Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons says he is physically and mentally fresh and keen to again have an impact in the NBA when the season starts next month.
Josh Giddey is ready for the new NBA season after a long off-season and he is also excited about the fellow Aussie Dyson Daniels who will start his NBA career with the New Orleans Pelicans.
After Shaq’s cameo,NBA champion Patty Mills has lent his support to the campaign for a Voice to parliament.
The NBA’s arrival at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Canberra is having a positive impact on both Australia’s best talent and young players from around the world.
On a day Kevin Durant dropped an NBA free-agency bombshell,Australian Joe Ingles is on the move again,this time to the Milwaukee Bucks,but Patty Mills is expected to stay with Brooklyn.
Patty Mills is heading into NBA free agency and Andrew Gaze believes the bronze-medal-winning Boomers star will have plenty of suitors although his current club Brooklyn Nets will also want to keep him. Meanwhile,the Boomers have held of a big China comeback to win their World Cup qualifier.
Informed views on topics affecting society and the traits learned in top-notch sport are proving a strong combination in the political sphere.
Clear pathways,excellent domestic leagues and international success have helped basketball enter a new golden era in Australia.
Patty Mills has roared back to form with Nets coach Steve Nash praising the Australian star and Matisse Thybulle will miss Philadelphia’s trip to Toronto over vaccination status.
Ben Simmons has been ruled out of this week’s potential grudge match against the Philadelphia 76ers,and the clock is ticking on his hopes of regenerating the flagging Nets. But teammate Patty Mills has backed Simmons to make a difference when he returns.
Outstanding coverage of Australia’s Olympians and Paralympians saw journalists from the Herald and the Age pick up a number of awards on Wednesday night.