Tassie team, Chinese and WNBA imports to boost new WNBL season

Opals legend Lauren Jackson has a key leadership role heading into the new WNBL season. The season tips off on Thursday with the Jewels hosting the Geelong Venom. Thursday night will mark the start of the second season of the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) under new, private ownership, with the league hoping to build on some of the gains made. Last season, crowd figures were up 43 per cent, and broadcast reach 130 per cent, but that did not stop the league making its CEO Jennie Sager redundant, in a restructure it said would bring the men's and women's…