Transgender athlete Lexi Rodgers will be given advice and support by Basketball Australia if she chooses to reapply to join a women’s semi-professional league after her application was denied on Tuesday. Credit: Justin McManus“As a sport that prides ourselves on being inclusive, and based on my understanding of Lexi, my unqualified judgment was that it [the application] was likely to be approved … but I have faith in Basketball Australia and the process that they went through. Basketball Australia later convened the panel to assess the application following media attention, including scrutiny from former NBA player Andrew Bogut