Jeff Van Groningen (Sydney Kings Managing Director)

Buy a basketball t-shirt from our eBay store. Proceeds go towards promoting Aussie Hoops. Dan gives his thoughts on what's happening in Aussie Hoops today. The NBL Blitz is coming to Traralgon, Gippsland (02:00) NBLxNBA - Melbourne United, Sydney Kings and Brisbane Bullets will play against the Oklahoma Thunder, Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns in October. A look at why this is good for the NBL (9:30) Why didn't Australia notice Mangok Mathiang signed an NBA deal with the Charlotte Hornets? (14:30) Breaking down what the Australian Boomers squad will look like at the 2020 Olympics (17:00) Sydney Kings Managing Director Jeff Van Groningen then joins the show and provides valuable insight into the following; Jeff breaks down what he likes about the Sydney Kings pre-season so far (24:00) What Jeff has been noticing while watching the FIBA Asian Cup (27:00) What is the process Jeff follows when recruiting players for the Sydney Kings (30:00) Are the Sydney Kings owners AEG Ogden happy with the Sydney Kings success last season? (40:00) What players the Sydney Kings are looking at for their final rosters spots currently (41:00) Should NBL fans be worried about teams over-spending and the league falling upon hard times again? (47:00) Remembering the 2007 championship winning Brisbane Bullets and what made them one of the greatest NBL team's in history (54:30) How the NBLxNBA opportunity came up and the Sydney Kings role in making it happen The Sydney Kings decision to run with two imports instead of three this season (1:15:30) Listen to our previous interviews with the biggest stars in Australian Basketball, head to Aussiehoopla.com. Check out previous podcasts featuring; Current NBL Stars - Kevin Lisch, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kickert, Thomas Abercrombie, Torrey Craig, Jason Cadee, Julian Khazzouh NBA Stars Past & Present - Matthew Dellavedova, Stephen Jackson, Randy Livingston, Acie Earl, Josh Childress, Reggie Smith, Todd Lichti Aussie Basketballers Abroad - Ryan Broekhoff, Brock Motum, Jack White, Ben Madgen, Cling Stiendl, Ater Majok, Rhys Carter, Daryl Corletto Australian Boomers Legends - Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Mark Bradtke, Andrew Vlahov, CJ Bruton, Chris Anstey, Brett Maher, John Rillie, Tony Ronaldson The NBL's Greatest Imports - Darryl McDonald, Ricky Grace, Derek Rucker, Leon Trimmingham, Scott Fisher, Lanard Copeland, Mike Mitchell, Terry Dozier, Isaac Burton, Shawn Redhage, Willie Farley, Al Green, Corey "Homicide" Williams Our Finest Coaching Minds - Brian Goorjian, Joey Wright, Adrian Hurley, Aaron Fearne, Rob Beveridge, Phil Smyth, Ian Stacker, Shawn Dennis, Dean Vickerman And the men who run things - Larry Kestelman, Vince Crivelli, Jeremy Loeliger, Chuck Harmison, Jeff Van Groningen All that and much more. Follow @AussieHoopla on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and email at [email protected]