person. 

S01 E37 -World Cup Recap

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back with a World Cup recap including Germany are World Champions, Canada’s ascension, what’s next for the USA, the dust settling on the Boomers and is Luka Doncic basketball’s biggest flopper and whiner?
 

S01 E36 - Boomers Wrap, World Cup Discussion

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back to discuss the Boomers and dissect their defeat to Slovenia, as well as an overall discussion on the World Cup.  

S01 E35 - Sam Vecenie

Sam Vecenie covers the NBA Draft for The Athletic and hosts one of our favourite pods, The Game Theory Podcast. He’s seen every basketball player in the world that’s worth seeing, and sees the game through a different lens to us. American-born but living here in Australia, Sam is one of the best basketball brains going around. A fantastic episode covering:
Ranking my skill, speed, size, shooting, strategy in NBA prospects
NBL next stars- could we have multiple lottery picks playing in Australia this season?
The NBL and Boomers global standing through an unbiased lens.
The biggest thing Australian junior coaches get wrong
Is Aussie Tyrese Proctor better than every one of this year’s Next Star crop?
All this and MUCH more!

S01 E34 - Boomers Culture, World Cup Prep, Huge NBA Prediction

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back with a big edition of the show, discussing the Boomers culture and World Cup prep, the Matildas impact on basketball, Mad Rise 90s NBL doco, a huge NBA prediction, and are the Commonwealth Games important? All that and more. 

S01 E33 - Boti Nagy

Arguably the best basketball historian in Australian basketball, Boti Nagy worked for News Ltd (now News Corp) covering basketball from 1974-2017, after two years of covering basketball for Messenger Press. He has seen every NBL and WNBL team and can recall Barry Barnes and Phil Smyth with hair, Andrew Gaze and Brett Maher pre-grey, Andrew Bogut as a boy...
Multiple winner of the NBL's Basketball Writer of the Year and a five-time Hall of Fame nominee.
"I have an opinion and am happy to share it. I'm not asking you to agree, just maybe to consider.”
Sit back and enjoy this chat with Boti as he shares his opinions on the greatest players in Australian history, recency bias, Boomers and Opals culture and so much more..
 

S01 E32 - NBA Trades, Aussies in the NBA

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back for another big edition of the podcast. The guys discuss all the big moves in the NBA trade period, including who Portland should trade Damian Lillard to. Chris and Mark talk about the Aussies in the NBA and some of their big moves, understanding Ben Simmons, and Rocco Zikarsky - Australia's next star. 

S01 E31 - NBA Draft & Trade Analysis

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back for this weeks show, analysing the NBA Draft and all the big trade news. The guys also provide an update on the NBL off-season. Plus - WNBA and Opals girls take centre stage. All that & much more.

S01 E30 - NBA Finals Wrap, Potential Superstar Trades

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back for a big episode of the show, wrapping up the Denver Nuggets' triumph in the NBA Finals! 
The guys touch on some potential superstar trades, the NBL's Next Stars, a few “conversational eurosteps” and much more!

S01 E29 - NBA Eastern Conference Wrap, Gold for the Hasbeens in Cairns

Hosts Chris Anstey and Mark Worthington are back for a big show, wrapping up the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. The guys discuss whether Miami or Boston are the bigger story, as well as some big NBL and WNBL news and Gold for the HasBeens in Cairns! All that plus much more.