sorry about the grammatical errors... jeez I should proof read more often.

I think you will find White will start at the 3 (he's 6'5" - same as Mitch Creek) and will surprise a lot of people this season. He will also drop down to the 2 when Cotton is resting.

The biggest X factor is which Steindl is going to turn up so we don't lose too much when White and Cotton are benched.

If Hire stays injury free you know you will get hustle and rebounds in his 10 min or so.

I just checked the stats of Seoul SK Knights from last season and not sure where the 40% 3 point shooting comes from?
Unless it's a misprint he shot 31.9%, not 40, what is respectable on paper, but i'd say that the NBL is a better league, so...
White's strength it's his jump and drive, 55.9% from 2 point range, but playing as a 2 guard, going up to SF he might have problems in the NBL with that clip.
For the record, going by the stats, there were quite a few players with the same or better 3pts percentage, that shoots down the theory of "having Cotton will spread the court".
At the same time those are only numbers, from what i've seen from the clips he won't have trouble transitioning to the NBL.
Also people tend to forget that Kay has a very nice range for a big man, Perth will have lots of options they can use: you can have a Norton,Cotton, Wagstaff, Kay, Brandt lineup, that would very mobile both ends of the court with plenty of good outside shooters, personally i'd give an A rating to that frontcourt

A flog coach with 3 titles in 5 years.

Yes White will start in the 3 spot, but he's still part of the backcourt. It's wait & see for him. Could be awesome, could be trash. His credentials are ok, so fingers crossed.
Steindl also part of the backcourt. Need to see something from him this season, and its possible. He won the leagues most improved with the Crocs, and his early reports from Europe were good. DOn't know what happened, but if he recaptures some of that we'll have a very competent back court.

Hire's really part of the front court. I expect there will be times when Perth revert to the wall, and run 3 bigs, but the flexibility is a bonus.
Hire needs to get his finger out. Wagstaff a year older, but still good, adding Kay should be a huge boost.
Great to see Tommy back, gives us a genuine big center to counter some of the others in the league, and gives us a lot of depth up forward.

When you factor in the possibility of injury, foul problems, etc, that depth gives us one of the most solid front-courts in the league.

Lol at the troll, prob a Cairns fan. Brisbane and Cairns will be fighting for the spoon, so suck it and get used of it. Lemanis is a shit coach and the Brisbane roster garbage, Cairns have the worst list in the league.

no way Gleeson is an F.
he's at least a G#.

Gleeson won COTY with Townsville, and has won 3 rings with Perth. That makes him one of the League's elite.

The haters simply display their own stupidity with their repeated attacks.

Gleeson is a certified master coach

@Anon Blaster

Cairns and Illawarra will be fighting for the spoon (by a fair margin). Brisbane will finish 5th or 6th.

So you can take that spoon and shove it.

Again, the Wildcats going for two creators and a bunch of role players.

Not sure it will get done. We need another creator.

Great defense and rebounding but the offense is very underwhelming.

Melbourne, Adelaide, New Zealand, and Sydney will beat them badly.

Depth chart
Martin, Norton,Cotton
Cotton, White, Steindl
White, Steindl, Hire
Kay,Wagstaff, Vague
Brandt, Jervis, Kay

White should see enough minutes at 2 spot to strengthen backcourt and Kay can play some 5 when the Cats go smallball lineup.

That third import is the X factor who knows when or if it will be used.

I don't see them having too many issues with this line up. good mix of players

3rd import will be up the sleeve for any season ending injury (or lengthy injury). Highly doubt they replace Hire or Vague mid season.

They are trying to stick to the 5 under 490k rule or whatever it is, so replacing with an import inst going to help that

I guess if things go really bad for them they may change their mind on that, then have a larger bag of cash for less games than signing a 3rd import up front, but I'd guess they are more protecting against long term injury as imports are easier to find.

Bendat never funded the Crocs.
He got the axe at Melbourne because Anstey was better at sucking up to LK, and see how that turned out for them.
Demopodopolis failed with a bigger budget.
Let's watch how Gaze fails again despite outspending the rest of the league 2:1.

"White should see enough minutes at 2 spot to strengthen backcourt and Kay can play some 5 when the Cats go smallball lineup."

Not sure about that.
The closest they get to smallball is basically running 3 guards (or 2 plus a swingman) as their starting line-up and if anything that relies on having two bigs in the post.

If anything Gleeson's 2nd unit tends to be oversized. In the past we've seen Hire on court in the 2 spot.

Of course injury and fouls are a different matter. I recall one game last season when Vague was the biggest Cat on court. If they lose Brandt or Jervis to injury, then Kay may spend minutes as the notional 5.

Vague is an interesting one, if he really comes on. He's played as a centre at lower levels, is a really a PF at NBL level, but has a decent 3-point shot.