Hoops

Lighting sign Alanna Smith

The above poster meant AFLW teams

There are no WAFL teams outside of Western Australia.

How can Conti move from Victoria whilst training aflw, I think it would have to be the backup pg at Bendigo.

Adelaide has lost 2 of the best guards in the comp - great opportunity for someone to step up but big shoes to fill.

Think conti will be a no show for wnbl , football is demanding and No WNBL team is going to play second to football
Agree she’s a much better footballer than she ever was/will be a basket baller

Conti could only really play for vic side.

Romeo- unlikely, spends most time in Italy
Cann(Donnelly)- didn't play last season, had child.
Yaeger- finished college at oregon
Mangakahia- could be stuck here before finall season of college
Panousis- spent last couple of years in Greece.
Some other pgs around

Wallace, hasn’t played for 3 seasons, and hasn’t really played women’s, only college level, be interesting to see how she pulls up
Mansfield , Tupaea,also injury prone, every year Tupaea is injured, how long do you keep going ?
Tessari too slow as PG,
Reid, O’Neil and Guillam out of depth still development level
Why is Antoniadou not playing, she dominates as a true PG in NBL , she had a few seasons with Rangers, then college , didn’t she play with Boomers pre season? Did she go to football?
Conti said she would still like to play, though think she’s much better at football, absolute gun on the field

Maybe an import guard is on the cards.

as was mentioned before - this may be the season for opportunity - some new world class standard players step up and deliver. Ones we never would have expected. No reason why a second or third tier player can't have a breakout season.

Romeo- unlikely, spends most time in Italy
Cann(Donnelly)- didn’t play last season, had child.
Yaeger- finished college at oregon
Mangakahia- could be stuck here before finall season of college
Panousis- spent last couple of years in Greece.
Some other pgs around

Only pgs left are Mansfield, Wallace, tupaea, Reid, tessari, conti, oneill, giliam, angley

Mansfield and angley both from sa.
Would mean Perth have ebzery and young j.williams as backup

Yes, and no other high end point guards around.

Smith is an awesome signing for our front court - but we have lost 2 of the best guards in the country

Don't think Elsworthy is back, believe she has been told to explore her options

Is Nicholson to Sydney rumour or confirmed ?

Not sure it is behind the scenes bobncat - more likely flashing the money around at the front, still a good catch

Great signing for the Lightning. Chris doing a great job behind the scenes.

Good work Brenno

"NBA player Jason Collins is the first active player in a major US sport to come out of the closet. He explains why in a piece for Sports Illustrated."

http://m.si.com/2854664/an-nba-player-comes-out/

Sad that this has only just happened in 2013 and the world has taken so long to adjust.

So far Kobe Bryant and Baron Davis have tweeted their support from what I've seen.

Edit: Also Steve Nash and Pau Gasol, plus Bill Clinton and his daughter.

Bravo.

Next up, Chris Bosh comes out? Even if just as a lizard?