Basketball

New Zealand NBA basketballer Steven Adams is again the player to watch out for in the NBA.

Basketball New Zealand says time constraints are the reason the Tall Blacks will only sing the te reo Māori version of the national anthem prior to their game against Lebanon in Rotorua tonight.

The Breakers have filled the last-minute gap in last season's roster, signing centre Shawn Long on a one-year contract to replace import Jerrelle Benimon.

He was synonymous with the New Zealand Breakers but 36-year-old Mika Vukona says there's still time for him to write another chapter in Brisbane.

As New Zealand's most high profile basketballer in history, Steven Adams understands there are plenty in this country who want to see him in a black singlet.

Tall Blacks guard Reuben Te Rangi has stepped up when it mattered to lead the Southland Sharks to an upset 98-96 win over Wellington's Saints in the national basketball league final.

The Philippines have withdrawn from the basketball tournament at the Asian Games with its governing body saying it needed to focus on its appeal against punishment levied on it for the on-court brawl…

The Breakers will take four of their home Australian National Basketball League games away from Auckland next season.

Thirteen players and two Filipino basketball coaches have been suspended for their role in a mass brawl during a World Cup qualifier between the Philippines and Australia earlier this month.

The chair of the 2019 Basketball World Cup organising committee, New Zealander Burton Shipley, expects the Australian and Filipino players involved in an all out brawl in their cup qualifier to be…

Boomers assistant coach Luc Longley has alleged Philippines coach Chot Reyes incited his players to act violently in their World Cup qualifier which ended in a brawl.

Basketball's international governing body has opened disciplinary hearings against Australia and the Philippines after their World Cup 2019 qualifier descended into chaos with 13 players ejected for…

Kevin Durant's new deal with the Golden State Warriors will be for just one year plus a player option for 2019/20, according to multiple media reports.

The New Zealand men's basketball team have beaten China 67-57 in their World Cup qualifying match in Auckland.

LeBron James is opting out of the final year of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers and officially becoming an unrestricted free agent, according to multiple reports.

The Tall Blacks basketballers have romped to a 124-65 victory over Hong Kong in their World Cup qualifying game in Rotorua.

The Breakers will play the Phoenix Suns NBA team as a part of their buildup to the next Australian National Basketball League season.

New Zealand basketball fans will have to wait to see NBA star Steven Adams play for the Tall Blacks, if he ever does.

New Zealand basketballer Steven Adams has jumped into Forbes' annual list of the world's top hundred highest-paid athletes.