D2.0
Years ago
Rhys Vague has signed with Kagawa Five Arrows in Japan
As predicted by Santamaria on Overtime:
https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/wildcats-farewell-rhys-vague
D2.0
Years ago
As predicted by Santamaria on Overtime:
https://www.wildcats.com.au/news/wildcats-farewell-rhys-vague
D2.0
Years ago
Paul Henare is the coach, so hopefully this is a great opportunity for Vague.
Writing was definitely on the wall for him in Perth. Whilst showing glimpses, in two seasons on the senior roster, he hadn't cemented a spot. He was likely to be dropped, even before the shift to a 10 player rota.
Not sure how the season will shape in Japan? They may be playing behind closed doors? Although they are generally pretty good following hygiene directives, so they might be ok.
I imagine the coin is decent, compared to an end of bench player in the NBL. Hopefully the league is of a standard that will allow him plenty of minutes, and the opportunity to thrive.
Given the periodic talk about Asian-Market players, it will be interesting to see how he goes, as a measure of the relative strength of the League.
So he will have a more minutes and a more central role in a lower level league?
D2.0
Years ago
It's hard to say regarding replacement. He was an end of bench guy who played anywhere from 3 to 5.
Had the team stayed otherwise completely static, you could make a case for simply dropping him from the 10 man squad. So in effect no direct replacement.
But with 4 spaces still to fill, its pretty obvious that at least two of those will be big forwards or centres.
Assuming Reath, etc, remain contracted in Europe, I think we're looking at an import PF to replace Kay, so that could be anybody. Then maybe a local centre, but nothing really clear on that.
Cornholio
Years ago
Who would be a better NS for Perth Blake Jones or David Okwera.
Blanchfield and Reath would be good fits for Perth - Blanchfield has played for Gleeson in Townsville before
Norton/Martin
Cotton/Wani
Blanchfield/Steindl
Import/Wagstaff
Reath/Majok
Norton/Martin/Britt(DP)
Cotton/Buluk
Import/Steindl/Travers(DP)
Motum/Wagstaff/Okwera(NS)
(Reath or Brandt or Plumlee)/Majok
Andrew
Years ago
Norton/Martin/Britt(DP)
Cotton/Buluk
Patterson/Steindl/Travers(DP)
Motum/Wagstaff
Brandt/Majok
Remarkable NBL career to date.. championship every 20 games in the league. 4x champ.
Always teased with potential and probably hasn't developed to the expectations of the cats but still incredible to be a 4 time champ.
Cornholio
Years ago
Nah take Patterson out and put LeBron in.
If you're going to live in fantasy land go all out.
The two anons above are more realistic.
D2.0
Years ago
He played 3?! never
D2.0
Years ago
Leave dazz alone. He's in Year 12 now. The best 5 years of his life ;)
Good on Rhys getting more than he would in the lower cap NBL
Never happened D2.0 so you can check your facts with your mummy after I drop her off
Lovebroker
Years ago
Even a topic as neutral and bereft of anything negative as Rhys Vague still ends up in abusive posts.
Come on guys
Macca
Years ago
The Vanilla Gorilla fell out of favour with Trev about 3/4's the way through the season and never got back in.
Trev's reputation in development remains intact.
Zero
And before the perf fans jump on he didn’t develop nick kay, even nick Kay acknowledges that was Matt Neilsen
Lovebroker isn't really abusive, and he makes a valid point. The anonymous sniping largely directed at three posters has got to stop.
D2.0
Years ago
Trev's reputation in development remains intact.
Zero
And before the perf fans jump on he didn't develop nick kay, even nick Kay acknowledges that was Matt Neilsen
D2.0 relax and go buy another heritage round jersey with your jobseeker allowance
Sourbroker
Years ago
What happened to free speech - of which I'm sure Lovebroker is a bastion of...,
Cornholio
Years ago
Sadly it's not just school holidays with these clowns bitching at each other.
^^^ you know you don't actually have to write anonymous, leave it blank it does it itself. Noob
Lack of username also gives us anons who are cowards the freedom to attack others .
Back to actual topic good luck in Japan Rhys Vague.
Oh yeah cause making up a username makes me less of a coward. Flog
I could also make up a twitter account using a username and still be an anonymous flog
Dr Kobe at it again. He has a user name and we know that shit he posts is accountable. Meh.
koberulz
Years ago
Dr Kobe at it again.Thank you for proving my point.
"we know that shit he posts is accountable"
That makes as much sense as writing "citation needed" at the end of your own posts.
Salary cap ranking
1) Perth
2) Japan B-League
3) Melbourne
4) Sydney
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