Australia's men's basketball wheelchair captain Brad Ness has been granted the honour of becoming the nation's flagbearer at the Rio Paralympics opening ceremony.

Dylan Alcott was just 21. He had been intensely involved in wheelchair basketball at the highest level and badly needed a break.

Matthew Dellavedova has endured the heartbreak of the Boomers' Rio Olympics finish and the joy of his NBA title with Cleveland Cavaliers, now he's moving into a new chapter with the Milwaukee Bucks.

All the signs are pointing to the Brisbane Bullets first season back in the National Basketball League being a resounding success.

While the pain of the Boomers' Rio Olympic campaign remains, Melbourne United guard Chris Goulding is throwing his energy into his immediate future.

Police said on Sunday that two brothers, both felons on parole, were trying to shoot a driver last week when their gunshots fatally struck Nykea Aldridge, a young mother pushing a stroller on a nearby sidewalk, the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade.

While 10 athletes were detained overnight by police at the Olympics for placing stickers over their accreditation, 80 others may have been fortunate to avoid detection.

Melbourne United lacked four stars and had completed just two weeks of training but they still found a way to beat US college UCLA on Saturday night.

A cousin of Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade has been fatally shot while pushing a baby in a stroller on the city's South Side.

The Sydney Kings have made NBL history, becoming the first club to sign a Chinese-born player.

US star Lonzo Ball has the chance at an NBA future but his college journey is starting in Melbourne when the UCLA Bruins play Melbourne United.

Bendigo Spirit have locked in pre-season games with in-state rivals Melbourne Boomers and Dandenong Rangers ahead of the new WNBL season.

Perth Wildcats fans can get excited, as recruit Jaron Johnson has made his first amazing shot with his new team.

Melbourne United will host celebrated college UCLA on Saturday night including NBA prospect Lonzo Ball.

Kevin Durant admitted he wasn't himself earlier in the men's basketball competition at the Olympics. Then he heated up.

The  Boomers' bronze was the best medal Australia didn't win at the Rio Olympics.

The Boomers were left shattered and in tears after "soft" and "ridiculous" refereeing denied the Australians what would have been their first Olympic medal.

The United States won their third straight gold medal in men's Olympic basketball, hammering Serbia 96-66 in the final at the Rio Games on Sunday.

For those who only watch the Australian Opals every four years, the team's quarter-final exit seemed a bolt from the blue.

Patrick Mills has always been passionate about playing for Australia, but a cutting letter from a junior indigenous fan last year reinforced why he's so desperate to win an Olympic Games medal.

Meet the Twingles - the 25-day-old twins of Boomers veteran Joe Ingles that he parted with just 36 hours after they were born.

They grew up at the AIS together and now they're chasing Olympic Games glory.

The NBL will have two China Basketball Association teams at its preseason tournament, the Australian Basketball Challenge, in Brisbane in September.

On the sun-soaked beaches of San Diego in February, the Boomers' Olympic flame begin flickering stronger than ever before.

The Boomers are just one win away from creating history and winning their first Olympic medal after crushing Lithuania in Wednesday's quarter-final - but they won't be content without a gold medal.

Canberra Capitals coach Paul Goriss says a solution must be found to stop Australia's best young basketballers ignoring the WNBL to play in the US if the Australian Opals are to rebound from their Rio heartbreak. 

It's been the story of Australia's Olympic campaign. They underachieved in the pool, they underachieved on the cycling track, and now the women's basketball team will walk away from Rio without the medal they were expected to win.

The Perth Wildcats have finalised their roster for the upcoming NBL season announcing the re-signing of Shawn Redhage.

Less than a week after the subtle revelation that WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is gay, the story had all but died.

Close games for the USA against some of the best national teams in the world might just be the norm for the remainder of the men's Olympic basketball competition.

It was Chris Goulding's time to shine in the Boomers' 81-56 win over Venezuela on Sunday night.

The Canberra Gunners finals drought won't be broken for another year.

In the febrile atmosphere, it was the sort of turn of events that might have incited a riot. In another sport, place and time, it would have.

Rio de Janeiro: Australia remain undefeated at the Rio Olympics after narrowly beating Belarus 74-66 in their last pool game of the women's basketball competition.

Australian basketball great Shane Heal says his innocence has been proven after Queensland Police Services ended their investigation into bets made on former WNBL club South East Queensland Stars.

Brisbane adds major weapon ahead of return to NBL.

Liz Cambage produced a final quarter for the ages, single-handedly dragging Australia from 16 points down to defeat Japan and secure the Opals top spot in their group

The deal will make James the highest-paid star in the NBA this season and after that he will become the highest paid of all time.

Canberra basketballer Patty Mills would have preferred to beat Team USA for his birthday present, but he is closing in on another personal milestone at the Rio Olympic Games.