Cam Gliddon (Cairns Taipans / Australian Boomers) - a podcast by The Aussie Hoopla Team

On this episode, Cam Gliddon joined Dan Boyce on the Aussie Hoopla podcast to talk about his recent experiences with the Australian Boomers and what the Cairns Taipans are focused on now that they are playoffs seem to be out of reach.

 

Topics on the show include;

• How are things within the Taipans camp now that the playoffs are out of reach (2:00)
• What do guys in the Cairns Taipans do outside of basketball and who in the team is the best at vintage Nintendo Games (8:30)
• Why Mitch McCarron and Cam Gliddon have been able to team up and lead the Taipans this season as young players (11:00)
• Cam turns tour guide to give visitors to Cairns the hot tips on the best places to go sightseeing (12:30)
• Growing up in Perth and how basketball has developed in the area over the past 20 years (14:00)
• Memories of the Australian Institute of Sport and does the program still work today like it did a decade ago (16:00)
• Stories of Patty Mills and Matthew Dellavedova back in the AIS days (20:30)
• What Cam is focused on as he prepares for the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers (25:30)
• Thoughts on playing college basketball after experiencing a year at Concordia University (30:00)
• The positives and negatives of playing for a community-financed NBL team like Cairns (33:30)
• With Cam having a big year, how does it sit with him thinking other NBL teams with bigger budgets might approach him next season and Cairns may not be able to re-sign him (39:00)
• The power forward position in the NBL and how it's drastically different this season (40:30)
• What teams and players does Cam like to face the most in the NBL (43:00)

 

All of this and a whole lot more....

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, Rotnei Clark, AJ Ogilvy, Damian Martin, Daniel Kickert, Thomas Abercrombie, Jason Cadee, Stephen Holt, Bryce Cotton, Chris Goulding

NBA Stars Past & Present - Matthew Dellavedova, Stephen Jackson, Randy Livingston, Torrey Craig, Acie Earl, Josh Childress, Reggie Smith, Todd Lichti

Aussie Basketballers Abroad - Ryan Broekhoff, Brock Motum, Jack White, Ben Madgen, Clint Stiendl, Ater Majok, Rhys Carter, Clint Stiendl

Australian Boomers Legends - Andrew Gaze, Shane Heal, Mark Bradtke, Andrew Vlahov, CJ Bruton, Chris Anstey, Brett Maher, John Rillie, Tony Ronaldson, Brad Newley

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, Trevor Gleeson, Lindsey Gaze

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 info@aussiehoopla.com

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