{"id":171370,"date":"2025-09-26T22:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171370\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:35:13","slug":"mills-simmons-unsigned-as-16-aussies-report-to-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171370\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills, Simmons unsigned as 16 Aussies report to camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen Australians head into NBA training camp 2025 with Patty Mills and Ben Simmons unsigned.<\/p>\n<p>NBA\u00a0training camp starts in the US\u00a0on September 30, 2025 (AEST)\u00a0for 16 Australian men&#8217;s basketball players. <\/p>\n<p>Only &#8220;FIBA&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/patty-mills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Mills<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/ben-simmons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Simmons<\/a> are yet to sign for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/a-definitive-history-of-the-nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>\u00a0team ahead of training camp.<\/p>\n<p>This is a complete guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/players\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aussies in the NBA<\/a>\u00a0in 2025-26 as teams preparing for the start of the season on Thursday, October 23, 2025 (AEST).<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/atlanta-hawks-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/dyson-daniels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyson Daniels<\/a> is coming off a historic 2024-25, winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/dyson-daniels-2024-2025-nba-season-report-card\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA&#8217;s Most Improved Player Award<\/a> after snatching 229 steals, the most in 30 years. Daniels, 22, averaged 14.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.0 steals per game last season<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/charlotte-hornets-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlotte Hornets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-green\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Green<\/a>&#8216;s timetable for return is uncertain still rehabbing from shoulder surgery in June, 2025. Coach Charles Lee revealed both Green and forward Grant Williams are \u201cprogressing\u201d but neither will be ready to start camp. Green averaged 7.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists in 68 games last season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/chicago-bulls-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/josh-giddey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Giddey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/lachlan-olbrich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lachlan Olbrich<\/a> head into training camp on two different trajectories. Giddey, 22, signed a USD\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/josh-giddey-signs-100m-contract-chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$100M four-year contract<\/a> after a prolonged standoff with the Bulls in the off-season while Olbrich, 21, comes into his first training camp after being selected with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/aussies-in-the-nba-where-every-australian-mens-basketball-player-was-selected-in-the-2025-nba-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">55th pick in the 2025 NBA\u00a0Draft<\/a>. Giddey averaged 14.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 7.2 assists in 2024-25 and his new deal puts him front and centre of the Bulls offensive until the end of the decade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/cleveland-cavaliers-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/tyrese-proctor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Proctor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/luke-travers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Travers<\/a> entering training camp with different goals. Proctor, 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/aussies-in-the-nba-tyrese-proctor-signs-four-year-8-69-million-deal-with-cleveland-cavaliers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed a sign four-year, (AUD) $13.2M deal<\/a> after being selected with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/aussies-in-the-nba-where-every-australian-mens-basketball-player-was-selected-in-the-2025-nba-draft\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">49th pick in the 2025 NBA\u00a0Draft<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/nbl-next-stars-outpacing-college-pathway-nba-draft-2019-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duke University<\/a> and will get minutes in 2025-26 as a back-up point guard while Travers re-signed with the Cavs on a two-way deal. Travers, 24, averaged a near triple double in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/luke-travers-cleveland-cavaliers-two-way-contract-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16 G-League games last season<\/a>: 15.5 points; 9.8 rebounds and 7.4 assists for the Charge. Training camp is an opportunity for Travers to prove he&#8217;s earned more NBA\u00a0minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/indiana-pacers-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana Pacers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | It&#8217;s go-time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/johnny-furphy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johnny Furphy<\/a> who is coming off an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/aussies-in-the-nba-indiana-pacers-star-johnny-furphy-shares-the-most-important-lesson-he-has-learned-in-his-nba-career\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outstanding, highlight-filled<\/a> 2025 Summer League in Las Vegas. Furphy, 20, delivered the dunk of the Summer League, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/australian-johnny-furphys-2025-summer-league-dunk-debated-as-the-greatest-in-aussie-nba-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posterising