Basketball

Bam Adebayo tries to block as Boomers' Dante Exum shoots in the Olympic warm-up against the US.
Sport
Glenn Moore

Aussie Boomers give US ‘all-stars’ major fright

Australia have taken the US team full of NBA All-Stars down to the wire in a lead-up game ahead of their Paris Olympics campaign.

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The NBA has reportedly agreed to terms on an 11-year media deal worth $US76 billion.
Sport
Tim Reynolds and Joe Reedy

Sporting code set to ink history-making $A112.6 billion deal

An incredible 11-year media deal worth $A112.6 billion will ensure one sporting code’s player salaries will keep rising.

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LeBron James is back together with his Olympic teammates at training camp in Las Vegas.
Sport
Matt Shrivell

Melo, LeBron and DWade ‘hug it out’ in Dream Team camp

The NBA’s biggest stars have come together at a training camp in the US and one has made a startling admission.

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At 43 years of age, Lauren Jackson is still producing the numbers for the Opals. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
Basketball
Shayne Hope

'Fitter than ever': Opals coach lauds 43YO Jackson

Australian basketball great Lauren Jackson is still setting new benchmarks at 43 years of age, as she chases an elusive Olympic gold medal in Paris.

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Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James will play with his son next season.
Sport
Matt Shrivell

NBA draft shock: LeBron James and son will make history

Superstar LeBron James has got his wish and will play with his son in the NBA.

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Alex Sarr is an NBA player.
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Basketball
Aaron Kirby

You’re a Sarr! Wildcat achieves NBA dream with Wizards

Former Perth Wildcats Next Star dynamo Alex Sarr has realised his NBA dream, picked by the Washington Wizards with the second overall selection in the 2024 draft.

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Alex Sarr and fellow likely top draftee Zaccharie Risacher atop the Empire State Building in New York.
Basketball
Chris Robinson

From a Wildcat to a Wizard? Sarr primed for NBA draft dream

He may end the week as a Washington Wizard, but Alex Sarr will forever be a Wildcat – and he’s praised the impact the NBL has had in fast-tracking his development as one of the NBA’s top draft prospects.

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Alex Sarr is set to be one of the first names called out at this week’s NBA Draft.
Basketball
Chris Robinson

As Sarr’s star rises, so too does Wildcats’ reputation

Alex Sarr is firming to become the highest NBA draft pick to have come out of the NBL – and the Perth Wildcats have declared the young star’s ascension stamps them as a global destination club.

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Oklahoma star Josh Giddey has reportedly been traded to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA.
Sport
Andrew Seligman

Young Aussie NBA star axed in latest body blow

Reports are emerging that one of Australia’s shining stars in the NBA has been axed by his club after a year he will want to forget

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Liz Cambage has debuted a new look to her Instagram fans.
Basketball
Harrison Reid

Aussie Olympian totally unrecognisable after amazing transformation

‘Completely different person.’

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Jerry West, the basketball legend whose silhouette inspired the NBA logo, has died aged 86.
Basketball
Taylor Renouf

Basketball legend, inspiration for NBA logo dies aged 86

Three-time basketball Hall of Famer Jerry West, whose silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo, has died aged 86.

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The new Boomers jerseys have drawn ire from past and present Australian basketballers.
Sport
Matt Shrivell

‘What the f...’: Outrage over new Olympic basketball kit

Past and present players have weighed in heavily after the latest Australian basketball uniform was launched ahead of the Olympics and the feedback has been nothing short of brutal.

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Luka Doncic got the first NBA Finals triple-double in Dallas Mavericks history, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Boston Celtics from taking a 2-0 series lead.
Basketball
Jimmy Golen

Rampant Doncic not enough as Celtics take 2-0 NBA Finals lead

Luka Doncic, who was listed as questionable to play for Dallas less than two hours before tip-off racked up the first NBA Finals triple-double in Mavericks franchise history. But The Mavs still lost.

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Josh Green (8) and fellow Boomer Dante Exum have reached the NBA Finals with the Dallas Mavericks.
World
Staff Writers

Aussies in rarified air and NBA Finals

Luka Doncic had a 20-point first quarter as a Dallas Mavericks team featuring Boomers pair Josh Green and Dante Exum won through to the NBA Finals.

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Corey 'Homicide' Williams has passed away.
Sport
Craig O'Donoghue

NBL world mourning death of ‘Homicide’ Williams

Former NBL star and huge personality Corey ‘Homicide’ Williams has passed away after a battle with cancer and the basketball community is shattered.

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