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Matthew Dellavedova, who has had a stellar career in the NBA, for the Boomers and now with the Sydney Kings in the NBL.

Luc Longley played with Jordan and Rodman. He’s never seen anyone with more fire than Delly

After a polarising NBA career that still generates headlines, Matthew Dellavedova has led the Sydney Kings to a grand final series. And he’s lost none of the drive that made him a cult figure.

  • Iain Payten

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Bam Adeybayo dunks on the way to his stunning 83-point haul against Washington.

It’s Wilt, then Bam: Heat star ignites, records second-highest-scoring game in NBA history with 83 points

Bam Adebayo’s effort against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday is second only to Wilt Chamberlain’s famed 100-point game way back in 1962.

  • Tim Reynolds
Kaila Proctor is the younger sister of the Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Tyrese Proctor.

Kaila’s dad says she’s a better basketballer than her brother. He plays in the NBA

Kaila Proctor is the third person in her immediate family to be offered a university scholarship to play basketball in the US.

  • Frances Howe
Australia’s biggest sporting names feature in our quiz.

Test your 2025 sport smarts: From Piastri’s rise to Postecoglou’s demise and Melham’s double delight

How closely were you following Australian sport in 2025? Our Year In Sport quiz will separate the contenders from the pretenders. How many questions can you answer correctly?

  • Greg Dundas
Close confrontation: Josh Giddey clashes with the fan, who was sitting close to the action.

‘Security took him out’: Josh Giddey clashes with NBA fan

A visibly frustrated Josh Giddey clashed with a fan courtside during Chicago’s 123-116 loss to the Hornets in Charlotte with security then removing the heckler in the closing stages of the contest.

Australian NBA star Josh Giddey pleads his case for the Chicago Bulls.

Rare air: Big-money pressure no concern as Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan in Bulls record books

Josh Giddey’s sparkling start to the NBA season is justifying his lucrative contract, challenging records held by the greatest Chicago Bull of all and drawing praise from other legendary figures from the club’s past.

  • Roy Ward
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The AFL could be staring down serious sports betting trouble if it doesn’t learn from the drama unfolding in the NBA.

The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck

The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty from it.

  • Michael Gleeson
Top draft prospect Cooper Duff-Tytler could have been in Essendon’s NGA program.

Missed by that much: The top AFL draft prospect who could have been a Bomber

Cooper Duff-Tytler’s grandparents emigrated from Sri Lanka to Australia more than 50 years ago. But one small detail stopped him being tied to Essendon.

  • Marc McGowan
Melbourne United centre Jesse Edwards and his wife Quirine Edwards-Comans, middle, with their families after their wedding this year.

Meet the NBA centre who got married the day before flying to Australia

Jesse Edwards made his NBA debut and got married in the past year, and both went quicker than he would have liked. He hopes his time in the NBL will set the platform for a long NBA career.

  • Roy Ward
Miami Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers’ Billups among dozens arrested in gambling probe tied to the Mafia

LeBron unwittingly dragged into NBA gambling scandal; dozens arrested in probe tied to mafia

More than 30 people have been charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.

  • Alanna Durkin Richer, Tim Reynolds and Philip Marcelo