Patrick Mills
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.
- by Roy Ward
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‘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.
- by Roy Ward
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?
- by Konrad Marshall
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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.
- by Russell Bennett
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.
- by Roy Ward
‘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.
- by Jon Pierik
‘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.
- by Roy Ward
‘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.
- by Lucy Manly
‘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.
- by Roy Ward
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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.
- by Jon Pierik and Roy Ward
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.
- by Roy Ward