Kaila Proctor is the younger sister of the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Tyrese Proctor.

Kaila’s dad says she’s a better basketballer than her brother. He plays in the NBA

Kaila Proctor is the third person in her immediate family to be offered a university scholarship to play basketball in the US.

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Australia’s biggest sporting names feature in our quiz.

Test your 2025 sport smarts:From Piastri’s rise to Postecoglou’s demise and Melham’s double delight

How closely were you following Australian sport in 2025? Our Year In Sport quiz will separate the contenders from the pretenders. How many questions can you answer correctly?

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Close confrontation:Josh Giddey clashes with the fan,who was sitting close to the action.

‘Security took him out’:Josh Giddey clashes with NBA fan

A visibly frustrated Josh Giddey clashed with a fan courtside during Chicago’s 123-116 loss to the Hornets in Charlotte with security then removing the heckler in the closing stages of the contest.

Australian NBA star Josh Giddey pleads his case for the Chicago Bulls.

Rare air:Big-money pressure no concern as Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan in Bulls record books

Josh Giddey’s sparkling start to the NBA season is justifying his lucrative contract,challenging records held by the greatest Chicago Bull of all and drawing praise from other legendary figures from the club’s past.

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The AFL could be staring down serious sports betting trouble if it doesn’t learn from the drama unfolding in the NBA.

The more we know the better:How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty from it.

  • Michael Gleeson
Top draft prospect Cooper Duff-Tytler could have been in Essendon’s NGA program.

Missed by that much:The top AFL draft prospect who could have been a Bomber

Cooper Duff-Tytler’s grandparents emigrated from Sri Lanka to Australia more than 50 years ago. But one small detail stopped him being tied to Essendon.

  • Marc McGowan
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Melbourne United centre Jesse Edwards and his wife Quirine Edwards-Comans,middle,with their families after their wedding this year.

Meet the NBA centre who got married the day before flying to Australia

Jesse Edwards made his NBA debut and got married in the past year,and both went quicker than he would have liked. He hopes his time in the NBL will set the platform for a long NBA career.

  • Roy Ward
Miami Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Billups among dozens arrested in gambling probe tied to the Mafia

LeBron unwittingly dragged into NBA gambling scandal;dozens arrested in probe tied to mafia

More than 30 people have been charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.

  • Alanna Durkin Richer,Tim Reynolds andPhilip Marcelo
Bendigo product Dyson Daniels has inked a bumper new deal with the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA.

Atlanta Hawks lock in ‘Great Barrier Thief’ on eye-watering new NBA deal

Dyson Daniels’ fourth NBA season is about to tip off,and he’s signed a new contract that places him among Australia’s highest-paid athletes.

  • Murray Wenzel
LeBron James warms up prior to an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Sacramento,California.

Did LeBron James write for a communist paper? China said he did

Several of the NBA’s biggest names have made trips to China to promote business ventures,and the league. This one ended differently.

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