Aussie leading the NBA’s fashion charge
From the court to the catwalk, NBA star Dyson Daniels is making a play for the spotlight, as he reflects on the ‘curveball’ of being traded – and his next move.
From the court to the catwalk, NBA star Dyson Daniels is making a play for the spotlight, as he reflects on the ‘curveball’ of being traded – and his next move.
Australia’s record-breaking Olympic feats come at a high price, including $100m in high performance funding over the past year alone.
Magic Johnson had the perfect response to silence Anthony Edwards after the young star’s shot at 90s NBA players.
Izzy Borlase has plenty to live up to in a family filled with SANFL and netball stardom. But the rookie Opal more than held her own in her role in Australia’s bronze medal efforts in Paris.
While the GOAT Lauren Jackson capped off her remarkable career and created history with bronze in Paris it was the next generation of Opals stars who stole the show against Belgium.
For a nation that literally invented basketball, the United States still seem to have no clue how the international game works.
A US commentator has been called out after claiming a French star was wearing a Palestinian flag after the men’s basketball gold medal match.
With NBA star Jayson Tatum’s dad being a NBL head coach, the father-son duo are frequently apart. The pair being reunited in Paris is only giving the Celtics gun extra motivation to win gold on Sunday.
With a squad full of NBA stars, and players waiting to be handed their contracts, can France cause a massive upset and defeat America’s ‘Dream Team’ in what promises to be an Olympic final for the ages.
The Opals’ bid to end America’s three-decade dynasty has failed, leaving the Australian women to fight off for a bronze medal and Lauren Jackson has every belief they can get the job done.
Brittney Griner spent 293 days in a Russian prison camp and was released after a prisoner exchange with a high-profile weapons dealer. Now, she will be a key weapon for the USA in their clash with the Opals.
How the physical Opals plan to shut down the most dominant team in basketball history and cause one of the Olympics’ biggest boilovers when they face team USA in the semi-final.
As debate rages about the new sports added to the Olympics in recent years, an Australian legend says we are falling behind.
There is talk Patty Mills is considering playing on for the Boomers but that would be a mistake. It’s time to pass the baton to the next generation so they can flourish in LA and Brisbane, writes Matt Logue.
It doesn’t happen every four years but there’s a couple of very famous examples of the Olympics having a dramatic impact on the make-up of the NBA.
Australia’s Opals face the toughest task in world basketball, but Shane Heal believes they’ve got what it takes to challenge the USA.
The Opals have kept Lauren Jackson’s fairytale farewell tour alive with a commanding win over Serbia to book a likely blockbuster semi-final date against Team USA.
Twice up by 24 points against a stacked Serbian team with triple NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and an array of quality shooters around him, the Australians couldn’t crush their rival.
Australia’s hopes of another men’s basketball medal ended with a crushing defeat against Serbia in what may be the final game for two of our legends of the game.
Australia’s strong history of results at the Olympic Games goes on the line again in Paris 2024.
The Boomers coughed up a 24-point lead as their Olympic medal dreams evaporated – and the basketball world had plenty to say about it.
The year was 2019. Jock Landale was alone and isolated playing basketball in Serbia. Then a call-up with the Australian Boomers would change not only his career, but his life.
Aussie Liz Cambage created global headlines when she sparked a physical altercation and allegedly called Nigerian players ‘monkeys’ in 2021. Now, remarkably, she’s welcome to join the D’Tigress.
A veteran Opal believes an impressive victory over France under pressure proves Australia can beat anyone. MATCH REPORT and PLAYER RATINGS.
Josh Giddey’s stat-sheet stuffing Paris Olympic form has caught the eye of NBA sensation Devin Booker ahead of the Boomers’ do-or-die clash against Serbia.
The Boomers have piled pressure on the might of the USA in a performance that also raised red flags before the Paris Olympics.
Aussie basketball icon Shane Heal has exposed a brutal truth about Australia’s Olympics basketball campaign.
