NBL to run WNBL after Basketball Australia sells
Larry Kestelman and Robyn Denholm will have the majority interest of the WNBL after the 2024-25 season, with Basketball Australia retaining a minority stake.
Larry Kestelman and Robyn Denholm will have the majority interest of the WNBL after the 2024-25 season, with Basketball Australia retaining a minority stake.
Boomers star Josh Green has reportedly been traded by Dallas to Charlotte as part of a multi-team deal that will land Klay Thompson at the Mavericks.
The NBL Blitz pre-season tournament is headed back to the Gold Coast in September as league officials consider whether the city should host an expansion team.
Matthew Dellavedova will return from the Boomers wilderness in Paris while Lauren Jackson will play at a fifth Games, 12 years after her last.
Boomers coach Brian Goorjian has explained his decision to leave Matisse Thybulle out of the Paris Olympics side and recall veteran Matthew Dellavedova.
Lauren Jackson's historic fifth Olympic appearance, as a mother of two and 12 years after her last, will send joyous ripples through Australia's Olympic team.
Josh Giddey is relishing the chance to prove himself for the Boomers in a stacked Olympic pool featuring world No.2 Spain and Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greece.
The New Zealand Breakers will represent the NBL in two exhibition games against NBA opposition in October, taking on the Utah Jazz and Oklahoma City Thunder.
French forward Alex Sarr has made NBL history as pick No.2 in the NBA draft, but Australian first-round prospect Johnny Furphy wasn't among the 30 names called.
The Sydney Kings and NBL champions the Tasmania JackJumpers will host Christmas Day games as festive features of the 2024-25 season schedule.
The Brisbane Bullets are continuing to make changes this off-season with the announcement of a new home court.
Tasmania can be the "mecca'' for Australian basketball if more courts are built and sub-par facilities refurbished, JackJumpers coach Scott Roth says.
Veteran coach Chris Lucas will take charge of Geelong United, the WNBL's newest franchise, in their inaugural season.
The men's and women's National Basketball Leagues will converge on Perth in September for a weekend-long festival mirroring similar concepts in the NRL and AFL.
There is no room for Rocco Zikarsky in Australia's 17-man Olympic squad, the teenager one of five cut ahead of Melbourne's final camp and games next month.
Geelong United will replace the Melbourne Boomers in the WNBL from next season, the league has confirmed.
Former National Basketball League MVP and outspoken commentator Corey Williams, 46, has died after a battle with cancer.
Australia's 3x3 women's basketball team have spoken of their pride after qualifying for the Paris Olympics by winning a qualification tournament in Japan.
Under new Sydney Kings coach Brian Goorjian, former Cairns Taipans player Bul Kuol is aiming to become the best defender in the NBL next season.
US-born star point guard Derrick Walton Jr has signed a one-year deal with the South East Melbourne Phoenix after helping Sydney win the NBL title in 2023.
Josh Giddey has hit three final-quarter triples as the Thunder ran down hosts New Orleans to complete a first-round NBA playoff sweep.
WNBA No.1 draft pick Caitlin Clark is reportedly set to continue her association with Nike by signing a $28 million ($A43 million) contract.
Sydney have signed Izayah Le'afa for Brian Goorjian's first season back in charge of the Kings, while the Wildcats have lured a promising college star to Perth.
Australian basketball great Shane Heal could not prove a conspiracy led to his suspension as coach of the WNBL club after players complained about his conduct.
Australian trio Nyadiew Puoch, Isobel Borlase and Jaz Shelley have been taken with picks 12, 20 and 29 in a WBNA draft headlined by college star Caitlin Clark.
Former Kings guard Angus Glover has signed a two-year deal with South East Melbourne, joining ex-Bullets sharpshooter Nathan Sobey at the Victorian franchise.
Australia's men's and women's basketball teams will play China in Melbourne before July's Olympics, while the Boomers have also locked in a date with the USA.
The Tasmania JackJumpers have signed South East Melbourne big man Gorjok Gak as Mojave King announces he will return to the NBL following two years in America.
Kiwi brothers Tai and Corey Webster have had their Perth Wildcats playing futures decided ahead of the NBL free agency period.
Australia's men's basketball team for the Paris Olympics has been announced, with a 22-man squad still to be trimmed by 10 prior to the action starting in July.
Australia's men's basketball team for the Paris Olympics has been announced, with a 22-man squad still to be trimmed by 10 prior to the action starting in July.