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DID you know that A - Abby Bishop - is back on the market and will overnight become the WNBL's most sought free agent?

The London Olympian,who formed part of the league's most lethal frontcourt combination alongside Suzy Batkovic as Adelaide Lightning's "Queen Bs" in 2011-12, will not return to France's Perpignan, initially because of a pay dispute which left the blonde bombshell and her teammates unpaid since January.

Were that to be resolved and Perpignan elevated into Euro Cup contention, Bish would have headed back to the land of jambon et fromage. (Oui. That is the extent of my French. Guess what kind of baguettes I exclusively ate through France at my last visit, until I remembered I could also point?)

But those issues have not only gone unresolved but worsened, with problems at the French club resulting in quite a resoundingly significant development.

Reacting to whether she still might return to the Continent for the second year of her contract, Abby today tweeted: "not anymore, not going back, team just been put down to division 6!!!!! Now the waiting game!!" 

Well Abby will not be waiting long after being instrumental in helping Lightning to the preliminary final one season ago.

Canberra Capitals, where Elyse Penaluna reportedly has recently failed a fitness test, are all over Bish - so to speak - as she does own a house in the national capital.

But she will be fielding calls from all over as a marquee Opal who, at 24, has a major upside. 

DID you know that B - Aaron Bruce - the Kings free agent combo-guard, reportedly is now getting NBL career advice from Luke Kendall?

(OK. I originally had "from Adrian Majstrovich" but decided the punchline needed more Sydney-centricity.)

DID you know that while seven clubs have confirmed their coaches for the 2013-14 season, only one - Adelaide 36ers - have an NBL championship-winning coach at the helm?

Yes, that's C for championship, and only new Sixers' coach Joey Wright has one in the NBL, with Brisbane Bullets in 2007.

DID you know that D - while standing for "dumped" in this instance - could also stand for significant development in Townsville where the club soon will announce it has signed point guard Steven Markovic for three years?

Sydney-born Markovic, 28, played NBL with West Sydney Razorbacks in 2003-05 before plying his trade in Europe, most recently with Radnicki in the Serbian Superliga.

He was a Boomer at the 2010 World Championship under Brett Brown, but was recently cut for  refusing to enter a game against Partizan.

Posting solid numbers in both the Adriatic League and Serbian Superliga before his termination, Markovic was heavily on the recruiting radar of both the Melbourne Tigers and Townsville Crocodiles. My (e)mail is he will be wearing the green of the north-Queensland outfit.

The fact the Crocs would sign the 188cm playmaker for three years speaks volumes for the club's newfound confidence in its ability to not only survive, but thrive, and also to their confidence in the NBL's future directions.

It also means they can go in myriad different directions on the import front.

Good news all around, unless you follow the Tigers, of course.

DID you know Perth is keen to sign the latest link in the Ellis tree?

Hardly a huge surprise but the Wildcats are anxious to secure 203cm Cody Ellis, son of club great Mike and grandson of the late, great Gordon - one of the finest basketball gentlemen I have had the good fortune to meet through this game.

The nephew of Glenn and Brett Ellis is completing his degree at St Louis University where he has been a star, attracting some NBA interest too.

He also is in the current new Boomers squad ... but then, you knew that.