The drama coach teaches the private school girls of the other game thread.

Perth by 7

It's crunch time for Perth.
They let top spot slip with a mediocre performance against Adelaide. If they want to cement top-2 and have another crack at first they have to start winning these "winnable" games.

It will be interesting to see the tactics, and whether Andre persists in starting Magnay and Hodgson together. And is so, ow he plans to go at Jook and Hunt. Getting those guys into foul trouble early is one of the keys to containing Perth. (Along with the obvious limiting Cotton and White.)

Another big game for Norton. He did well against Adelaide, so the battle against Sobey & Spudey will be telling. The starting PG role is his to lose.

A win here keeps Perth in striking distance of top spot with 5 of the past 7 games after this being home games.

Now would be a great time for Kay to return to form.

Bullets to lose.

Andrej to give usual post game statement of "we were getting good looks but just didn't make them".

Cats to show up and cruise home by 10-15

He is certainly rather fond of Cadee for some reason.

It's obvious no one reviews what these commentators say. So unprofessional.

Is Heal Magnay's agent? Legit question.

He labels Cadee a star point guard lol.

If your partner giving birth is classed as an injury then yes Steindl was injured.
Homicide what a Dickhead.

The most irritating part about the commentary team is when Cadee hits 3 or 4 in a row he is a star but last week when he hit 1 no one calls him out.... But Heal in the game before this Roberson hits 4 but "should go to the paint more" Double standards for his love child's..

Trev & Andrej starting to warm up now

Let's just get Dwayne Russell for the commentary trifecta.

Perth ain't winning a title with Hunt.
There's always next year.

Set high standards dude.

Magnay defacates on Froling.

Surely Hunt is gone now? Otherwise we aren't serious about winning this season.

No answer for Patterson and cats looked off all game. Terrico was not just poor shooting but turned the ball over mercilessly early on.

I've said about hunt 4 game's in! No scoring in put plus damo in the starting 5 basically had cotton, kay and white.

Same shit with Cook jnr had the chance and didn't! People say Perth are loaded with cash but fuck me I don't know where it goes other than the big 3?

Win they win they look good but to many away games in a row this season and they look cooked again the past few game's.

Magnay is a gun.


Interested where he will be next year

Agree with my bro Hunt has to go.
Would need a replacement NOW with 7 games remaining.

Then Perth obviously don't care about defending the championship.

Scout mate we are all interested in where Magnay goes.

Love this forum. So predictable.

"Cats can only win when they get 70% of refs calls, Gleeson was not his active yelling self and Brisbane win"

FYI its not Gleeson that is the only one that sooks at every call (Shamir, Vickerman, Mitchell, Lemanis, Wright, Weaver, Kelly say Hi)

Yawn.....

Should Flynn say hi or has he been ostracized.

Is it just me or is Norton hugely over rated? The commentators talk about him being aggressive but to me it looks like he just charges into the paint and throws up a prayer hoping for a foul. He also doesn't seem to be particularly creative at bringing others into the game. I’m hoping next year we go for an import starting PG assuming Martin either retires or comes off the bench. No use wasting an import spot on a big to sit on the bench.

Imagine if Perth gets Magnay for next season

Being a genuine local, hopefully Magnay stays in Brisbane.

One of very few bright spots the franchise has going for it.

Terrico has low basketball IQ, he can't count the number of Brisbane players in front of him so carelessly dribbles the ball on the court resulting in a turnover. Terrico is too lazy on defence.

Norton is way overrated, but he is way better offensively than Martin. Norton should just dribble inside the arc and put up jump shots. Norton is mediocre on defence except last game for a bit. Norton has no confidence taking 3 pointers and can't finish at the rim.

Clint us ok. But like to see his best his man off the dribble more and go inside for more 2 point jumpers. Clint isn't a defensive player at all.

The Wildcats game plan isn't flexible enough to do adjustments when the opposition has done their adjustments.

Cotton should be more selfish when the game is being taking away from the Wildcats. Jordan demanded the ball when the Bulls were in trouble.

Hunt is serviceable but needs to fly for rebounds and finish. He grabs the ball yet can't jump back up for the finish.

@Vodka63, I agree on your Norton call - spot in with everything.

Good bench guy to have and give you 15-20 minutes, but not a game changer by any means.

Anon, if Perth Wilburs compared Bryce Cotton to Michael Jordan in the sense that they are the leaders of their respective teams, guys who can create their own shot and carry their team offensively, then yeah that comparison is spot on

#653 no. I'm saying Cotton needs to demand the ball more.

