Flames owner Paul Smith has slammed Basketball Australia for ruling the Canberra Capitals gained no advantage after viewing footage of the Sydney team’s training session.
From Patty Mills and the Boomers to the rise of Josh Giddey and the struggles of Ben Simmons and Liz Cambage,it has been a wild year in Australian basketball.
The coach of the Canberra Capitals and a leading WNBL referee have been suspended,but the Sydney Flames want a result from earlier this month overturned.
This week’s Hoops Heaven column questions whether free agent Thon Maker could be on his way to the NBL and notes Josh Giddey has joined elite NBA company,while an NBA legend speaks about the rise of foreign stars in the US league.
For Australian sporting clubs and competitions which have only just emerged from two years ensconced in bio-secure bubbles,the newest variant of the coronavirus brings with it a different sort of challenge.
American import Tiffany Mitchell said she felt targeted after a league email threatened to keep players with long braids off the court unless they tied them up or in a bun.
With the departure of Liz Cambage and a 2022 home World Cup looming,the Opals need a new figurehead and Boomers centre Ezi Magbegor has the potential to be a future great.
Matthew Dellavedova is excited to see Boomers’ teammate Dante Exum back on court after he signed with Barcelona while Sandy Brondello could be eyeing a move to another WNBA side.
Opals coach Sandy Brondello says her side has to move on with players committed to the national team as they look to the FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney in September.
The Australian Opals will on Monday name their preliminary squad for next year’s FIBA World Cup in Sydney and Liz Cambage will not be named.
Three NBL stars are under injury clouds heading into round one as the Breakers continue to battle a COVID-19 outbreak while the Golden State Warriors are preparing for star guard Klay Thompson to return from serious injury in the NBA.