Save the import spot for the inevitable Knight or Martin injury

Having won the last 3 championships with Small Forwards Ennis, Prather and Prather, its going to be a hard sell to fans that a three peat aspirant has Client Steindl and Greg Hire at SF.

A fracture normally takes 6 weeks to heal. The first game of the season is just shy of 6 weeks away. Steindl will probably fill in for Walker for pre-season games and the first couple of games of the season. If rehab goes well Walker should only miss a few games.

6 weeks to heal, then how many weeks rehab?

Press release said "a large portion of the season".

Which I interpret as 2/3s of the season.

The Wildcats website said he'd miss "most" of the season.

He can shoot threes.

Wildcats struggled with three point shooting last season (at least until Cotton came).

Why wouldn't you take a free look at him?

KBrulz "Most" and "large portion" are the same thing. 2/3s of the season is "most of the season.

Anything over half the season is "most of the season".

They haven't released what sort of foot fracture it is. If it is a lisfranc there is no chance of him being back anytime soon

What!! Comprehension fail.

Steindl was a better player than Prather in the Townsville vs wildcats games at Perth arena. Actually played well and got his team the win

Must have drunk some serious hatorade today!

Did anyone watch the Crocs intently in their final year? Steindl was a beast.
If he plays starter minutes at Perth, he should be a 15ppg scorer.

He was penetrating and showed an in-between game as well.

Couldn't agree more Manu. Some people seem to think it is import or fail but he could be a very good floor spacer and more than capable defender

Keep the spot open for a possible injury or mid season upgrade on personnel depending on how the season is going. Be honest, not many if any of us thought knight would play again this season

"Did anyone watch the Crocs intently in their final year? Steindl was a beast.
If he plays starter minutes at Perth, he should be a 15ppg scorer."

Steindl scored less than 10 ppg in 24mpg @ 39%.

Can you offer some more clarity on how this is 'beasting'?

And have you seen his stats in Belgium over the past few years? Yikes.

CT, no, care to share?

It's only been one year, and his stats in Belgium have basically been a mirror of his last season in the NBL. IMO he's a good starter at a position that is tough to fill outside of imports, and it's a shame he's not in our league.

I stand corrected, they're better than I remember:
http://basketball.eurobasket.com/team/Belgium/Stella_Artois_Leuven_Bears/334?Page=3

12.8 ppg from 27.8 mins p/game. No idea how good the Belgian league is though. The Leuven Bears seem to be the Belgian equivalent of the Crocs, propping up the lower reaches of the league.

Belgium league isn;t great about SEABL standard...couple of the lower teams are a bit better than SEABL level and the bottom end are pretty poor!

I'm ecstatic, I have always been a fan of his, and he actually has more athleticism than he shows on a regular basis, if Trev can instill the confidence in him then I don't think 15ppg is completely out of the question.

I atleast want to see him in a Wildcats jersey so I can buy his jersey and then after that I'll be good... seeing him knock down three pointer after three pointer will be a bonus.

I'd love to see DKD improve this season but if Steindl plays a lot then that won't happen

Steindl isn't on the team.