Basketball is a team ball game in which points are scored by shooting the ball through a hoop. Mykolaiv is represented in the Ukrainian Superleague by Niko-Basket, which signed American players Jamir Simpson and Michael Wright in September 2026. Club forward Maksym Hryshchuk won the U-20 European Championship Division B with Ukraine in July 2026 and is moving to a US college league.
MykVisti covers Niko-Basket games, youth and amateur championships in Mykolaiv Oblast, streetball and 3x3 tournaments.