Basketball
Is Basketball NZ doing enough for Māori and Pasifika?
Basketball New Zealand is under fire over claims that its representative system leaves underprivileged communities out in the cold.
Steven Adams' move to the Big Easy confirmed
New Zealand basketballer Steven Adams' move within the NBA has been confirmed with his trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the New Orlean Pelicans.
Breakers ready for season based in Australia
The New Zealand Breakers are leaving for Australia in three weeks time and have no idea when they will back.
Lakers beat Heat to clinch 17th NBA title
The Los Angeles Lakers earned their record-tying 17th championship with a 106-93 rout of the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.
Manava Breathing: a deep nasal breathing project
Will Fleming's Manava Breathing project is currently working with a basketball team and a South Auckland high school. Audio
Back-to-back basketball for women's national champs
Auckland is the front runner to host another condensed basketball championship - this time for the country's top women's players.
Illegal offshore betting hits New Zealand Sport
New Zealand's ability to allow crowds back in to sporting events has had an undesirable side-effect for some codes.
Social basketball gets formal competition
New Zealand's newest national basketball competition has been launched with young players in mind, but internationally the top-tier players of 3x3 are closer to middle-age.
"To The Line" Young Kiwis following their basketball Dreams.
Documentary film makers Antony Young and Jack Chapman have followed the road of young hopeful kiwi basketballers chasing the dream of a college scholarship playing basketball in the US. Video, Audio
Steven Adams readies for NBA return training with cows
Basketballer Steven Adams has been preparing for the return of the NBA season with the cows on his Rotorua farm.
Sports commentator Sam Ackerman
Speculation in cricket circles over Kane Williamson's captaincy, the NZ National Basketball League (NBL) is to play a condensed 6 week tournament with all teams based in Auckland and the NRL's soap… Audio
NBL focussing on what they have
The head of New Zealand's National Basketball League is focussed on who they do have - not who they don't - ahead of the revamped 2020 competition.
NBL to start without its top two teams
The National Basketball League will tip off in Auckland on 23 June but it won't bear much of a resemblance to last year's competition.
Basketball player planning a wedding in the middle of a pandemic
Kiwi basketballer Shalae Salmon never intended to play in America but one video changed the course of her life.
Online coaching course to help young basketballers
Basketball New Zealand has launched a free online course for adults who coach sport for young people, with the aim of changing attitudes.
NBL confident league can survive postponement
General manager Justin Nelson has no doubts the men's National Basketball League will survive the coronavirus.
Breakers remain confident
The New Zealand Breakers' Australian NBL season could be over tonight, but Finn Delany never doubted the Breakers would be challenging for a play-off spot.
RJ Hampton leaving the Breakers
The Breakers young American import RJ Hampton is returning to the United States to continue rehabilitation on his injured hip and preparation for the 2020 NBA Draft.
Lakers honour Bryants, others lost in helicopter crash
Five days after Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine people killed in a helicopter crash in Southern California, the Los Angeles Lakers suited up Friday night for their first game since…
Game Theory: Brad Edwards- the Rise of Basketball
The extensive media coverage here of the death of Los Angeles Lakers star, Kobe Bryant, got us thinking about how basketball has become a huge sport in New Zealand. Its growth at secondary school… Audio