Rich Melzer, one of the key players for the New Zealand Breakers, has secured a two-year NBA contract with the San Antonio Spurs. »more

Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh have all signed new contracts with their NBA teams before heading off to join Team USA's training camp in Las Vegas next week. »more

CLEVELAND (NBA) - Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James has agreed a new deal that will keep him at the franchise until at least 2010. According to the Cavaliers' official website, James's new deal will have the option for an additional year which would take him through the 2010/11 season. »more

The Australia Post Boomers have defeated New Zealand in the first of four test matches to be played over the next week. The Aussies took the match in overtime, 81-79, after finishing regular time at 67 points apiece. »more

New Zealand coach Tab Baldwin has added Erdem Can, his assistant at club side Banvitspor in Turkey, to his staff for the World Championship. Nelson Giants coach Nenad Vucinic is also working with Baldwin. »more

The Seattle SuperSonics have signed teenage Senegalese center Saer Sene to a rookie contract.
Under the NBA's rookie scale, Sene will make 3.38 million US dollars in the first two years of the deal as the 10th overall pick in last month's draft. »more

Injured Yao Ming joined the Chinese basketball squad's training camp in Guangzhou at the weekend, raising hopes that he might be fit for this month's World Championships in Japan. The 7 foot, 6 inch Houston Rockets centre, his country's best player, broke his left foot in NBA action in April and returned to China last month after surgery. »more

NEW YORK (NBA) LeBron James is giving a thumbs-up to a five-year contract put on the table by the Cleveland Cavaliers. The deal, which will kick in after the 2006-07 campaign, is understood to be worth approximately $80million. »more

James has yet to announce if he's going to accept the club's maximum contract extension, a five-year offer worth about $80 million US. Although James isn't eligible for free agency until after next season, his silence -- he received the offer July 1 -- has led to speculation that he has other plans. »more

The Cleveland Cavaliers did not waste one moment. At 12.01am on Saturday morning, the team contacted All-Star forward LeBron James to offer him a bumper contract extension worth $80 million over five years, according to a report in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. »more