Hoops

SF2 Game 1 Taipans vs Wildcats Feb 17th

Before Cotton came along, Perth absolutely sucked at the pick n roll. When JJ was here fans were screaming for Perth to run some on ball plays for him, makes me thing that maybe the problem with JJ was his basketball IQ and not being able to get to the right spots.

Nice observation, Grey.

Let's have a pick-and-roll defensive scheme and stick to it. That's what I'd like to see. And hey, those jumpers we were giving Knight are okay. Id rather he shoot an 18-footer than Cotton or Prather have the ball in their hands. Maybe just play him a little tighter though

When will the league announce McCarrons one game suspension?

Poor #231. Doesn't like the Cats and their success so expects people to never talk about that. Absolutely moronic.

Ref-proofing comment made relative to the way Perth have avoided losing crucial player contributions because of foul trouble. Cairns seem to have made it a habit.

Ref-proofing comment made relative to the way Perth have avoided losing crucial player contributions because of foul trouble. Cairns seem to have made it a habit.

Yeah that's what I said after last Sunday, Grey, yet no one bought it surprisingly. United hadn't lose at home since Rd7 before Perth came to town. What do you mean by ref-proofing game plans?

Frustration got the better of us last night. Lost focus far too often.

Kpberstalker

It's bad enough from some anonytroll who's just joined in, but from you it simply pathetic because you are well aware of the issues, the history, and what I have said.

Backwards? Focussing on Cairns when the game is in Cairns and the team finishing higher on the ladder is Cairns?
No way.
Like it or not there are more people tuning in than just Perth and Cairns fans and like it or not most of those people would have been barracking for Cairns. After 31 years people don't need more Wildcats shoved down their throats than what they already get. I hope all Perth fans aren't as precious as you about that. I assume not since this is the first criticism of this I recall hearing.

Dazz are you actually asking for commentary bias towards Perth?

Dazz, maybe I could suggest something re player salary disclosure: all should be revealed at the end of the season when the thrifty clubs insist on their equalisation payments.

Ah Kpberstalker, at it again, just can't help yourself?
Instead of being a perpetual ______, why don't you try actually contributing something? Or least try a post based on what is being discussed, rather than being a pedantic nit-picker?

It's bad enough from some anonytroll who's just joined in, but from you it simply pathetic because you are well aware of the issues, the history, and what I have said.

As you well know, I have been consistently questioning and critical of the leagues failure to follow through on its promise of published salaries, independent committee, etc.
My point is that every time this has been raised throughout the season, it is met by a chorus of "we don't care, the league is great, LK is awesome," etc, etc.
NOW, the only team remaining that would have gone appreciable over the soft cap is Perth, and suddenly its "dodgy shit."

Manu, (and any others), I thought Perth were scary-good against Melbourne, last regular game.
Very hard gig to shut down Prather and Cotton simultaneously; and no, I don't see Perth as vulnerable in being so dependant on those two.
Don't like the Taipans' group body language response to ref calls (all calls, it seems).
Maybe it's time for Aaron Fearne to ref-proof his game plans.
Gleason has.

Manu, outplayed by Cotton and Prather with the ball, Hogan and Reid with the whistle.

Onward and upwards to game 2.

Hey Manu, what are your thoughts??

Oh, no one cares...

And shout out to Grebuoy. I like your style.

What were your thoughts?

Hey Podge,

Thoughts on last night my man? Still drowning your sorrows or?

I don't see teams beating Perth in Perth particularly with the raucous Red Army. I think they're also the most likely side to win away (apart from Hawks).

Worth a tenner to win it all imo.

hahahahaha koberulz I'm not ur biggest fan but that was so simple yet so lethal I gotta give u props

Good road win, need to close it out on Monday. Would of been awesome had we had cotton all season. Experience showed last night.

Will be interesting what mindset will Perth come in on Monday night? Need to play hard and just expect to win because you are at home.

Dazz are you actually asking for commentary bias towards Perth?

Brilliant Kobe!

