<p>With the 2025-26 NBA season fast approaching, we’re taking a closer look at the Australian players representing the green and gold on basketball’s biggest stage.&nbsp;</p> <p>From rising stars like Dyson Daniels and Johnny Furphy to seasoned veterans such as Joe Ingles and Matisse Thybulle, this massive group of Aussies in the NBA brings a mix of youth, experience, and trademark grit to the league.</p> <p>So Giddey up and dive into our list of all the Aussies in the NBA below.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Dyson Daniels (Atlanta Hawks)</h2> <p>Dyson Daniels enters the 2025–26 season after a breakout year with the Hawks, earning the NBA’s Most Improved Player award and First Team All-Defensive honours.&nbsp;</p> <p>He averaged 14.1 points per game on 49% shooting and led the league in steals.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Dante Exum (Dallas Mavericks)</h2> <p>Exum is a chance to play a contributing role early in the season for Dallas, with Kyrie Irving confirming that there is no timetable for his return from a torn ACL.</p> <p>The Mavericks signed D’Angelo Russell in the offseason to be a starting-calibre point guard to fill the void until Irving is healthy, but they need depth options behind him, which is where Exum comes into the picture.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dallas signed Exum to a one-year extension in July. He was inactive at the start of training camp and then missed the first preseason game of the year due to undisclosed reasons.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Johnny Furphy (Indiana Pacers)</h2> <p>Johnny Furphy, entering his second season with the Pacers, is poised for a breakout year.&nbsp;</p> <p>After limited minutes in his rookie season, he gained valuable experience by getting limited minutes in the 2025 NBA Finals.&nbsp;</p> <p>This offseason, Furphy focused on improving his physicality and comfort on the court, aiming to contribute more significantly to the Pacers’ rotation in the upcoming season, especially with Tyrese Halliburton expected to be out for the entire 2025-26 season.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Josh Giddey (Chicago Bulls)</h2> <p>Josh Giddey signed a four-year, $100 million contract extension with the Chicago Bulls, solidifying his role as a key part of the team’s future.&nbsp;</p> <p>After a strong finish to the 2024–25 season, Giddey is expected to continue his development as a primary playmaker and scorer for the Bulls, hoping to maintain his numbers from the second half of last season.</p> <p>His performance in the upcoming season will be crucial as the team looks to build around its young core.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Josh Green (Charlotte Hornets)</h2> <p>Josh Green hasn’t made the immediate impact the Hornets hoped for after being acquired in last year’s six-team trade, continuing to be inconsistent with his shot despite being a legitimate, solid perimeter defender.&nbsp;</p> <p>Entering the second year of his three-year, $41 million contract, Green is expected to contribute more offensively, as the Hornets can’t afford to have him riding the bench.&nbsp;</p> <p>He is currently sidelined after left shoulder surgery, but the team has confirmed that he has progressed well in rehab and is expected to contribute at some point this season, though no definitive return timeline has been given.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Joe Ingles (Minnesota Timberwolves)</h2> <p>Joe Ingles isn’t expected to be a significant player in the rotation this season after averaging just six minutes across 19 games with the Timberwolves last year.&nbsp;</p> <p>Entering his 12th NBA season at 38 years old, Ingles continues a slow approach to the end of his career since tearing his ACL in 2022, continuing to sign one-year deals.&nbsp;</p> <p>He recently signed a veteran’s minimum contract to return for another season.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Jock Landale (Memphis Grizzlies)</h2> <p>After a few years of establishing himself as a handy depth option but not being able to stay in the rotation consistently during his time in Houston, Landale is ready to make the most of his opportunity in Memphis.&nbsp;</p> <p>Zach Edey, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clarke, when healthy, will most likely block his path to big minutes. All three have been recovering from injuries and making the Australian a go-to option for playing time early in the season.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Lachlan Olbrich (Chicago Bulls)</h2> <p>As for Giddey’s new Australian teammate, expect Olbrich to be playing for the Windy City Bulls, Chicago’s G-League affiliate.&nbsp;</p> <p>The big man signed a two-way deal for his rookie season.