Chicago Bulls Noa Essengue<\/a> and is facing an opportunity to earn more minutes in 2025-26. The Pacers are in a minor rebuild after losing 2025 NBA playoffs hero Tyrese Haliburton to a crushing Achilles tear in Game 7 of the NBA Finals and Myles Turner to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/milwaukee-bucks-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> in free agency. Furphy averaged 2.1 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.4 assists in 50 games in his rookie season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/dallas-mavericks-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/dante-exum\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dante Exum<\/a> is healthy and Melbourne-born American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/kyrie-irving\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyrie Irving<\/a> is still recovering from a season-ending ACL\u00a0injury. Exum, 30, comes into training camp without injury unlike last season and should expect an expanded role in 2025-26 after the Mavericks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/analysis-of-luka-doncic-anthony-davis-trade-and-what-it-means-for-dallas-maverick-and-los-angeles-lakers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">traded superstar Luke Doncic for Anthony Davis<\/a> mid-season. The Mavs are an intriguing prospect in 2025-26 with the addition of No.1 Draft pick Cooper Flagg and a healthy Davis. Irving, 33, is expected back next year and with a full roster Dallas is a legitimate contender in a stacked Western Conference. In 20 games, Exum averaged 8.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists in an injury-plagued 2024-25 season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/golden-state-warriors-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden State Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/alex-toohey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Toohey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/taran-armstrong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taran Armstrong<\/a> are on the edges of the Warriors roster. Toohey, 21, was selected 52nd overall by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/phoenix-suns-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/aussies-in-the-nba-2025-nba-draft-tracker-where-every-player-is-selected\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NBA Draft<\/a> with his rights traded to the Warriors while Armstrong, 23, is back on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/warriors-extend-qualifying-offer-to-taran-armstrong\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his second two-way contract<\/a> after joining Golden State at the end of NBL25. The likelihood of both suiting up for the <a href=\"https:\/\/santacruz.gleague.nba.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz Warriors<\/a> is high as they both continue to develop into NBA\u00a0professionals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/minnesota-timberwolves-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/joe-ingles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Ingles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/rocco-zikarsky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rocco Zikarsky<\/a> are at opposite ends of their careers. Ingles, 38 on October 2, is heading into his 12th training camp while Zikarsky, 19, his first. Ingles presence in the Timberwolves locker room is a primary reason Minnesota re-signed the Australian Boomers Olympic Games bronze medallist while Zikarsky was the first Australian picked in the 2025 NBA Draft with the 45th pick by the Chicago Bulls. His rights were traded on draft day. Whether Zikarsky earns his way on to the T&#8217;Wolves roster remains to be seen as the big man develops into an NBA centre.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/memphis-grizzlies-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/jock-landale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jock Landale<\/a> is free of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/news\/houston-rockets-nba-profile-five-things-you-need-to-know\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Rockets<\/a> deep centre rotation. Landale, 29, was released by the Rockets in July and signed with the Grizzlies on July 15. He averaged 4.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 42 games for the Rockets. His back-up centre role at the Grizzlies will deliver the Australian Boomers big more minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Portland Trail Blazers<\/p>\n<p>Media Day: September 29 | Training Camp: September 29 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/duop-reath\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Duop Reath<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/player\/matisse-thybulle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matisse Thybulle<\/a> both re-signed with the Blazers during the off-season. Thybulle, 28, endured an injury-riddled 2024-25 season coming off the disappointment of not being selected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/leagues\/australian-boomers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Boomers<\/a> 2024 Olympic Games campaign in Paris. He played just 15 games last season, returning late. But he showed out, averaging 7.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists. Centre Reath, 29, enters his third season in the NBA. Reath played in 46 games last season, averaging 4.2 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.6 assists in limited minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Aussies in the NBA\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball.com.au\/aussies-in\/aussies-in-nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sixteen Australians head into NBA training camp 2025 with Patty Mills and Ben Simmons unsigned. 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