Every time this issue has been raised, nobody cared.

only a moron could ignore the numerous discussion on this topic and conclude "no one really cares".

One thing I don't understand is the focus of the commentary.
Surely with a Cairns home game, the bulk of the TV audience is going to be from Perth, so i would have thought they would slant it more towards that market?

ROFL.
Every time this issue has been raised, nobody cared.
Now the 3 biggest spenders are out of the running, leaving Perth, and suddenly its "dodgy shit"

Perf can you tell me who Cotton is actually replacing under the rules again ???? The most annoying thing about this season is the amount of money that has flown around, sackings and no declarations of FB and Salaries of teams. Dodgy shit if you ask me....

Still don't understand why their is no prelims in this National Series.. WTF

"CAIRNS HAS WON 7 OF IT'S LAST 8 HOME GAMES AGAINST PERTH"

LOL @ the apostrophe, amateur hour production.

I had felt like the taipans were getting a lot of home town calls for almost six weeks.
Playoffs roll around, refs fly in, snakes in foul trouble, get smoked on home court.
Coincidence?

You don't win a 'flag' in NBL that's AFL yobbo speak.

I can't see any other way any team bar the Cats to win the flag.

You pay FOR what you get.... Cats paid a lot for Cotton.

If he doesn't get an NBA contract, and Perth can put together a decent sized contract for him, i think he'd still be a slight chance to stay. Not expecting him to, but i don't think you can completely rule it out. He seems like he genuinely enjoys being here. English speaking, similar culture to America, good beaches/weather, safe country, growing league that he stars in, great fans and organisation. If they can get a decent contract I think he may be willing to take a pay cut to stay. Like I said, I'm not really expecting him to stay, but I don't think you can completely rule it out.

There is as much chance of me playing in the NBL next season as Cotton... clearly too good for this place, extremely fortunate we got him when we did!

Btw thanks Fearney for taking Nate off during our third-quarter run. Really appreciate that one mate.

Taipans just aren't cottoning on to the fact that they need to stop Bryce.

How bout a straight 2-3 zone, eh Fearney?

Its true that for many players this is a stepping stone to better things, and good luck to them. No doubt Cotton will go and play Summer league, but will he get the call-up? Dynamic small PG's have a history of doing extremely well in the NBL, whilst being too small to play elsewhere.
And he's already had a look at Turkey and decided no thanks.

Either way, its going to be an extremely nervous off season for Perth, as their two biggest stars will undoubtedly be in demand elsewhere.

So want Cotton to stay at the cats but unfortunately he wont be back after this season. Hes too good for this league. Hell get more money overseas or the NBA will call him back.

Some too foreseeable aspects to this game.
Loved Wortho's comment: "its just an ordinary game between the Wildcats and the Taipans."

Too many fouls, especially on the forwards, Jawai, Egwu, and Mitchell all in trouble early. Cairns backcourt unable to contain Cotton and Prather.

Unsportsmanlike foul?

Hate em

Wildcats?

Fk em.

Great win a little too early to be talking about a GF , this season has been the most even ever, and we have all been surprised each week with the results.

But if Prather and Cotton can keep that sort of form up, it will certainly be off assistance to our hopes.

he obviously didn't find one due to the timing as stated in the article.... der

How come the commentary team does 4 to 5 reviews of the game?

NBL.tv running for a record time after the game.

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/local-sport/cameron-tragardh-i-was-completely-blindsided-by-the-decision/news-story/55e3aedb3664509ea948941ebafb33b9

Still doesn't actually say retired hints at finding a new team

Why fire fearne? He has gotten the most out of his team, they got outplayed today, can't blame the coach for them losing Cotton constantly, I'm sure he wasn't saying give Cotton wide open shots

Surely if he loses the series Fearne is fired?

Great win Cats. They really have turned the corner. Bring it home in 2

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/local-sport/cameron-tragardh-i-was-completely-blindsided-by-the-decision/news-story/55e3aedb3664509ea948941ebafb33b9