Normally when the Kings travel for away games to Wollongong, the players make their own way to the venue. However, that changed for the first game of the play-offs against the Hawks on Friday night. “Being on the road brings us closer,” said Sydney sharpshooter Dejan Vasiljevic. “You spend more time together off the court. Jaylen Adams torments the Hawks’ […]

For more than 30 years the phrase around the NBL has been “death, taxes and Perth Wildcats making the finals”, but it’s now meaningless after the Wildcats’ 35-year streak of making the play-offs ended on Sunday. The Wildcats fell 102-100 to the South East Melbourne Phoenix in overtime to leave their home crowd at RAC Arena stunned. Kevin White and […]

Ben Simmons’ continued absence from the line-up of the Brooklyn Nets, who are on the brink of elimination in the NBA play-offs, has drawn the ire of some of the biggest names in basketball. Simmons is yet to play for the Nets since joining them earlier in the year and will miss their do-or-die game four against division rivals Boston, […]

Naasir Cunningham, the No. 1 basketball prospect in ESPN’s Class of 2024, is signing with Overtime Elite (OTE), he told ESPN on Monday. “This is best place for me to develop as a player, while getting the right education to fall back on at the same time,” Cunningham said. “Overtime built a relationship with my family and I, which was […]

Covers college basketball Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato Kentucky coach John Calipari says Shaedon Sharpe has not made a final decision on his playing future and that he is continuing to discuss with the wing player’s family whether Sharpe will stay in the NBA draft or play for the Wildcats next season. “All I can […]

College basketball analyst for ESPN and ESPN Insider Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney In 2000, I remember calling then-Delaware head coach Mike Brey and asking him what I might be missing in his league, the America East. Brey said, “You need to check out Hofstra. They have a couple of pros, and their coach is the real deal.” […]

Basketball recruiting insider. Joined ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware. Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe, the consensus National Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he is returning to Lexington for another season. Tshiebwe made his announcement on SportsCenter, saying he came to a decision last week and will look to improve his NBA draft stock next season. He becomes […]

Sydney sleepwalked their way to their first loss in 14 outings when they fumbled their way to what could be a costly upset to Adelaide on Sunday in a surefire sign that the Kings need the playoffs to start so they can rediscover their intensity. Sydney forward Makur Maker looks to make a play for the Kings despite some attention […]

Nobody needs to remind Xavier Cooks of the magnitude of the rivalry between the Sydney Kings and Illawarra Hawks. Growing up in Wollongong, he “never really loved” the Kings – his father Eric was, after all, a popular long-time player and member of the Hawks’ coaching staff. Xavier Cooks shoots during the Kings’ round 19 NBL victory over the New […]