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Bryan resigned in June 2018, then all but vanished. He reportedly bought an ownership stake in an Australian professional team in 2020; otherwise, his name appears publicly only in retrospectives or rehashes about the still-mind-bending circumstances and events that led to the end of his career. Jerry did not mention what Bryan was doing now. “I look at it this way,” Jerry said. “He had 20 years in the NBA as a GM, three different teams. He was executive of the year a couple of times, and he established himself on his own as a legitimate executive in the NBA. “Things happen in life that don’t always work out the way you want them to, and in his case, that’s what transpired. But he was very, very strong in his support of his own wife. That became stronger after the fact. It brought them even closer. So it’s a happy ending in the sense that he may be out of basketball and that still pains him, for sure, but he’s doing well for himself. He’s a good young man with a good heart.”
A social media user has been tracked down, arrested and charged over the alleged racial abuse of Adelaide 36ers NBL star Montrezl Harrell. In a first for the sport as it attempts to stamp out racism and online abuse, Code Sports can reveal a 37-year-old man, of the Victorian suburb of Huntingdale, was arrested on Wednesday, July 2.
It’s alleged the man, in November, sent a racist direct message to Harrell, who is of African-American heritage, and was identified by investigators from the Monash crime investigation unit after Basketball Australia’s integrity unit referred the matter. The man was charged with using a carriage service to menace, harass and/or offend and bailed to appear at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court on August 15.
Thunder's Alex Ducas leaving for Australia?
Australian wing Alex Ducas is planning to sign with the Brisbane Bullets, sources told ESPN, in a one-year deal set to be finalised at the conclusion of NBA Summer League. Ducas is coming off an NBA Championship with the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he spent the 2024-25 season as a two-way player. He became the ninth Australian-born player to win an NBA title.
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Looking ahead, Dash and Dyson could make history by becoming the first Australian brothers to play in the NBA. "No, I haven't really talked about it. Didn't really think of it that way either. Kind of the first time hearing it," Dash admitted. "But that'll be something very special. To be the first Australian brothers in the NBA – that'll be fantastic. So that's a big goal of mine. Hopefully, I can get there one day."
Sam Presti: We have people from Canada, Serbia, the West Coast, the East Coast, middle America, France, Australia, that all come together for a collective goal. There's compassion on the team. There's a cowboy toughness, a self-reliance that comes from being homegrown, and an essential sense of goodness. If that sounds familiar, that's because those are the same things that have been in Oklahoma for generations. I think the thing to recognize is that the team is really just a reflection of the state. I think the team itself resonates with the people here because it really is them looking at what makes living here special and unique.
Olgun Uluc: Biwali Bayles will play for the New York Knicks in the 2025 NBA Summer League, his agents Mahesh Padmanabhan and Andre Buck told ESPN. 6’1 Australian PG; currently playing for the Sydney Comets in the NBL1 East.
Former Pelicans player Zylan Cheatham joined Australian team Adelaide 36ers for the 2025-26 season.
NBA draft prospect Izan Almansa tests positive for banned substance
Sport Integrity Australia acknowledges that Basketball Australia has imposed a one (1) month period of Ineligibility on athlete Izan Almansa for the Presence of a Prohibited Substance. Mr Almansa returned an Adverse Analytical Finding from an In-Competition doping control test on 1 December 2024. Mr Almansa’s sample was analysed at the Australian Sports Drug Testing Laboratory, part of the National Measurement Institute, and the presence of 11-nor-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol-9-carboxylic acid (metabolite of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)) was detected. The substance THC is listed under Class S8 (Cannabinoids) of the World Anti-Doping Code – International Standard – Prohibited List 2024 (2024 Prohibited List). THC is prohibited In-Competition only and is a Specified Substance. THC is also classified as a ‘Substance of Abuse’ under the 2024 Prohibited List.
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Under Article 10.2.4.1 of the Australian National Anti-Doping Policy 2021 (ANADP), if the Athlete can establish that any ingestion or Use of the substance occurred Out-of-Competition and was unrelated to sport performance, then the period of Ineligibility shall be three (3) months. Additionally, the Athlete’s period of Ineligibility calculated under Article 10.2.4.1 of the ANADP may be reduced to one (1) month if the Athlete satisfactorily completes a Substance of Abuse treatment program approved by SIA. In Mr Almansa’s case, all requirements for a reduction in the period of Ineligibility under Article 10.2.4.1 of the ANADP were satisfied. Basketball Australia imposed a one-month period of Ineligibility on Mr Almansa commencing on 7 April 2025. Mr Almansa was ineligible to participate in any sports that have adopted a World Anti-Doping Code compliant anti-doping policy between 7 April 2025 and 6 May 2025. He was also not permitted to compete in a non-signatory professional league, or event organised by a non-signatory International or National level event organisation.
Australian guard Ben Henshall is also exiting the draft, agent Sam Rose tells Givony (Twitter link). Henshall, 20, also plans to consider NCAA and professional opportunities for next season. He spent this year with the Perth Wildcats in the NBL, averaging 9.4 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists. Henshall ranks 64th on ESPN’s list of the best prospects.
Australian guard Ben Henshall has withdrawn as an Early Entry Candidate from the 2025 NBA Draft. Henshall is now set to consider NCAA and other professional opportunities for next season.
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