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Early movers: BNE vs. PER - compare and contrast

I think the Brisbane signings are decent but Kay and Norton are a great core to build around. That movement will set Perth up for years and leave the Hawks in a serious hole.

Despite the streaky shooting, he's the kind of guy perfect for the bench spark plug role.

God help Brisbane if Cadee starts. The league has gone past that talent-wise

I hope Hodgson surprises a few of you next season and wins MIP. He is better than what we saw for most of last season and I suspect Brisbane will be a better fit.

the Lisch/Randle/Cadee 3 guard lineup was surprisingly good.

To see the problem with Cadee you need to look at game logs rather than final %s. He has a crazy shooting night and usually follows it up with a handful of duds. That's fine if he's first guard off the bench, but given how little he gives you down the other end of the court it's a problem if he's your starting guard. He finished last season strong though, I'll give him that - the Lisch/Randle/Cadee 3 guard lineup was surprisingly good.

43% is an excellent 3P% for a volume shooter. anyone trying to dispute that is clueless or a troll. that's a better percentage than Forman, Kickert, Lisch, Penney

Gliddon was 43.2 per cent from 6.5 attempts

Haha, 43.3 per cent from 4.8 attempts per game last season. You ain't happy with that?

Shooting comes from the guards and toughness from the bigs

Manu

So does Cadee bring “deadeye shooting”? He’s too streaky to be called a “deadeye” unless you mean he’s blind to his own shooting form at the time (ie he keeps jacking up 3s whether he’s hot or not).

Vukona brings some toughness/ physicality, but Hodgson just brings dumb fouls and butter fingers.

Does Cadee bring toughness because, you know, that 1 time he was so tough he took out a car with pure physicality and survived.

Redhage was far superior offensively to vukona even in his final two years, both bring alot to a team. But vukona is really getting up there and going to a new team...

Vukona brings a ton of leadership to Brisbane and will improve their culture.

I think he was saying that Vukona is currently better (contributing more) than Redhage was in his final year or two, which is fair. But Perth won two titles in Redhage’s final two seasons so things worked out ok.

Vukona is an upgrade on the tough guy leader Petrie, Gliddon is an upgrade on Holt, Cadee is an upgrade on Shaun Bruce and probably Adam Gibson

Why are the Bullets random?

I see a distinct combination of deadeye shooting and physicality/toughness in those four guys

It really is night and day between what these two clubs have done. What a contrast.

Replace Ellis with Jervis for the Cats. Wow, Bullets look awful and rather random.

Nice summary, CT.

damian heuir was putting up 27 pts per game in the qbl or thereabouts. 33pts in seabl means nothing.

wildcats are putting together a roster that's 3 reasonable imports away from being a playoff team again.

Bullets are throwing shit at a wall and hoping it sticks once the imports are in the mix.

"I'm a Cats fan but this is the most biased analysis you could ever read!"

Wow, thanks for your CONTRIBUTION.

Someone wrote Ellis but it may be BS. Maybe ignore that part then.

For me the Bullets are just continuing being a "place holder" team and signing up free agents who no one else would be interested in just to keep them in a gig. To me 3/4 signings IF on decent money are them just taking the piss or Lemanis/Clarke having no idea.

Bullets:

Cadee - Really? the guy is a chucker who plays no D.
Gliddon - best of the lot but question marks over him.
Hodgson - The ultimate big man gumby of the NBL.
Vukona - too old and worn out. Over the hill.

Wildcats:

Kay - becoming the local premier big guy in the league.
Norton - guard of the future.
Vague - 11th man probably but scored 33pts in SEABL so seems to be progresing along?
Ellis (rumoured) - not a bad bench component

Clear winners are the 'Cats and make the Bullets moves so far ridiculous IMO.

Where is the Ellis rumour coming from?

All the usuals. Dusty has been "out 2 weeks" for a while now. Burston almost back at least.

Adelaide 36ers
Adam Ballinger – Tibialis posterior tendon – Out for season
Nathan Crosswell – Achilles tendon – Out for season

Cairns Taipans
Dusty Rychart – Foot – Out 2 weeks

Gold Coast Blaze
No injuries reported

Melbourne Tigers
Matt Burston – Foot – Fitness test

New Zealand Breakers
No injuries reported

Perth Wildcats
No injuries reported

Sydney Kings
Graeme Dann – Ankle – On injury waivers, likely out 1 – 2 weeks

Townsville Crocodiles
Russell Hinder - Broken Leg - Out indefinitely
Mitch Norton – Left foot – Out six to eight weeks

Wollongong Hawks
Dave Gruber - Broken right hand - Out indefinitely