Australia’s first WNBA player Michele Timms has hit out at the league’s “embarrassing” pay dispute, declaring professionals earning a maximum of $385,000 in a profitable competition “isn’t right”.

Australian basketball continues to go from strength to strength, with a rapidly rising group of young stars emerging in the league. From the reigning Most Improved Player Dyson Daniels, to elite point guard Josh Giddey, as well as four new rookies in the ...

Luc Longley is confident Josh Giddey can be part of the next era of success at the Chicago Bulls with the Boomers guard

The sporting world is in mourning after former Syracuse basketball star Tiana Mangakahia died on Thursday. The Australian native passed away surrounded by her family, after losing her second battle to cancer, aged 30. “We are heartbroken to share the ...

The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend will be hosted in Los Angeles, California at the Intuit Dome (Clippers shiny new stadium). ESPN has reported the possibility of a new format for the 2026 All-Star Game – USA vs World – a round robin tournament with two USA teams and one world team.

Basketball in Australia has come a long way in the last 35 years. Bull’s center and 3-time NBA champion Luc Longley was the first Australian born player drafted in 1991, paving the way for a talented cohort of Australians who've followed in his footsteps.

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror ...

Here are some key facts, and how you can watch all of the Week 1 action on ESPN in Australia and New Zealand. Fans can tune in to seven Week 1 games LIVE across ESPN and ESPN 2, which are available on Disney+, Foxtel, Kayo Sports, Fetch TV, and SKY NZ .

The NBA has claimed that they do not have concrete plans to return to Australia, following a historic two-game series that saw the New Orleans Pelicans take on a pair of NBL teams in Melbourne.

Professional Australian basketball player, Ben Griscti, is recovering after a backboard fell on top of him during practice. The Adelaide 36ers player, 23, sustained a fractured vertebrae on Saturday, Aug. 30, after the hoop’s backboard collapsed ...