I love the look of this Lynx team, hope they get to string some games together.

Yeah, they should be very fun to watch if they actually get to play.

Oops, I forgot to post the actual game times for the round.


On Now - Adelaide Lightning v Melbourne Boomers [Kayo]

Fri 7:00 - Townsville Fire v UC Capitals [Kayo Freebies]

Sun 2:30 - Adelaide Lightning v Perth Lynx [Kayo Freebies]


All times local.

Has avoided the dumb fouls today and helped her team stay right in this one

Brook & Simons have both done some good things off the bench.
Not pretty basketball but a very good hard fought win.

Melbourne's fourth quarter effort was feeble. Three points in ten minutes!?

It's criminal.

Boomers shot 1/13 in the last quarter against Adelaide, had 16 turnovers for the game and went 2/27 on 3s (7%), and some of you want to blame the coach? Do the players hold any accountability these days? As the saying goes, easier to sack one person (the coach) than it is to remove a whole team.

As for NZ they will be more than happy to have Molloy, and Nelson who they snapped up a few years ago. They led the Boomers from near extinction to big crowds and finals. Some of you have short memories when the team cops a loss. The Boomers wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for those two and the other good people they brought to the club to help save it.

In my opinion, I think the big loss to the WNBL is Nelson. He's transformed the men's league in NZ, crowds are up, teams are no longer over-spending and going out of business and most are making money. The league is even expanding. I saw a new team announced last week (Stingrays?) and another one coming soon. All this during Covid.

Nelson just did a TV deal with all the money going to the teams. Do we even get money here from TV for the WNBL? If we do it's unlikley BA would give the teams anything anyway.

I read somewhere Sky just poached him, so good luck to him. You won't always get your own way with Nelson, he aims high and takes no prisoners, which is what basketball needs if you ask me. He takes a creative approach which can unsettle people who don't like change, but look at the results. Clearly it works.

In NZ he's also just rebuilt the women's league with equal player pay (compared with the men) starting in 2022. We should all appluad that.

I've already heard players here in Australia talking about the new NZ women's comp, so news travels fast. Someone told me team budgets are about $100k each, which is all paid for by the league and the season only goes for two months. If true, that's much better money than NBL1 and less demand on players outside of their WNBL and Europe seasons. Smart.

The guy is a bloody genius if you ask me. The WNBL needs to get him back for whatever it costs as quickly as possible and get him to rebuild this league. It sure needs it.

Back to Molloy, why would even want to stay in the WNBL with the direction the league is going in (about 200 people at last night's game)? With this being his last season he might be a lot smarter than some of you keyboard warriors think.

Just imagine how many flags the Boomers would have won without Molloy coaching? At least 2!!!!!!!
For what ever reason he has fooled the owner's.
Lets hope he NEVER coaches here again.
Had way to many chances, with big budget teams.

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Don't think he'll care too much what you think. Being liked or disliked comes with the territory for sports administrators, just like coaches. Half the people on this forum spend all their time calling for CEOs and coaches to be sacked.

I don't know him personally, but I know people who do and they rate what he has achieved for basketball. NZ has definitely benefitted. He gets shit done.

The WNBL has made a habit of losing good people. Goodbody (Townsville I think?) is another one the league lost and he is also now delivering big things elsewhere.

If you want to fix the league you have to start with the right people who can deliver the goods. The WNBL wouldn't be able to get those two back no matter how much money they threw at them.

I think we should get by ok without a "true" PG in the starting 5. Not sure I'd even want one if it meant any less time with the Sami + MM backcourt pairing, which should be fun as hell to watch.
The front court has some potential to be exploited I think.

That was good to see a game. last night. It felt so long since one has been on.
Enjoyed to. Even A.Smith played very well.

Enjoyed IT, I meant to say.
Chris Lucas seemed to do a good job?

"For what ever reason he has fooled the owner's."

Okay, the suspense is killing me. Fooled the owner's what?

He should be charged with receiving money on false pretense.

He is there to win a championship!!!!
How many goes does he get????????
TOO MANY!!!!!!!

Molloy has an incredible record of no titles as a head coach in NBL/WNBL history but at the same time remaining employable. No one has been given such a long stint of opportunity. He must do well at job interviews?

Anyone watching the Townsville/Canberra game on Kayo? Dear God, who is commentating alongside Steph Blicavs? It's unbearable to listen to.

Just Googled her. Was her first time commentating WNBL but even allowing for that, she was absolutely shocking. Didn't draw breath the entire game! Poor Steph must have been exhausted listening to her because I ended up having to mute the sound and watch the game in silence.

I've got an old rattler (wall air conditioner, banging away)
So, I didn't hear her tooo good.

Kelsey Griffin is some kinda supa player.

The commentating was pretty good, the new one was very enthusiastic, she kept calling jump shots floaters that's the biggest fault I can find


LOL obviously you weren't watching the same game as the rest of us, the commentating was woeful.

New podcast by Sami Whitcomb
Shootin' The Shot - Episode 1

Welcome to the WNBL, Marina :D

Lightning rolling along very nicely atm. I like their balance & basketball IQ.

Plenty of good moments from the Lynx today but it all went very individual and messy when things got tight. Hopefully that's just a case of working things out early in the season, and not a continuation of last season's tendency to lose composure down the stretch.

Talbot 1 assist shy of a triple double today

Proven many times before that playin well in wnbl means nothing internationally.

Nicholson/Madgen/Cole etc etc, stud Aussie guards in wnbl, sucked in fiba 5x5.
I'm not sure any of the players doing well this season, guard, forward or big will be a great determining factor for WC selection.


I think Picking an opals team based on effort/desire/hunger alone is the best go to build a solid Foundation for future teams. you'll end up with a squad consisting of players such as Talbot, Maley, Whitcomb-Griffin, wallace, Melbourne. These are the types of players you build a culture around and continue to bring youth in that match the characteristics of these players, hopefully with even more skill.

Good old Melbournes parents popping up in every thread

#468, her left is fine if you watched the u19 WC

Ummm she didn't exactly tear it up or have any great opposition.
She has a history of getting erratic at nationals when they clog the key because the left is just a chuck with the right hand. As happened against the Blues in the GF at 20's....keep going mr Melbourne