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Why Ben Simmons made the right call with Boomers withdrawal ... for now
Ben Simmons will be missed by the Australian Boomers when they head to the FIBA World Cup in August, but playing the three-time NBA All-Star with a back injury wasn’t something to risk the whole world cup campaign on.
- by Roy Ward
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‘It’s disappointing’: Gaze reacts to Simmons pulling out of FIBA World Cup
Australian basketball legend Andrew Gaze is disappointed that NBA All-Star Ben Simmons has pulled out of the FIBA World Cup, but does not think he should be criticised for the decision.
- by Carla Jaeger
‘Knew them before they were cool’: The NBL has a chance to go mainstream in the US
The NBL battles to gain larger domestic audiences during summer. Despite that, CEO Jeremy Loeliger is bullish about the chances of expanding the Australian broadcast product in the US.
- by Roy Ward
‘Magnificent mural’: Patty Mills takes Indigenous Australia to Brooklyn
Australian NBA star Patty Mills has long loved the street art in Brooklyn. Now he has made his own contribution by commissioning an Indigenous people’s mural on the side of a five-storey school building.
- by Roy Ward