Half the team needs to go.

Kenny: SBL quality player, not upto NBL standard anymore. Cannot facilitate an offense to save his life. Has to go

Martin: Needs to come off the bench. Offensive liability need a PG that can contribute more points.

Tokoyo: Jurys still out. All NBL second team however finishing the season poorly.

Cotton: Resign

Brandt : Resign

Wagstaff: Too slow on his feet now, repeatedly gets beaten off the first step by other 3s and 4s in the league

Cooke: Needs to go, can give sparks off the bench, if he was a local you'd keep however waste of an import spot. Should be able to get better

Hire: Not even gonna start with this guy. His best contribution comes off the Dribble podcast, other than that his NBL time is done.

Steindl: Still have hope for this guy. See him as a Kyle Korver come on and provide a spark from 3 sort of guy however just hasnt hit his shots. 50/50 on him.

Walker: Would resign, poor season. Can be undisciplined at times too however spreads the floor well and can cause mismatches with his outside shooting. Needs to regain early season form.

Mason bragg: Give this guy some minutes!! Has good hustle and handles the ball a lot better than Kenny. Wouldn't mind seeing this guy get elevated to 11th man next yr.

a bit stunned that talk is going on about next season when this one hasn't been finished.
a little premature perhaps

"Claims Kenny is only SBL quality but wants more minutes for Bragg? Credibility of that post is shot to hell."


Kenny is 33, Bragg is 23. Would rather put minutes into a young player to develop for the future....thought it was pretty obvious..idiot.

the biggest thing for Perth is they have been the league leaders for the better part of the last decade.

They changed the game by signing James Ennis. And since then, other teams have caught up and past the Wildcats.

I would think a major shake up to bring the cats roster back up to par with other teams will take place.

Gleeson contracted for next season and offered another contract if he wants it.

PG - Martin, Kenny, Cummings
SG - Cotton, Webster, Steindl
SF - James Ennis, Gliddon
PF - Daniel Johnson, Wagstaff
C - Brandt

Import1. Martin, Kenny
Cotton, Steindl
Gliddon, Import 4 ( new addition)
Import,Kay, Wagstaff
Brandt. Import ( Cooke or McKay)

Very difficult to predict at this point.
Hopefully the 4th import will add much needed offence and depth to the bench.

Dexter Kernich-Drew, not even Wildcats fans remember he's still on the roster.

Was DKD as a spark of the bench to start the season more valuable than anything Steindl has done?

Interesting that Perth has managed to turn Drew Williamson and Clint Steindl into absolutely garbage shooters.

But it's not the coach it's the players.

Steindl had a full pre-season this year.

But it's not the coach it's the players.

I think we need to try Cotton in the point guard role more as it gives more options.

Cotton/Damo/Bragg
Gliddon/Cotton/whatever Kestleman gives us
Original Import Walker (to keep Bryce happy)/Steindl
DJ/Lucas Walker/Cody Ellis
Gladness/Brandt

Gliddon playing at his natural SG position as opposed to what others keep doing by making him a 3 man, would be good to have him and Cotton share ball handling duties until Damo comes on and a backcourt of Damo and Gliddon will be a nightmare for teams on offence. I went for Walker again and Steindl as 3men as they are similar players and it keeps a floor spacer on court all game. DJ gives that automatic go to man when we need him and his 15 free throws a game will be handy. I think Cody is a better choice for th future than Wagstaff and if he comes off the bench for DJ instead of Waxy then I'm happy. Gladness provides rim protection that the Wildcats are sorely in need of and I think a battle between him and Brandt all season long for minutes would be fantastic. Wildcats I felt did much better with Knight around as the fouls to our bigs seemed less of an issue with 5 of them than 4 especially with Waxy and Brandt getting into foul trouble each game

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Spot on. Gliddon hasn't played 3 in his life.
Ever heard of a guy called McCarron,he's been the one stepping up?

I think we need to replace matt knight. a solid semi mobile big that can bang bodies and defend opposition bigs, with a mid range jumper that can be called upon if needed

daniel johnson is great offensively and provides flexibility, but leaves a big hole defensively.

I like the Nick Kay option as he seems to fit the knight mould a little better

gliddon or maccaron would be great fit and as previous said, slide Cotton to PG to give Damo impact minutes rather than starting role.

Is Devondrick still around? Earlier in the season they said they wanted to keep him for next year. having multiple 3 point threats is what the cats need to spread the floor. at the moment we have cotton and sometimes wagstaff when firing......steindl needs to rediscover pre season form next year.

I think Cotton has to go, unless he's taking a massive pay cut. That money could be better spent across multiple roster positions.

Agree. I think Cotton is a great player but not worth the reported salary -- on this team anyway.

Would like to see Perth building toward the future by going after some young Aussie talent. How about one or two of the following:

Venky Jois
Mangok Mathiang (if Charlotte don't resign him)
Emmett Naar
and as a development player Keanu Pinder

Brandt signed an extension recently, he is there tlll the end of the next season

^ that would be a fantastic roster! Sheesh. You know you'd have a bloody good team if you can bring Norton, an import and Jervis off the bench.

that's the roster I'm hoping for

D Walker and Prather can probably both be 2/3, at a pinch so can Steindl. If Hire can be then no reason for Steindl not to play small minutes at 2 if required

I guess it is wait and see what summer league leaves us options of!!

They just said on Twitter that Tokoto is not coming back to the Wildcats.

Good would prefer Prather or Conger over Tokoto

As is so often the case, Cats have assembled a competitive local roster, just need to see who the imports will be.
Difference between being contenders and alsorans.
Hard to go past Cotton, if they can get him back, MVP and leading scorer.
SF role is interesting. Seems like they are going to persist with Hire, and go for more of a 2/3 in the Import, somebody like Walker who can contribute to their 3-point ability. Might be ok if they can get Walker, but their previous attempt to go that route was not successful. Also, given the lack of quickness in their front court, I'd prefer to see a genuine SF.

Ok so with the roster set, we got a boring month ahead of us before things really start ramping up

Final Roster

Martin/Norton
Cotton/Steindl
White/Hire/Vague
Kay/Wagstaff
Brandt/Jervis

Solid line up, that in year's past would be top 4 favourites. Not sure that's the case this year.

Ball movement and high percentage shooting will be the focus for this team.

Big questions marks are Steindl, Hire, and Vague.
I think Vague did ok in the SEABL, but not exceptional. Still not sure what the rush was to promote him from DP. Hoping he has a breakout year.

Hire need to work his arse off to recover some touch, or the pressure will come on him to retire.

Steidl, we can only hope.

Question still on who will be their goto guy when an injury occurs. Rumour is it will be Ellis, but I'm also interested to see who their DPs are this season.