Chinese basketball is still the sleeping giant of the international game and the NBL is looking to help them wake up.

Melbourne United are considering Will McDowell-White, the son of former AFL premiership player Darryl White, as an injury replacement for Daniel Dillon and they will suit him up against China on Sunday.

Basketball Australia is making strides in its battle to fight off match-fixing and prohibited sports gambling.

Opals centre Marianna Tolo says the loss of fellow former Canberra Capitals Abby Bishop and Alex Bunton will be a big blow.

The next few months could bring massive changes to Majok Majok's basketball career.

Australian basketball great Penny Taylor had her number 13 jersey retired by WNBA club Phoenix Mercury in Phoenix on Monday.

It's something far greater than basketball that lures NBA star Luol Deng to Australia every few years.

Young, old and in-between, new Australian Opals coach Sandy Brondello has called in all comers for the FIBA Asia Cup in India later this month.

Former Capitals skipper Abby Bishop is keen to revive her international career after an Opals recall.

The Capitals have landed another signing while Basketball ACT plans a significant upgrade at Belconnen.

Adelaide 36ers chief executive Guy Hedderwick believes his club's Christmas Eve home game could be the launching pad for an attempt at playing on Christmas Day.

Melbourne United could be forced onto Margaret Court Arena for two of their biggest home games of the NBL season due to the Davis Cup tennis.

Basketball ACT will meet with Illawarra Hawks officials in July to try and bring NBL to Canberra.

Dante Exum and Jonah Bolden captured some attention in their first NBA Summer League outings on Tuesday.

From Kenyan refugee camp to Melbourne, Hawaii and now Cairns – Kuany Kuany has come a long way in life.

Joe Ingles has become the latest Australian NBA star to earn a US$50 million deal.

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.