Isn't he having surgery?

Hoops forum would combust if it happened.
Still don't think it's plausible.

Two weeks from today is the cutoff to be playoff-eligible, as far as I know, so they're not getting anyone who isn't in the country already.

Interesting, says he's going to have minor foot surgery, then try and get another NBA contract before the season finishes and then will stay in the US for the Boomers camp in Las Vegas, waits until the Bullets sign a replacement for Vic Law and now supposedly already back here quarantining, sounds like he wasn't too keen to go back to the Bullets.

The requirement is nine games.

Two-Way for the three-peat.

Maybe they wanted to have the option of not suiting him up once or twice - not taking him on the road unnecessarily and interfering with rehab or treatment for example, or being able to suit up an extra healthy player on a three game weekend - so they started suiting him up early so they had that flexibility.

Man I dislike the wildcats, but this would be awesome for the league. Classic Cats, they always have a way of picking up bigs when they need them - Jawai, Neville, Schenser. Would just add to the success story!

Wouldn't Cooks be entitled to an injury waiver which would see him as qualified for the finals anyway?

If true they would have to let Bairstow or Jervis go.

Can't see that happening just for Magnay.

Pretty sure Jervis was only ever supposed to come out of retirement for a few weeks until Cotton's paperwork came through.

I don't see where it is 'confirmed'.

Huge if true!

His brother and sister started following the cats Insta page last week and by the looks of it they don't follow the nbl and bullets Insta pages....

Heard today the Cats have put an offer to Magnay. They need him to win it. Melb Au the main concern. Early next week will be announced. Will make for an interesting race to the finish line. Will Magnay compliment the Cats?

Are you suggesting NBL teams shouldn't recruit anyone who isn't of Olympic standard? We should just have one player per team?

It might say plenty about money?

Bullets are too pre-occupied signing Sixers players rather than winners. Works for me.

Magnay under no obligation to return to Brisbane.
I would assume Perth offered Magnay a good deal seeing they originally had plans of adding another import.

Process of elimination.
If quarantine ends on May 7th then look at each teams schedule from that point in terms of how many games remain after that.

Cough Adelaide cough

Hehehehe

I was going to make a joke about him signing with Adelaide for a late playoff run but thought Wildcats fans heads would explode lol

How would he for with DJ and IH?

All good Zodiac. Sixers would still play Pinder more anyway.

Thon Maker rumours are ludicrous.

Why the f@$k doesn't one of the sides who have lost big men sign David Andersen

Santa also said all the talk is with the Cats.
If the money is the same why play for a non-finals team?

Looking at games played Perth seem the most likely destination.

Brisbane are rubbish.

Andersen is old.

I thought he was released from his Brisbane contract. Can a reputable poster enlighten me.

Why couldn't they have made the 36ers yellow more like 2002?

It wasn’t that bright yellow!

Wrong thread again

Probably much like Kay with Perth, if he came back from Europe this season Perth would own his rights but he could be released from that by the club.
So Brisbane may be in the same situation but may not want to pay him if they can't make the playoffs. Would be simply paying him a heap to not play for the opposition.

Thank goodness he's not quarantining in Perth, disaster averted :-/

Great inside knowledge you've displayed....for who though?

"Rich get richer" = Perth

So Magnay seems like a more logical centre than Mooney but Mooney has dominated this season in part because of how he matches up against taller and slower opponents, could this nullify his effectiveness?

What will Perth do with some rim protection in the team, it's been a great weakness for a very long time.

Perth fans so civil

It was a Santamaria quote, so you're calling him a bitch really.

I heard Santamaria say it too but it won't matter unless it's confirmed as true.

:)

Former Brisbane Bullets big man Will Magnay is set to join defending champions Perth following his brief NBA stint as long as he can receive a clearance from the Bullets, who own his contractual rights.

The NCA NewsWire can reveal the Bullets hold the rights to Magnay, and as agreed upon his departure to America to sign a two-way deal with the New Orleans Pelicans in November last year, the club would require a buyout figure for the centre to sign with another NBL team.

It's understood his management are currently weighing up the buyout, with a decision expected within days.

This could open the door for Magnay to join the Wildcats to finish the NBL season and prepare for this year’s Tokyo Olympics.

This thread sure took a weird turn.
It's one thing for people to not want a former Brisbane player to sign with Perth. It's a whole other thing to be sickened by an NBL club putting a good enough product on the floor that a LOT of people want to attend despite the ticket prices being high. I would have thought that being popular with fans is what all NBL clubs should be aspiring to.

Very weird. If money's too tight to mention keep it to yourself. If you can't afford to attend watch it on TV.

NBL tix are super pricey, it's all well and good to use a curve to figure out how to maximise revenue via ticket cost, but what they might not consider is how locking out a market will cost you.

Adelaide Crows have this issue in a way because it’s so hard to get tickets, they have so many members it drives people to Port where it’s easier to access a game.

What happens when the oldies die or you want to fill an expanded capacity?