Yah good, not really sure what Frazier brings to the team...

Didn't really like seeing blanch and travers both coming off the bench, just seemed unbalanced…

Blanch was such a savvy signing a few years ago

Frazier II a late scratching due to hip soreness

Any injuries? Who's out?

You read my mind Luuc

The Kings have ample athleticism in this team.

Got some 3 point shooting too

Wildcats look tired. Real tired

Thats better with Hodgson out there. Dunno why they took him off so early Majook is absolutely useless

They looked like witches hats at the defensive end they're lucky to be only 9 points down

Frazier injury loss is huge when it means White gets your minutes.

Frazier is a nice player to have to fill a variety of roles. And yes it means less of K White. But this perth team have no inside game whatsoever and when the perimeter shots aren't dropping they have no plan B by the looks of it

Travers would rather hand the Kings the ball than take another 3PA

Wildcats barely look interested, daring Sydney to shoot open shots

WTF Hodgson

MMA NBL

Would say it was a brain snap if he had a brain

Vasiljevic sucked Hodgson in with a bit banter. Hodgson gotter be smarter and stronger than that

Another slow first half start under ScoMo, except this time the defecit is massive.

Matt 'Bonehead' Hodgson everyone.

Eesh.

Maybe Hodgson was trying to wake up his team mates?

Bring on the Crumble

Majok is the answer!

It seemed to have worked. Even Majook is hitting three pointers now.

At 100% Majok is officially the leagues greatest 3 point shooter

We call that play the Greg Hire...

That was a big overrule

These coaches challenges are doing my head in.

Cotton looks buggered, is he sick?

They mentioned before the game that Bryce was in doubt. I didn't catch the reason.

Judging by these last few possessions I think his clutch is badly worn

Do they even want to win this. Three consecutive turnovers

Make that four!

Kings were looking very crumbly for a while but we've been too sloppy to make th pay

That's game, wildcats don’t have the energy to come back again.

Just a subpar effort from them today.

I would have throw in some of the youth earlier just for energy

"Matt "I am a Dickhead" Hodgson probably cost them the game"

How? they were down by 20 at the time

I'd guess Supreme Chairman McGowan actually cost them the game. Crazy schedule due to the borders, don't know when they're going home, I also think it's a major factor in Hodgson brain fade.
Cats were just cooked from tip off.

I'd have rathered Hodgson not get ejected, much happier seeing him play for the opposition than Majok. With a margin that big it's really the last thing you want to happen because it can completely flip momentum, which it definitely did and Majok was great for a few mins. It also got Cooks a foul which led to him fouling out at a critical moment of the game.

Happy we were able to hold on, especially minus Cooks. When he's not on the court we are way too one dimensional offensively, and Maker and Tommy just can't play D on the perimeter at a high enough level.

I thought bids Hodgson was looking pretty good pre brain snap, was active and scored a bit inside

There is still a lot I like about him, but his 3 point shot has turned from a shaky one into a disaster this season. At his size he is not going anywhere without a jump shot.

(by not going anywhere I mean not moving up to a league that is higher level than the NBL)

I'd guess Supreme Chairman McGowan actually cost them the game

Travers' scrappy style of play fit the Gleeson-era Cats to a T, but he looks like the odd one out there with the way the Cats play under ScoMo.

Greg Hire, love his work with mental health but..his take that Travers is a better player/prospect than Josh Giddey is looking stupider and stupider every day.

Travers has good defense, solid ball handling but without a jump shot he's buggered.

Guys develop at different speeds. I think Travers still has a great future. To me seems unlikely to be drafted, but a good shot to eventually make it down the track.

I think his ceiling is excellent NBL starter/MVP candidate, but he will need a Creek-like growth from deep. It can certainly happen, shooting is just about the easiest thing to improve, it's just self-motivation and effort. No matter how much he improves though I think his biggest problem re: the NBA is he's too short, like Creek. Skillset is a 3/4 man, but size-wise has to play 2/3 at that level. Shooting will help, but I think his strengths play closer to the basket.

I think thats all fair Angus. Its the best time ever to be a tweener in the NBA though. There's so many undersized guys playing up one or even two positions. You're dead right he'll need to work on his shot though.

"shooting is just about the easiest thing to improve"

Tell that to Ben Simmons. :/

""shooting is just about the easiest thing to improve"

Tell that to Ben Simmons. :/"

I think the important part of Angus sentence was the qualifier:

"it's just self-motivation and effort"

Plenty of guys have come into the league with virtually no ability to shoot and become at least decent.

What type of precedents are we looking at here?
I feel like NBL suspensions are generally pretty mild, even for decent hits, and in Hodgson's case it couldn't have been any more deliberate but ultimately it also wasn't particularly dangerous in terms of potential to cause pain/injury.

So yeah, 1 game wouldn't surprise me.

"it's just self-motivation and effort"

That's a significant point.

What did Childress get years back? He was reduced to 1 game wasn't he? That was much worse so 1 game is suffice.

I could be wrong, but I thought Childress missed 2 games. The Childress elbow was more reckless, but the sheer stupidity of Hodgson doing it twice and with the second basically being a cross between a slap and a push I think will lead to it being a couple of games.

From the numerous replays I've seen I don't see why there would be any more penalties than that. Cooks foul was harsh but he definitely pushed Hodgson so understandable also.

1 game seems fair, it was a dumb unsportsmanlike act, but not risky.

Although I know Shane Heal wanted him hobbled and locked in a tower for it

Just had a look at the Childress suspension, was suspended for 2 games, reduced to 1.

Hodgson has always been a giant pussy. What a little bitch inside of a tall man's body.

Is it just me or did he look straight at the ref before the first slap?. He really doesn't seem to be interested in putting the effort in and I see that as a way of getting out of the game. I'm a big fan of Majok but coming back from a big injury he can't be relied on for big minutes too often.

Three games, although two suspended so he's only going to miss tomorrow night.

Yeah, 1 game feels right to me. ​

It wasn't a dangerous act in terms of being likely to cause an injury.
It was just very douchey, and I think non-dangerous douchery is generally better handled with techs and fines than suspensions.

That sort of foul (un-sportsman-like) followed by a tech is automatic disqualification, isn't it? If so, disqualification is also a report and a hearing anyway. Change to the rule to where we started from!

Hodgson also wasn't given a technical.

There might still be a twist left in this one ...

NBL Lodges Hodgson Appeal

The NBL is exercising its right to appeal the decision handed down to Perth Wildcats' centre Matthew Hodgson on Friday evening.

Hodgson was banned for three games, two of which were suspended, for two charges of striking, by an Independent Single Member Tribunal.

The NBL has tabled a written submission to a separate independent legal practitioner who will chair a Full Member Tribunal should the appeal be granted within the next 48 hours.

The tribunal processes are governed by the NBL Tribunal Guidelines but heard by independent legal practitioners and when required, appropriately experienced basketball and sporting experts.

The NBL supports the independent process and looks forward to the next stage of that process commencing.

Hodgson has his one match suspension upgraded to 2.

Unavailable against MEL.

Seems more fitting.

Great appeal and result.