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FIBA takes a leaf from the NBL
REMEMBER all the angst through the NBL preseason last year about the direction the officiating was going to take?
Unsound bites - what a week!
NO, “Unsound Bites” isn’t about Luis Suarez or, according to the Financial Review’s sports section, the fact 405 players have so far crashed to the ground during soccer’s World Cup in Brazil - only to experience a “miraculous, instantaneous recovery.”
STFU - Time for WNBL to go to best-of-three
Special - The Female Universe: The influx of talent and reshaping of several WNBL teams strongly suggests 2014-15 is the season the league should adopt a best-of-three Grand Final series.
LMAO: Lightning strike, but it's not all PC
LADIES, Men, Athletes, Others: WNBL imports Kathleen Scheer (Sydney) and Natalie Novosel (Dandenong) both will be back in action this season but at a new destination, joining rookie coach Jeremi Moule at a vastly retooled Adelaide Lightning.
Tomlinson bound for Perth
PERTH is about to announce the signing of another key national league “big” after securing a championship-winning Aussie international.
ROFL: Big week of coup signings
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.
Steindl to stay in north Queensland
MACKAY-born, St Mary’s-bred and Cairns-polished free agent Clint Steindl should be revealed as a Townsville Crocodile signing within days.
WTF: Laura the big fish for Lightning
Women’s Topic Friday: ADELAIDE Lightning next week should announce triple-Olympian and 2014 WNBL All Star Five forward Laura Hodges as the club’s key retainee.
FFS: Jeremi may yet be Screen-saver
FRIDAY FEMALE STORY: Australian Opals co-captain Jenni Screen may have played her last WNBL game for Adelaide Lightning although new coach Jeremi Moule hasn’t ruled out her return.
New NBL teams? What about Team #9
NATIONAL Basketball League plans to expand from its existing eight clubs to 12 – maybe 13 – by 2015-16 leave one question avoided or unanswered. What about Team #9?