And demand the ball so he can score at will in a league he completely dominates? Yeah you're exactly right anon. Now you're catching on

You got it in one!

Flynn gets dispensation (first year and all that..)

Perth will sink or swim with Cotton and White come playoffs. Luckily for Perth, they fire far more often than not.

"Is it just me or is Norton hugely over rated? The commentators talk about him being aggressive but to me it looks like he just charges into the paint and throws up a prayer hoping for a foul."

Mmm, I hate it when he does that. needs to iron that out of his game.

It's actually hard to fault individual Cats players, some just a bit off their game. Overall defence was not where it needed to be, especially te failure to contain Patterson.
And the 3-oint shooting, God help us. Somehow the cats have morphed into the team that lives or dies at the 3-point arc. A risky strategy at best, and clearly failed miserably tonight.

I don't mind Norton, but the problem is we currently have no backup, so so we end up with Cotton and White running the point, which seems to limit them in other areas.
When Martin retires, Norton will either be starting PG, or playing elsewhere. No point bringing in a 30 minute gun PG, AND wasting money on Norton.

Besides, the biggest challenge remains doing something with our Starting Centre position.
We've currently got an import Centre who is undersize, has no range, can't start games because he gets into foul trouble, and can't finish games because he can't shoot f/t's. Definitely need to upgrade him for next season.

Cats have shown that on their day they can beat anyone. That makes for an interesting play-offs.
But they need to get rid of these inconsistencies. It's already cost them top spot, and MU & Cairns are nipping at their heals.

I personally like Nortons drive move, unfortunately it seems this season he hasnt been as confident with it. Lately he has stopped dribbling when inside and getting stuck, instead of dribbling back out of the key if the shot isnt there.

Terrico needs to start playing like a forward and do some driving, so lazy.

Sadly Hunt doesnt seem to be performing and might have to go, Majok Majok is playing great - im not sure why he doesnt get more minutes.

Vague is completely lost on me... I dont see what he contributes at all.

Vague is vague. Team him up with cadee.
Vague cadee add froling Milner smith and teys for bit of glue.
Bound to over achieve as expectation be exceptionally low.
Guess could have egg on faeces if cadee 3 bombs.never know as sometimes dreams are just fantasy.

"Guess could have egg on faeces if cadee 3 bombs.never know as sometimes dreams are just fantasy."

“Egg on faeces”? Troll level auto co-wreck???

Each to their own.
Quite a fantasy.

Refs. Perth lost. Bloody refs. Refs-Easterners. Refs
Paterson is protected by refs. Refs

Why didn't either Perth or Melbourne double team Patterson instead just standing by while he destroyed them

It's always interesting to hear Cats fans put shit on their own team's recruiting, the most team with around twice the amount of championships as the next best team in NBL history.

Cotton is on superstar money, White would be on close to that too very good money regardless and they had to pay overs for Nick Kay to get him to come over. After that there wouldn't be much left to throw around which is why their import big is usually a very limited player because they would be coming relatively cheap.

It's not like cheap import bigs like McKay, Cooke or Hunt has stopped the team from being successful right?

I mean as a Sixers fan I would love to have the Wildcats recruiting problems seriously. If we had to put up with watching a crappy import big whilst winning the title like 2 out of every 3 years I reckon I would take that.

Zodiac, its hard to comment specifically without knowing the full story. It's particularly hard with Perth because Trev will say he's targetting X, but then hire Y.
Maybe Hunt is a bargain who had to fit within the 5-man cap?? I don't know. It's not clear to me what guys like Martin, Norton, and Wagstaff are getting. If that's the case, then he's good value, but hopefully things change next season.
My personal view is that he is undersized, and that contributes to his foul trouble. Clearly he's a step backwards from Brandt, but maybe that was warranted and necessary.
He has been improving as the season progresses.

"You must be watching a different Hunt because his size has got nothing to do with his foul trouble"

His being "undersized" is my personal opinion, others may differ.

"Hunt got called out Heals show today, showed as being a lazy defender in a number of plays. "

He's a poor defender, and he commits sloppy fouls which mean he has to back off more.

In regards to his size and fouls, yeah, I guess I am talking wild hypotheticals, as in "if he were a bigger player, he would play differently"
Which I concede is not really much of a point at all.

Let me put it this way:
He's too small to defend the really big slow 5s,
and he's too slow and sloppy to defend the smaller quicker 4s.

"certainly not improving as the season goes on"
Part of it is that Trev is limiting his use, and getting better value out of what he can.

Perth has already hit 21 games, so barring an announcement in the next 24 hrs or so, Hunt is here for the season.
But I would not expect him to return.