Hoops

Norton to wildcats

"Negotiating penalties seems rather arbitrary and open to manipulation by head office."

just a tad! luckily we have a totally impartial head office so there is nothing to be concerned about!

2 massive signings for the ‘cats, kudos to them. Makes all those impatient fans look pretty silly now.

Thank you for the insight #221.

So were Utd penalised too with Felix coming in? or were injury replacements exempted?

Negotiating penalties seems rather arbitrary and open to manipulation by head office.

"All Perth fans need to apologize to their GM."

No. The GM needs to apologise for doing absolutely nothing mid-season to save our title hopes.

"Great pickup. Damo's eventual replacement"

I feel like he is already is Damo's recplacemnt.

IMO they'll start damo. The crowd loves giving him a massive cheer when hes announced, have him out there to set the tone, have his leadership, etc.

But after a few minutes bring Norton on. Then for the rest of the game Norton will play the starters minutes and Damo more of the bench ones.

They'll keep Martin more rested and healthy during the season and hopefully get him through unscathed. He was struggling at times during the season especially the rounds with 2 games.

With an ageing core, Perth needed to pull some serious strings, and if this is true, Im more than happy with Norton and Kay signing. Kay is without doubt the most promising player in his position and likewise with Norton.

Suzy Batkovic of the Adelaide Lightning has been named WNBL Player of the Week for Round 12 of the 2011/12 WNBL season.

It is the third time Batkovic has been awarded Player of the Week this season, having previously taken out the honour in Round Six and Round Eight.
This week Batkovic narrowly edged out Renae Camino of the Logan Thunder for the award.

In the Lightning’s 80-68 victory against the Townsville Fire on Saturday night, Batkovic proved to be a dominant force, helping the Adelaide side remain two games clear at the top of the WNBL ladder, with a record of 12-2.

It was a game that saw Batkovic record her tenth double-double of the season, with the Olympian pouring in 34 points and 11 rebounds, connecting on 15 of her 24 field goal attempts, at 63 per cent accuracy. She also contributed four assists, two steals and two blocks in the contest.

Batkovic, who was also named Joint-WNBL Player of the Month for November, currently leads the league in scoring, averaging 25.4 points per game, rebounds, averaging 10.9 per game, and steals, averaging 2.8 per game.

Logan’s Renae Camino led her side to a crucial victory at home on Saturday night against the Dandenong Rangers. Camino recorded her highest scoring output of the season with 28 points, connecting on ten of her 17 field goal attempts in the Thunder’s 76-71 victory.

Other Player of the Week contenders included Tess Madgen (Bendigo Spirit), Deanna Smith (Bendigo Spirit), Liz Cambage (Bulleen Boomers), Michelle Cosier (Canberra Capitals) and Abby Bishop (Adelaide Lightning).