While NBA free agency steals headlines, the NBA's youngest and hungriest players battle it out in the summer league competitions.

Canberra basketballer Patty Mills is poised to become one of Australia's highest paid athletes.

Australia's Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Aron Baynes and Andrew Bogut are likely just hours away from signing new NBA contracts exceeding a combined $US100 million ($A130 million).

Canberra basketballer Patrick Mills faces one of the biggest decisions of his career when free agency starts.

Former Capital Michelle Cosier is working towards an NBL refereeing job after retiring from playing.

The Sydney Kings will become the latest NBL side to compete internationally after accepting an offer to play in the Atlas Challenge in China next month.

Russell Westbrook, who became the first player to average a triple-double for a season since Oscar Robertson did so for the only other time in NBA history in 1962, earned the league's MVP award Monday night during the league's first awards show at Basketball City in Lower Manhattan.

Utah Jazz has thrown down the challenge to Dante Exum and he appears to have responded ahead of the tip-off for next week's NBA Summer League.

Daniel Dillon has seen the basketball world and now wants to come home to Melbourne United and help the team to a championship.

Basketball Australia and the NBA have launched the Global Academy at the Australian Institute of Sport.

The NBA and Basketball Australia launched the academy at the BA Centre of Excellence in Canberra on Friday.

Just like Ben Simmons in 2016, Brett Brown and the Sixers picked another son of an import in Jonah Bolden during Friday's NBA Draft.

Philadelphia 76ers got the player they wanted and Lonzo Ball the team he wanted. The 76ers selected guard Markelle Fultz on Thursday night with the No. 1 pick after trading up earlier in the week to grab the high-scoring freshman guard from Washington.

Jonah Bolden, the 21-year-old Melbourne-born son of NBL great Bruce Bolden, has been dubbed the "sleeper" of Friday's NBA draft.

But the point guard has set herself the goal of making her WNBL debut for the Capitals this season.

Aron Baynes has joined fellow Australians Joe Ingles and Patty Mills in seeking huge new NBA contracts that could see them on new teams.

Australia's 3x3 women were knocked out of the FIBA World Cup in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday morning.

Jonah Bolden wasn't meant to make it to the NBA after he left UCLA to pursue a professional career but one season in Europe has turned him into a potential first round draft pick.

Stephen Curry may go from being the NBA's biggest bargain to signing its richest contract.

Four Australian women will fly into the unknown on Thursday but their journey could be the first step towards Olympic success.

Canberra Gunners recruit Roy Booker's whirlwind journey to the capital.

The confetti had hardly stopped falling before the speculation began about the next big move of the Golden State Warriors: Would they visit President Donald Trump at the White House?

Olympians Dave Andersen, Chris Goulding and Kevin Lisch headline the Boomers' extended squad for the Asia Cup.

After the Warriors failed to finish off Cleveland in last year's NBA finals, they knew they needed to get better.

The series heads back to Golden State with Cleveland needing to win to stay alive.

From the moment the Cleveland Cavaliers extended these NBA Finals to a fifth game thanks to a 137-116 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday night, the story line for the three days leading up to Monday night was set.

A pair of game-worn Michael Jordan sneakers sold at auction for $190,373 ($A252,000) on Sunday, setting a record for game-used shoes.

Basketball Australia will sweat on the future of the AIS Arena before deciding if the Boomers will play in Canberra.

The Cleveland Cavaliers staved off NBA Finals elimination and ended the Golden State Warriors' shot at an unprecedented perfect run through the playoffs with a 137-116 win.

Mum-in-waiting Nat Hurst puts family first for Canberra Capitals and WNBL comeback.

Basketball ACT has started talks about reviving NBL in Canberra after launching a million-dollar outdoor facility.

The NBA continues to grow in popularity in Australia off the back of big names such as LeBron, Curry and Durant.

Capitals have landed a major recruiting target to boost their hopes of breaking a WNBL finals drought.

Durant's three-pointer with 45 seconds to go in game three leaves LeBron James and the Cavs with a near impossible task to turn the series again.

The Cleveland Cavaliers needed to cut down on their turnovers. The Cavaliers needed to find a way to slow the Golden State Warriors in transition. The Cavaliers needed to get the members of LeBron James' supporting cast more involved. In fact, those players needed to be brilliant. It was not enough.

The NBA Finals head to Cleveland after the Warriors took the opening two games on their home court with ease.

The Canberra Capitals have added another piece to their recruitment puzzle for the WNBL season.

• andrew webster

The experts and armchair critics have already forgotten about LeBron James' legacy. Now, it's all Durant and Curry and the Golden State Warriors.

The Capitals are the big winners for the sport and recreation ACT budget as they prepare to move to Civic.