Next stop NBA:Why Melbourne dunking machine is being scouted to stop Wembanyama

Next stop NBA:Why Melbourne dunking machine is being scouted to stop Wembanyama

Melbourne United centre Ariel Hukporti has embraced a complex role to help his NBL club chase this year’s title but he’s skills look even better suited to the NBA,which he hopes is his next stop.

  • byRoy Ward

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Booming crowds and broadcast numbers on the up:Are these the NBL’s ‘glory days’?

Booming crowds and broadcast numbers on the up:Are these the NBL’s ‘glory days’?

The NBL boss has had enough of hearing about the glory days – the boom times of the 1990s when the league was a TV staple and Andrew Gaze led the household names. The NBL might be at its zenith right now,he says.

  • byRoy Ward
Watch how the Sydney Roosters cracked Hollywood … but didn’t know it
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Watch how the Sydney Roosters cracked Hollywood … but didn’t know it

A diehard Roosters fan,who is a filmmaker in Los Angeles,has been taking names from the team and using them in movies and TV shows for years.

  • byMichael Chammas
Age and Herald journalists honoured at Australian Sports Commission awards

Age and Herald journalists honoured at Australian Sports Commission awards

Read our stories on gay basketballer Isaac Humphries,Collingwood captain Darcy Moore and the Eddie Jones saga that were voted among last year’s best sports writing.

Overpaid and uncompetitive? Pippen takes aim at players after NBA All-Stars score-fest

Overpaid and uncompetitive? Pippen takes aim at players after NBA All-Stars score-fest

The NBA All-Star game is supposed to showcase basketball’s brightest talents,but Chicago Bulls great Scottie Pippen says high scoring does not equal entertaining and the lack of competitive spirit is bad for the sport.

  • byJon Pierik
Breakers end Perth curse to shake up NBL Finals picture

Breakers end Perth curse to shake up NBL Finals picture

New Zealand are adamant their march towards an NBL Finals campaign remains on track after they defied an early injury to star import Anthony Lamb to break their Perth curse and shake up the post-season picture.

  • byMurray Wenzel
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22 under 22:Young Brisbane athletes set for career-defining year

22 under 22:Young Brisbane athletes set for career-defining year

They are 22 of the city’s hottest young athletes,and they’re all poised to thrive in 2024.

  • byNick Wright
They were worried no one would show up. It became the most-watched game of the year

They were worried no one would show up. It became the most-watched game of the year

Sydney owner Paul Smith calls it NBL’s State of Origin. This is the story of how the Kings turned Christmas Day into game day.

  • byIain Payten
Taipans dodge Bullets in tense Queensland NBL derby

Taipans dodge Bullets in tense Queensland NBL derby

Mitch Norton’s attempted game-winner was released a fraction of a second after the final buzzer and Cairns have hung on to beat Brisbane 102-101 in an epic finish to their NBL derby.

  • byShayne Hope
‘My own person’:NBA royalty behind quest to end championship drought

‘My own person’:NBA royalty behind quest to end championship drought

A Brisbane Bullets star never quite appreciated the enormity of the company he was in growing up. Now,that wisdom holds the key to a title charge.

  • byNick Wright
‘Mum got sick of us hitting our heads’:Why Australia’s tallest NBA prospect lives in a shipping container

‘Mum got sick of us hitting our heads’:Why Australia’s tallest NBA prospect lives in a shipping container

Rocco Zikarsky is one of the most exciting young talents in Australian basketball. He outgrew the family home,literally,and is on course for the NBA draft in 2025.

  • byRoy Ward