Allen has signed again, announced

Heal signed a 2-year contract with Perth, left after one year, and has now signed for Bendigo.

Shows you how much weight a contract can have... not much.

You would think Steindl will be back. She's currently living in Perth with Clint, and he will be back with the Wildcats.

She is actually a pretty important piece in the Lynx puzzle moving forward. Yes, she's at the back end of her WNBL career, but starting quality Aussie bigs are hard to come by, and whether she plays of not could be the difference as to whether the Lynx are championship contenders again.

You'd have to think that Clint & Kayla are a package deal at this point

How much are the Lynx costing the 'Cats per season?

Pretty sure they're looking for a top C import to match the rest of the bigs in the league. Hopefully their second import is a shooter as well. Based on last season Ebzery/Mansfield aren't big producers (but might have more game time with less guards on the roster now). Payne's scoring will help, she's a good get. Tough season for Bendigo ahead.

Ariel Atkins signs with Perth.
Nice signing, though as with seemingly all of our signings, a smaller player than I was expecting

They only really rotated 9 players last year, and it looks like their team on paper is going to be like-for-like compared to last season....

C - Taylor >>> Import
C - Allen >>> Allen
F - Steindl >>> Steindl
F - Collins >>> Payne
GF - Schwagmeyer >>> Schwagmeyer
GF - Farnsworth >>> Whittle
G - Mansfield >>> Mansfield
G - McPhee >>> Atkins
G - Ebzery >>> Ebzery

Out of those nine, they have 5 returning players and 4 new additions.

The 5 returning players cancel each other out so let's have a look at the four additions...

F - Collins >>> Payne
That's a big win.

G - McPhee >>> Atkins
McPhee was hit-and-miss so that's a win.

GF - Farnsworth >>> Whittle
Farnworth on the back end of her career so another win.

C - Taylor >>> Import
This selection will determine whether they are a top-4 team or a championship team.

Overall the Lynx are coming together nicely and look to be no worse off than last year. The import centre selection could be season changing.

Cost Wildcats 2 MILLION a season to prop up the Lynx

With the Lynx announcing their second import this morning, their roster is now looking like....

C - McGee-Stafford **
C - Allen
F - Payne
GF - Schwagmeyer
GF - Whittle
G - Mansfield
G - Atkins **
G - Ebzery

The latest press release states they now have eight 'signed' players (as above), which makes you wonder what the status of Kayla Steindl is.

They are looking very weak inside so you can only assume she will be signing, unless they have another Aussie big up their sleeve.

They should go after Katie Lou or Nephessa collier get some Huskie blood in the league did Canberra ok

Awesome pick up for them IMANI MCGEE-STAFFORD has signed!

Where is Asia?

Lynx looks the team to beeat.

How many imports are they allowed?
Is Steindl now counted as an Aussie?

Swaggy is an Aussie yes and so is Sammi now if she ever returns wont be this year however but int he future. Must be making a nice environment for their players over there if they are all wanting to stay.

Are any other WNBL teams in the same situation? Sharing ownership with their male counterparts?
You'd have to think, with the Wildcats anchoring the organisation, that the Lynx is an attractive destination.

And Perth is a nice place to live if you can afford it (and can afford the airfares.)

Steindl isn't playing and hasn't been for some time. Told the Lynx a few months ago.