They're the new Canberra Capitals sister act who spend their weekdays in the classroom.

Midway through his annual pre-season media luncheon, Brett Brown was asked his expectations for the season.

Australian basketball great Penny Taylor could play her last WNBA game as early as Thursday as her Phoenix Mercury enter the sudden death rounds of the WNBA Playoffs.

Melbourne United will not rush their veteran stars back into the side in the lead-up to the new NBL season.

Fresh from the season from hell, the Sydney Kings are back on track after an undefeated tour of China.

Even Olympic Games and international basketball star Marianna Tolo had a tinge of jealousy on Saturday.

Australia's men's wheelchair basketball team has missed a Paralympics medal for the first time since 2000 after losing in the quarter-final against Great Britain.

Canberra Capitals centre Marianna Tolo sat in her pyjamas for a week after the Australian women's basketball team failed to medal at the Rio Olympics.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Mitch McGary has earned his second suspension of the 2016-17 season for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program, the league has announced.

When it comes to "maintenance" programs, the Miami Heat have numerous blueprints to draw upon. They practically authored the approach, dating to Dan Majerle's balky back under Pat Riley to the preemptive slants taken in recent years with Mike Miller and Dwyane Wade.

Lucas Walker was concerned there might not be a place for him in the NBL this year but an injury to Matt Knight has earned him a short term deal with Perth Wildcats.

A win over the nation that denied them back-to-back Paralympic gold medals in London? Check. A perfect 3-0 record to start their Paralympics campaign in Rio? Check.

When Shaquille O'Neal was 10 years old, his father made a prediction. Friday night when his son became a Hall of Famer, it was realised.

NBL executive director Larry Kestelman wants the league-produced NBL TV to become the most-watched digital sports product in Australia.

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.