Lucas on the recovery trail
MAC Adelaide Lightning have received the best possible news with head coach Chris Lucas successfully coming through surgery for cancer of a kidney and expected to make a full recovery.
Wong to make right call
MARCUS Wong isn’t getting ahead of himself but MAC Adelaide Lightning’s interim WNBL coach was happy with what he saw at the weekend from Chris Lucas’ revamped team.
Sources tell me... 10
SOURCES TELL ME … 10 : OK, I know my sauces team of Messrs Hollandaise, Mushroom, Sweet Chilli, Tomato, Bernaise and Barbecue, along with Ms Bechamel, are quality but when it comes to the wild west, it’s “in Lachy Reid we trust.”
New bounce at FOX SPORTS
HAVE no doubt whatsoever – FOX SPORTS is the place for all your Australian basketball coverage.
Lucas facing fight of his life
CHRIS Lucas has coached WNBL championships and last week took Australia’s Emerging Opals to a World University Games gold medal but today he is facing the greatest challenge of his life.
Lightning to rally for Chris
MAC Lightning’s coup recruit Abby Bishop says Adelaide’s WNBL team will “do it for Chris” in the wake of news coach Chris Lucas has a cancer fight on his hands.
Sources tell me... 9
SOURCES TELL ME … 9 : SSH. Have you been paying attention? There’s so much cooking in the NBL, WNBL, NBA and elsewhere, you need reliable sources to get the good (olive) oil. And we’ve got them right here!
Big 3 for next "Big Free"
MARK Bradtke, Abby Bishop and Luke Schenscher, three of the biggest names from SA basketball - if not three of the biggest players to dominate our national leagues – will be special guests of the next Free Throw Foundation lunch on September 29.
FLASHBACK 100: Happy Anniversary
LAST week the NBL and NBA announced three joint matches coming up within two months. FOX SPORTS then revealed its full commitment to Aussie basketball. Five years ago when B.O.T.I. launched, it was a hell of a different story as you can see from this "special edition" centenary of "FLASHBACKS."
Our FIBA games ALL on FOX
FOX SPORTS has secured exclusive rights to televise LIVE those FIBA international competitions featuring our Boomers and Opals, with the men’s Asia Cup this week next on the schedule.

