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No commentator had Perth to make the finals

Gleeson press conference from this morning:
https://audioboom.com/posts/5461543-trevor-gleeson-press-conference-5-january-2017

Regarding Damo:
"Best case scenario, he will play 1 out of the 2" (games this round).

With Damian and Cotton, teams will end up in the dryers....starting with Kings this weekend.

This Cotton guy is not a misnomer...He will 'cotton' you up....I am so impressed with what he can do. Dazz move over.

https://thewest.com.au/sport/basketball/oh-captain-my-captain-martin-to-return-for-wildcats-ng-b88345430z

I'm with anon, the league needs to be exciting to watch and MEL and ADL are providing that. No one cares if PER win a match 61-60.

Someone get a box of tissues out for anon

I expect Perth to be a lot more watchable once Damo & Cotton settle in.

I hope Perth fall in a heap. Sick of their style of play being successful in this league. United atleast are fun to watch.

I share your concern, kr. This doesn't seem like the type of injury you can rush back from. Sure with a broken jaw you can roll the dice, but you can't play basketball and hope your knee won't be under any strain.
Fingers crossed that they're playing it cautiously.

Martin back against Adelaide next week.

*inferior

Even with cotton and Damo, the cats are up against it to make the playoffs especially because an interior team like Adelaide had a huge winning streak that gives them a good chance of making it. Then you have Sydney and Melbourne who are also loaded who are in stronger ladder positions. Really only leaves Illawarra spot up for grabs. Lucky cats got the split on the weekend, that could prove vital

It remains a tough ask, only because the league is very competitive. Only team I am comfortable tipping to miss is Cairns.
I'm hopeful Cotton will be a great fit, Damo comes back, and we surge into the finals.

@Luuuc ohh ok. Didn't Heal say it might be a bit longer? Or did he say he was going to come back early? Either way it'd be good for both Perth and the league to say Damo back.

Even without a setback, this weekend is still really early. Don't want to have him reinjure it and lose him for the season.

Unfortunately some people like to post pure bs on here. No one remotely credible mentioned any setbacks. He trained today and Gleeson hasn't ruled out a return this round.

^Damo back already? Considering some people were saying there have been some setbacks his injury, I find that very unlikely. Plus as a Kings fan I hope not lol.

I think Perth will just scrape in. Bryce Cotton arrived today and the Cats will also most likely be boosted by Damian Martin's return against Sydney after he trained today.

Apparantly Lebron is considering being part of the dunk comp in LA at the all star breab just cause of the challenge of taking on Blake Griffen. His body is telling him to take it easy but the King wants to be no. 1 in everything. Could this start a dunk rivalry similar to Jordan vs Wilkens? Throw in Amare & that would be great to watch!!