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Casey Prather signs in Russia

Doing nothing in January, including losing twice in a row to the Kings and not reacting as it was the final straw was negligent.

Yes they recruited poorly last year. Sooooo negligent!

They were in a position to - and in January did nothing to replace Cooke Jr after it was evident they needed someone else inside after Knight's retirement due to injury. Shocking negligence on the part of the club.

But at least they were in a position to go for one, unlike almost every other club. What a ridiculous criticism.

Whether not retaining Prather or not axing Cooke Jr. at the end of the day the Wildcats pissed away a three-peat.

Yes, there's no disputing Melbourne got him for less than what he wanted for Perth.

But the reason for not returning to Perth was the fact he wanted to be paid like Cotton was.

These two points are mutually exclusive.

What I posted above was from Vince Crivelli's mouth during an interview after they signed him and it was backed up a few times during the season by the NBL's commentators during games.

Yes, Perth p!ssed him off that much.

Prather signed with Melbourne last season for less than he was on at Perth.

Perth were being tight and it cost them.

Okay. Missing the point guys. The Wildcats let it slip!

I meant recent as in super recent.*

I meant recent as in super recent.*

I said in recent as in super recent.

I knew someone would try to be smart.

Tom Abercrombie might disagree with that statement.

Prather is the only one who three-peated in recent NBL history after Troy Georgiu and the Wildcats dropped the ball.

Conger signing in Spain, Boone to breakers, believe it.

Eveybody Conga!

Big time club. Congrats Casey!

So who are Perth after?

This New York Times piece on a guy called Bob Fisher is all kinds of awesome.

In the past 26 months, Fisher has set 14 Guinness world records for free-throw shooting. He has made 33 in 30 seconds, 50 in a minute, 92 in two minutes, 448 in 10 minutes. He made 2,371 in an hour — nearly 40 a minute — which he called “pretty close to a superhuman feat.”

Last December, Fisher made 2,371 shots in an hour, blowing past the old record of 1,968. By then, to fight fatigue, he had developed five shooting techniques for each hand. He made 86 percent of the shots with his right hand, 71 percent with his left.

By midmorning, he was still restless, his mind consumed by the missed shots. In raising the 10-minute record to 448 from 366, Fisher shot 73 percent.

“It was a pretty poor performance,” he said. “There is a speed-accuracy trade-off.”