</p> <p>Olbrich is stuck behind Zach Collins and Jalen Smith in the backup centre rotation, although a Nikola Vucevic trade could potentially open up minutes for the Illawarra Hawks championship winner after the trade deadline in 2026.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Tyrese Proctor (Cleveland Cavaliers)</h2> <p>In the 2025 NBA Draft, there was a limited number of guaranteed contracts in the second round, and one of those spots was with the Cleveland Cavaliers, where Tyrese Proctor was selected. With Darius Garland expected to be out for a significant time to start the season, the Duke guard has a chance to make the rotation.</p> <p>Veterans like Lonzo Ball, Sam Merrill and Max Strus will make it hard for Proctor to get much of a role in the rotation early.</p> <p>In the pre-season games, Proctor has shown he can contribute to the Cavaliers' rotation and earn some minutes, displaying his playmaking and shooting.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Duop Reath (Portland Trail Blazers)</h2> <p>It is hard to see Reath getting playing time given how much the Trail Blazers have invested at the centre position in the last two drafts.</p> <p>Donovan Clingan was already entering the season as the expected starter after the Blazers bought out DeAndre Ayton’s contract, but now he has a clear backup after Portland surprisingly took Yang Hansen in the first round of this year’s draft.</p> <p>With a healthy Robert Williams III, it puts Reath as the fourth option big man, but he does provide something different as a floor spacer that could see him on the floor.</p> <p>Reath had his $2.22 million contract fully guaranteed by the Trail Blazers in early August.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Matisse Thybulle (Portland Trail Blazers)</h2> <p>Thybulle has been injury-ridden in the last twelve months and is looking to get back into the rotation.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Australian forward offers positive defence on the perimeter, and if he can consistently shoot at a high percentage from three-point range (43.8 per cent in a limited sample size last season), he can find a role on the bench.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Alex Toohey (Golden State Warriors)</h2> <p>Like the other rookies taken in this year’s draft class, Toohey is expected to spend most of his first season in the G-League after signing a two-way contract with the Warriors.</p> <p>It will still be a good opportunity to not only play in the G-League, but to learn from some of the best players in the league, including Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Jimmy Butler.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Luke Travers (Cleveland Cavaliers)</h2> <p>Travers played only 12 games last season in the NBA, which was hardly a surprise given he was signed to a two-way contract and expected to spend most of the year in the G-League.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Australian small forward played 21 games for the Charge in the G-League, averaging 17 points, 9.8 rebounds and seven assists per game.&nbsp;</p> <p>Shooting and defence will be the two areas of focus for Travers as he looks to earn bench minutes for the Cavaliers, and at his size and frame, he is an intriguing option.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>Rocco Zikarsky (Minnesota Timberwolves)</h2> <p>Zikarsky isn’t expected to see much playing time in his rookie year since he is such a raw prospect, with Minnesota taking a high-upside swing on the 19-year-old given his physical traits in the second round of this year’s draft.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Timberwolves also drafted another rookie centre in the first round in French big man Joan Beringer, while Rudy Gobert is obviously established as the clear-cut number one centre on the depth chart.&nbsp;</p> <p>The 7’3 big man is an intriguing long-term prospect at the position for Minnesota, and while the Australian still has a lot of developing to do before he is ready to contribute in the NBA, he was productive, particularly on the boards in the Timberwolves’ first preseason game.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2>What about Patty Mills and Ben Simmons?&nbsp;</h2> <p>Patty Mills currently remains a free agent and has not signed with any NBA team..&nbsp;</p> <p>He is currently the General Manager at Hawai’i Basketball for the University of Hawai’i at Manoa.</p> <p>Ben Simmons is currently unsigned by an NBA team.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Aussie point guard last played for the Clippers in the 2024-25 season after being bought out by the Brooklyn Nets, and could contribute to an NBA team with his perimeter defence and his ability to distribute the ball to his teammates.</p> <p>Keen to see how all the Aussies in the NBA will get on this season? 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