Mystery probe into legend amid daughter's move

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Mystery surrounds the abrupt exit of Australian hoops subordinate Shyla Heal and her legendary begetter Shane's lack from their WNBL club.

Shyla Heal wasted nary clip successful signing an end-of-season woody with the Townsville Fire, simply hours aft being released from her declaration with the Sydney Flames connected Wednesday.

More remarkably, she volition suit-up for the Fire successful its WNBL circular 13 clash with the Perth Lynx astatine the Bendat Basketball Centre connected Wednesday night.

In a statement, the Flames announced the nine and Heal had "agreed to a communal release" for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.

The constituent defender played 27 games for Sydney implicit 2 seasons after she was brutally chopped from the WNBA successful 2021.

Heal had not featured successful the Flames' past 2 games with the nine citing "personal reasons" for her absence.

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The 21-year-old debuted for the Opals during past year's World Cup qualifiers successful Serbia.

The Flames' coach, Heal's begetter Shane, has besides been mysteriously absent from the club's past 3 matches - listed arsenic "unavailable to coach".

Heal's travel backmost from brutal rejection

An Australian hoops great, Shane Heal is presently being investigated by the club.

As yet, determination has been nary remark from either enactment arsenic to wherefore Shane Heal has stepped backmost from coaching oregon the crushed for the club's interior investigation.

"I'm sure, astatine immoderate stage, that'll travel retired but, close now, you cognize I can't accidental anything," Shane Heal said connected The Basketball Show this week.

"I'm getting messages from journos each implicit the place. I can't accidental anything, my hands are tied. At immoderate signifier I'll beryllium capable to talk."

Under his existent three-year deal, Shane Heal is tied to the caput coaching relation astatine the Flames until 2024.

In Shane Heal's lack from the sidelines, adjunct manager Shelley Gorman assumed power of the broadside with conscionable implicit 24 hours notice.

In its ain statement, the Townsville Fire said Shyla would play for the broadside for the remainder of the 2022-23 play arsenic it chases a finals spot.

Townsville manager Shannon Seebohm was pleased to person Heal backmost connected committee aft a erstwhile 16-game stint with the team.

"She is simply a acquainted look to the squad and fans owed to her being a cardinal portion of our tally during the (pandemic-interrupted) 2020 hub play wherever we played successful the expansive final," she said connected Wednesday.

"Shyla volition adhd to our defender extent and supply a scoring punch for america arsenic we purpose to suffice for the finals."

The Fire are presently placed third connected the WNBL ladder, portion the Flames beryllium second-last with lone 4 wins this season.

Heal volition beryllium eligible to correspond the Fire successful the last if she plays successful each 7 of the side's remaining regular play games.

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