Seán Flood returned to the floor for London Lions at the weekend and it came at a vital time for the men’s Ireland national basketball team. With injuries and other absences an issue, they’ll be leaning on Flood in this week’s FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers. Timing matters in sport. Timing is why Ireland doesn’t have its starting point guard, CJ Fulton, for this week’s FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers with Azerbaijan and Kosovo. It’s also something Seán Flood knows all too well.