Aussies announce final teams for Oceania Championships
FOLLOWING a week of training at the Australian Institute of Sport, the final teams have been announced for Australia’s men’s and women’s teams that will be competing at the 2025 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championships. The tournament will be held from December 8-13 in Samoa, and will see the best sides from the continent lock horns […]
Squad announced for selection camp ahead of Oceania Championships
AUSTRALIA’s next generation of basketballers are gearing up for potential selection for the upcoming 2025 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championships, which is set to be held in Samoa later this year in an excellent showcase of young talent. Australia will take both a men’s and a women’s team to the tournament and will be the favourites […]
Paul shows plenty of promise at Asia Cup
FAR AND away the standout player of the 2025 FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup, Luke Roland Paul was superb for the Australian Crocs in their dominant gold medal winning campaign in Mongolia over the past couple of weeks. The West Australian guard was deservingly named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament, having been the best […]
NBL Next Stars preview series starts next week
THE 2025/26 National Basketball League (NBL) season is around the corner, which means there will be another crop of Next Stars shining in the professional competition in a bid to make their NBA dreams come true. Last season saw two NBL Next Stars make their dreams a reality, when the program helped Alex Toohey and […]
2025 NBA Draft Team Wrap – Chicago Bulls
THE CHICAGO Bulls continued the building of their roster for the next generation at the 2025 NBA Draft, an event that was hosted in their city, and made a pair of exciting additions to the team for the coming years. The Bulls had just two selections heading into the 2025 intake, and even traded back […]
Rookie Me Central’s 2025 NBA Mock Draft
THE 2025 NBA Draft is almost here, with the next generation of basketball stars set to join the top competition in Chicago on Thursday morning AEST. Although the top pick is a lock, there is still plenty to be decided for the remainder of the intake. Led by a generational talent in Cooper Flagg, the […]
2025 NBA Draft Team preview – Chicago Bulls
CHICAGO Bulls had an up and down season, storming home to make the play-in in the final stages of the season, before being eliminated by the Miami Heat in the do-or-die clash of the tournament in April, and can consider themselves among the unluckiest when it comes to the draft lottery. They were the last […]
Giddey reaches greatness in breakout campaign
THE BRIGHTEST Aussie basketball talent in the world, Joshua Giddey delivered a standout season with the Chicago Bulls, playing at an All-Star level in the back half of the season to fully cement himself as a player to watch in the NBA. After coming through the NBL’s Next Stars program (the first Aussie to do […]
TOP 10 – NBL Next Stars
THE NATIONAL Basketball League (NBL) Next Stars program has proved fruitful as a pathway to the NBA Draft, with plenty of players reaching the top level after honing their craft in a professional competition for a season or two. There have even been a handful of players that have been selected in the Top 10, […]
Giddey’s career year boosting Bulls
WHEN Joshua Giddey was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Chicago Bulls, many believed the Bulls received far less for Alex Caruso than they deserved. Several months later, and Giddey is proving not only that the Bulls were right in targeting him, but that he may be the best player in the trade. […]
