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She’s played at four Olympics, but this hoops legend has never felt so much pressure
She might be an all-time great, but Lauren Jackson has never felt so much pressure as she did before Australia’s Olympic basketball teams for Paris were announced. Like Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, she’s off to her fifth Games.
- by Roy Ward
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‘We have to earn it’: How Opals, Boomers could realise their Paris medal dreams
Australia will head to Paris with dreams of stunning the USA and winning gold. But with world basketball growing ever-stronger, the Opals and Boomers will be tested like never before.
- by Roy Ward
‘Super special’: Opals dominate despite Jackson’s struggles as she looks ahead to fifth Games
The Opals scored another big win over one of the benchmarks of world basketball and stand-in coach Cheryl Chambers senses something special is building ahead of Paris 2024.
- by Roy Ward
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Fifth Olympics looms for Boomers stalwart Ingles amid brutal selection calls
Stalwart Joe Ingles is set to retain his place for Paris 2024 and play in a fifth Olympics while NBA defensive ace Matisse Thybulle has been left off the final roster.
- by Roy Ward
Last chance to impress: Paris-bound Boomers to cut four after China game
Thursday nights match against China in Melbourne is the final opportunity for Boomers players to impress coach Brian Goorjian before the team jets to Paris 2024.
- by Roy Ward
Jackson ‘the fittest she has ever been’ as teen Opal dreams of Paris
A super-fit Lauren Jackson continues to wow her Opals teammates and coaches including teenage teammate Izzy Borlase who could be joining Jackson in Paris.
- by Roy Ward
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Paris 2024
‘You’re a liar’: The tough family moments on Lauren Jackson’s road to Paris
Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson, who describes herself as “on borrowed time”, will play at her fifth Olympics in Paris – 12 years after her last appearance, in London. Her path to Paris has been a minefield.
- by Konrad Marshall
Need for speed: With Father Time and Paris approaching, Boomer handover begins
Veterans Patty Mills and Joe Ingles are pushing hard to make the final Olympics squad, but it’s the next generation of stars who will determine how far the team can go in Paris.
- by Jon Pierik and Roy Ward
‘I’m ready to get off the big screen’: Giddey grapples with prime Boomers role and new start with Bulls
Josh Giddey is looking forward to again taking the court for the Australian Boomers but he admits he is ready to get out of the spotlight after a torrid NBA season.
- by Roy Ward
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NBA
Late NBA draft twist as Melbourne prospect realises dream, former United player chosen with final pick
The NBA dream of Melbourne-born Johnny Furphy has been realised, but only after another shock move during the second round of the NBA draft on Friday morning.
- by Jon Pierik and Roy Ward