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RIGHT On! Friday Ladies: Carley Mijovic signing with Lightning and Deanna Smith surfing a comeback at the Waves was the big news in WNBL circles this week.

That and Minnesota Lynx’s Lindsey Moore also signing up with West Coast.

Coach Kennedy Kereama would be ecstatic he has at least two bona fide talents to work with in his quest to stop the Waves getting dumped again in the bomb shelter.

OK, you would be right in saying Dandenong announcing the signing of their former junior Liz Cambage – the first woman to dunk at an Olympics – also was huge this week but B.O.T.I. did tip you to that back on May 17 here.

And then again on May 23.

Will Lizzie throw one or two slams down during the WNBL season?

Worth the price of admission to find out, right?

Mijovic, 196cm and turning 20 in August, is another exciting young talent for Adelaide to slot in alongside Alex Bunton, Laura Hodges and Emma Langford in a deep frontcourt.

Last month she toured the USA with the Australian Opals and was drafted by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics.

That was after averaging 9.4 points at 48 per cent and 4.0 rebounds with Canberra.

While Adelaide lost another WNBA draft selection in Stephanie Talbot to Canberra, recruiting Mijovic from the Caps more than compensates.

“Carley can play as a genuine big but she’s also a threat from the perimeter so that will allow us to put a big team on the floor from time to time,” new Lightning coach Jeremi Moule said.

Adelaide is taking on a decidedly different look after three years of hovering but not finishing off its good work.

For two years under Peter Buckle, the Lightning was restored from a basket case to a finalist but failed at the playoffs' business end.

Axed early into last season, Buckle’s replacement Richard Dickel was able to produce a pleasing-to-the-eye game-style but Adelaide finished as the best club outside the finals.

Lightning was a club at the crossroads.

Marking time or making substantial changes always was going to be the result this season, once chairman Vince Marino decided the club could go on if it was given 36ers' NBL double-header considerations by the WNBL.

But every club is on the move, the bigger signings at Bendigo, Townsville, Dandenong, Melbourne and Canberra already revealed, with Sydney sure to break new ground too under a new coach.

West Coast retaining Smith also is important for the Waves, the 247-game veteran needing to stay injury-free to make an on-court impact alongside Moore and Sarah Graham (ex-Logan).

Moore won a WNBA Championship ring in her rookie season, alongside Melbourne’s Rachel Jarry.

“The signing of Lindsey Moore excites me on so many levels,” Kereama said.

“I have watched Lindsey play in the WNBA for the past two seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, who happen to be my favorite WNBA team.”

(Phoenix Mercury happens to be the preferred WNBA option for B.O.T.I. now Erin Phillips has left Indiana Fever to join Penny Taylor and coach Sandy Brondello there – with Seattle Storm also up there.)

“It means a lot to me that the team has stood by me over the past two challenging years,” said Smith, 33 and a 179cm off-guard/small forward.

It remains somewhat strangely ironic someone with the nickname of Doccy has spent so much time these past two years in the medical rooms.

TOMORROW: Flashback to 2002