Tag: NBA

As NBA Season Tips Off, a Record Number of Australians Earn Roster Spots

Thirteen Aussies lock up spots for the 2024-25 NBA season - more if foreign-born, Australia-representing players are counted

‘Gaze: The First Family of Australian Basketball’ Is a Slam Dunk For Hoops Fans

Beat L.A.! How the Boston Celtics Became the Greatest NBA Franchise

The 2023–24 NBA season had Boston written all over it. For the Australian Boomers duo of Dante Exum and Josh Green, a first Finals loss.

NBA Finals: History Beckons For Australian Sports Fans

A win for the Mavs would, for the first time in NBA history, deliver championship rings to three Australian-born players.

Luc Longley Recounts Bad Haircuts, ‘Bittersweet’ NBA Title and Michael Jordan’s ‘Wicked Laugh’ in ‘Foundations’ Doco

'Luc Longley: Foundations' explores the giant’s central role in the Chicago Bulls’ second “three-peat,” and playing alongside Michael Jordan.

The NBA’s Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Push Around the League—And It’s Working

Conspiracy theories in the locker room. Mask police in the arena. Superstars trying to avoid the shot. After bringing back the culture from Covid, basketball confronts its own civil war

The Unfinished Kobe Bryant

One of the greatest and most complicated American sports stars is gone before we fully understood him

Sports World Responds To Donald Trump: Everything You Need to Know

"Those who exercise the right to peacefully express themselves should not be demonised or ostracised," said Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan

Cleveland Cavaliers Look to Salvage Boring, Predictable NBA Finals

Series returns to defending champs home court where they look to mount a second comeback against Golden State Warriors.

Why The New NBA Arms Race Is Good For Basketball

Cleveland and Golden State show it's an entirely new level of competition and the rest of the league is going to have to keep up.