Mills to be traded as Landale,White and Exum earn new NBA deals;Opals claim bronze

Mills to be traded as Landale,White and Exum earn new NBA deals;Opals claim bronze

Patty Mills is on the move while four Australians have agreed to NBA free agent contracts with new teams.

  • byRoy Ward

Latest

‘Magnificent mural’:Patty Mills takes Indigenous Australia to Brooklyn

‘Magnificent mural’:Patty Mills takes Indigenous Australia to Brooklyn

Australian NBA star Patty Mills has long loved the street art in Brooklyn. Now he has made his own contribution by commissioning an Indigenous people’s mural on the side of a five-storey school building.

  • byRoy Ward
From our greatest basketball export to US sporting pariah:Can Simmons bounce back?

From our greatest basketball export to US sporting pariah:Can Simmons bounce back?

Touted as a “once-in-a-generation talent”,Ben Simmons signed a $US170 million contract,and even dated a Kardashian – then things went sour. What really went down?

  • byKonrad Marshall
Simmons struggles in first regular-season game with Nets
Analysis
NBA

Simmons struggles in first regular-season game with Nets

It became obvious well before the final buzzer on opening night of the Brooklyn Nets’ season that Ben Simmons’ struggles won’t have a quick fix,despite the superstar talent surrounding him.

  • byRussell Bennett
NBA ready:Simmons bounces back,but Warriors battle their ‘biggest crisis’

NBA ready:Simmons bounces back,but Warriors battle their ‘biggest crisis’

The new NBA season is almost upon us. Ben Simmons looks like a player reinvigorated as nine Australians look to showcase their skills on the big stage.

  • byRoy Ward
‘I don’t care about narrative’:Ben Simmons is ready for his NBA return

‘I don’t care about narrative’:Ben Simmons is ready for his NBA return

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.

  • byJon Pierik
Advertisement
‘Hopefully we play together a long time’:Giddey sees big future with Daniels

‘Hopefully we play together a long time’:Giddey sees big future with Daniels

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.

  • byRoy Ward
‘I have something meaningful to say’:NBA star in talks with minister over reforms

‘I have something meaningful to say’:NBA star in talks with minister over reforms

After Shaq’s cameo,NBA champion Patty Mills has lent his support to the campaign for a Voice to parliament.

  • byLucy Manly
‘If we were in the US,we’d be rock stars’:How the NBA global academy is helping players reach higher levels

‘If we were in the US,we’d be rock stars’:How the NBA global academy is helping players reach higher levels

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.

  • byRoy Ward
Durant’s Brooklyn bombshell but Mills to stay;Ingles to join Bucks;Boomers down Japan
Updated
NBA

Durant’s Brooklyn bombshell but Mills to stay;Ingles to join Bucks;Boomers down Japan

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.

  • byJon Pierik andRoy Ward
Gaze says Mills will have plenty of NBA suitors;Boomers beat China

Gaze says Mills will have plenty of NBA suitors;Boomers beat China

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.

  • byRoy Ward