Jack McVeigh is closing in on an NBA call-up that would have been unthinkable a year ago. MICHAEL RANDALL and JESSICA ROBINSON chart what’s next for the Boomers bolter.
As Australia shoots for golden glory at the Olympic Games one mystery man has a big job.
Olympic heartbreak for one, joy for the other but a chance remains Melbourne United teammates Chris Goulding and Matthew Dellavedova could link up in Paris, says Melbourne United coach Dean Vickerman.
For the price of the entire Boomers squad, you could not cover the cost of US superstar Steph Curry. But despite the financial gulf, the gap in results has never been smaller. SEE EVERY SALARY.
When Australia’s four female basketballers shoot for a medal across a week of qualifiers they will do so amid the Olympics version of bedlam, and it’s drawn comparisons with LIV Golf.
Blindsided by his Olympic snubbing, NBA star Matisse Thybulle wasted no time getting out of Australia. Inside the Boomers’ brutal selection process and the fallout since.
Clashes against an international arch-nemesis, an NBA-loaded outfit, and a team spearheaded by one of the game’s truly elite players – that’s what awaits the Boomers in Paris.
Just a day after the squad was named for the Olympics, the Opals have been hit with a pair of injuries that could unsettle their Paris preparations.
Boomers coach Brian Goorjian put senior players like Patty Mills and Joe Ingles on notice ahead of Paris team selection, with Ingles initially left out of squad until final moment.
After a relentless lead up to being named in her fifth Olympic team, Lauren Jackson has locked in her ticket to Paris and will bring her whole family along for the journey as the Opals plan for a return to the podium.
Brian Goorjian has named his 12-man squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics, with several big-name omissions confirmed.
The Opals have locked in a 12-strong squad for Paris that is full of WNBA talent, while 43-year-old icon Lauren Jackson has been called up for her fifth Olympic Games.
The Boomers squad for the Paris Olympics has been officially confirmed, with several key men missing out. See what Australian basketball royalty had to say about the big decisions.
Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire in the world of NBA trades. Before he was traded by Dallas to Charlotte, Boomer Josh Green knew something was up.
The Opals’ future may have already arrived, with a teen sensation producing an irresistible case for Olympics selection in Australia’s last pre-Games hit-out. MICHAEL RANDALL analyses the Opals’ performance, and picks his squad for Paris inside.
Big names Chris Goulding, Matisse Thybulle and Xavier Cooks have all been cut for the Paris Games. MATT LOGUE and MICHAEL RANDALL analyse why Boomers coach Brian Goorjian made the big calls.
Ahead of what could be his fifth Olympic Games, Joe Ingles is far from a spent force in the NBA, with Minnesota showing their trust in the veteran Aussie. He spoke about the move after the Boomers win over China in Melbourne.
In an indication as to how difficult settling on a team for the Olympics has been, two certain starters sat out of the Boomers’ big win against China. MICHAEL RANDALL analyses the performance, and picks his 12-man squad for the Games.
Darcee Garbin prefers to leave the limelight to gold-medal Diamond sister Sophie and just be “Darcee, the basketballer”. In a few days time, though, she might be ‘Garbin, the Olympian’.
Four-time Aussie Olympic basketball legend Shane Heal has called for some huge snubs and a monster role change for the Boomers in Paris.
If Sandy Brondello considered leaving Alice Kunek or young gun Isobel Borlase out of her final squad for Paris, the Opals coach might face a swift rethink after the pair combined to rock China in a 28-point demolition job in the lead-up to the Olympics.
Lauren Jackson ‘was never meant to play again’ after the 2022 World Cup, now a fifth Olympics is on her radar. The GOAT opens up to MATT LOGUE on her Paris hopes, career fears, Hall of Fame and the Opals bright future.
DJ Vasiljevic sacrificed his NBA dream so he could get in front of Boomers coach Brian Goorjian in weeks like this. Even if it ends in a brutal Olympic snubbing, he tells JON RALPH he stands by the decision.
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