I hope that 'mental health' does not prevent the findings of the completed investigation to be made public.

You can hold someone to account without implying they're lying about mental health issues.

I can't remember whether she's been public about diagnosis or self-diagnosis, but is it likely bi-polar comes into play? She flares up as a hothead to get into a situation then the anxiety side plays out to dodge and cope with repercussions? It always feels a bit uncomfortable when the media (and a forum at much smaller scale) focuses a lens on someone's impulsiveness playing out repeatedly in public. But if your world and income are derived from public attention (professional sport), the attention and media are a double-edged sword.

She mentioned in her video about her withdrawing that she's on medication (for anxiety I think?) so she's clearly had professional help as opposed to all of the keyboard warriors implying she's making it all up.

Now, that's by no means a get out of jail free card and she should be held to account, but pretending it isn't a factor or, worse, that she's making it up (as though publicly declaring you're suffering from mental health issues isnt hugely stigmatising) is deeply unhelpful.

That's what I think might be the case too Isaac. My best mate has got bi-polar and it's both mind-numbing and sad watching him navigate life. They have no even keel and go through extreme highs and extreme lows. One point my mate will be doing well working full-time, he'll have a g/f everything's going well, a month later his relationship has ended, he's quit his job, struggling to pay the rent and locks himself inside his house for a month.

About 15 years ago my mate inherited a $300k+ house, met a woman from Sydney moved there and sold his house here. Six years later he had blown the $300k on nothing, a few years after that his wife left him and then he was homeless with no money lining up for free charity meals.

Cambage may not even have bi-polar but dickheads make fun of her not realising the challenges people like this face including from their own demons.

I feel like many elements of it are reasonable Hoops discussion - it's a basketball forum after all. But something that shits me is when a news site which otherwise ignores basketball's successes, only show up when there's a Cambage story, or Simmons beatdown, or if an NBL club goes out of business.

The Guardian is an absolute classic example. Any Cambage story gets instant coverage but after it was announced, I struggled to find much about Mills' being flagbearer. And The Guardian regularly feature content about mental health, diversity and the like! A bit of balance about these things should be a given for them. I'm a drop in the ocean, but I try to click any of their basketball stories but ignore the beat-ups where possible.

I'm with you, Isaac. (Not that I’d go anywhere near that 'paper’ in the first place.)

Channels 7 and 9 aren’t far behind in taking any opportunity to trash the game.

I've long stopped reading The Guardian for exactly that reason Isaac. While I watch other sports in their pages get quite complimentary coverage.

Their Australian editors despise the game.

The guardian seems like they don't try to be a full service news source, just whatever they feel like covering.

The Guardian is one of the few publications I read, but you can feel that they have some disdain for US sport, like you suggested DC. I certainly don't read it for sport coverage; I actually don't read anything but r/NBA for sport coverage really.

But still, sucks that the only time they'll give the sport any coverage is negative clickbait.

Same Isaac, but my loyalty to the sport I love outweighs my need for their journalism. It's a shame.