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Basketball
Patty Mills donates $1.5 million NBA salary to Black Lives Matter and anti-racism groups
The Australian San Antonio Spurs star will donate every cent he earns from the resuming NBA season to social justice causes.
- by Sam Phillips
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NBA
NBA superstar 'doesn't trust' fellow players to follow COVID rules as league admits risks
Ben Simmons' Philadelphia teammate Joel Embiid wants to play, but says he doesn't trust his fellow players. The NBA itself on Wednesday acknowledged the risks.
NBL
'Huge for us': Kings avoid rebuild with re-signing of young gun Cooks
Xavier Cooks becomes the sixth player contracted to the Kings next season, alongside Brad Newley, Craig Moller, Shaun Bruce, Jordan Hunter and Didi Louzada.
- by Sarah Keoghan
NBL
NBL star Tai Wesley announces shock retirement
Tai Wesley had plenty more to give professional basketball but the much-loved NBL power forward has opted against taking his family back to Australia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so has retired.
- by Roy Ward
NBA
NBA agrees to 'Black Lives Matter' messages on jerseys
The NBA and the players union agreed Friday on messages players can wear instead of their names on the backs of their jerseys for the first four days of the league's reboot.
- by Broderick Turner and Dan Woike
WNBA
Liz Cambage set to miss 2020 WNBA season
Australian and Las Vegas Aces centre Liz Cambage is expected to miss the 2020 WNBA season, Aces general manager Dan Padover says.
NBA
'I feel like I'm back to 100 per cent': Simmons primed for NBA return
Australian NBA superstar Ben Simmons says he feels 'better than when I started this season' as the Philadelphia 76ers prepare to resume their campaign.
- by Keith Pompey
NBA
76ers' Simmons 'effectively 100 per cent' for restart
Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons is "good to go" when the NBA resumes the 2019-20 season later this month.
Black Lives Matter
Cambage praises Opals' Rise Up campaign, stays quiet on playing future
The Australian Opals have taken the first step towards improving attitudes towards racism and diversity in the sport by releasing their RISE UP campaign which they hope will result in change.
- by Roy Ward
NBA
Silver says spread could stop NBA season as Denver close facilities
Three members of the Denver Nuggets party, all of whom are asymptomatic, have tested positive to COVID-19 leading the NBA franchise to close their facilities.
- by Arnie Stapleton
Coronavirus pandemic
Opals and Boomers star jets off to Florida WNBA hub
Ezi Magbegor has put aside concerns over COVID-19 and will to fly out to fulfil her dream of playing in the top-flight US basketball league.
- by Roy Ward