Hoops

Bullets v Cats Jan 5

"You must be watching a different Hunt because his size has got nothing to do with his foul trouble"

His being "undersized" is my personal opinion, others may differ.

"Hunt got called out Heals show today, showed as being a lazy defender in a number of plays. "

He's a poor defender, and he commits sloppy fouls which mean he has to back off more.

In regards to his size and fouls, yeah, I guess I am talking wild hypotheticals, as in "if he were a bigger player, he would play differently"
Which I concede is not really much of a point at all.

Let me put it this way:
He's too small to defend the really big slow 5s,
and he's too slow and sloppy to defend the smaller quicker 4s.

"certainly not improving as the season goes on"
Part of it is that Trev is limiting his use, and getting better value out of what he can.

Perth has already hit 21 games, so barring an announcement in the next 24 hrs or so, Hunt is here for the season.
But I would not expect him to return.

Zodiac, its hard to comment specifically without knowing the full story. It's particularly hard with Perth because Trev will say he's targetting X, but then hire Y.
Maybe Hunt is a bargain who had to fit within the 5-man cap?? I don't know. It's not clear to me what guys like Martin, Norton, and Wagstaff are getting. If that's the case, then he's good value, but hopefully things change next season.
My personal view is that he is undersized, and that contributes to his foul trouble. Clearly he's a step backwards from Brandt, but maybe that was warranted and necessary.
He has been improving as the season progresses.

I mean as a Sixers fan I would love to have the Wildcats recruiting problems seriously. If we had to put up with watching a crappy import big whilst winning the title like 2 out of every 3 years I reckon I would take that.

It's always interesting to hear Cats fans put shit on their own team's recruiting, the most team with around twice the amount of championships as the next best team in NBL history.

Cotton is on superstar money, White would be on close to that too very good money regardless and they had to pay overs for Nick Kay to get him to come over. After that there wouldn't be much left to throw around which is why their import big is usually a very limited player because they would be coming relatively cheap.

It's not like cheap import bigs like McKay, Cooke or Hunt has stopped the team from being successful right?

Why didn't either Perth or Melbourne double team Patterson instead just standing by while he destroyed them

No one blames the refs, Cats just not used to playing with even calls.

Refs. Perth lost. Bloody refs. Refs-Easterners. Refs
Paterson is protected by refs. Refs

Each to their own.
Quite a fantasy.

“Guess could have egg on faeces if cadee 3 bombs.never know as sometimes dreams are just fantasy.”

“Egg on faeces”? Troll level auto co-wreck???

Vague is vague. Team him up with cadee.
Vague cadee add froling Milner smith and teys for bit of glue.
Bound to over achieve as expectation be exceptionally low.
Guess could have egg on faeces if cadee 3 bombs.never know as sometimes dreams are just fantasy.

In the NBL any team can win on their day. The point is there was a time, when the cats were a dominant force that just won. They’ve certainly come back to the pack, makes for a great finals series to come.

"Is it just me or is Norton hugely over rated? The commentators talk about him being aggressive but to me it looks like he just charges into the paint and throws up a prayer hoping for a foul."

Mmm, I hate it when he does that. needs to iron that out of his game.

It's actually hard to fault individual Cats players, some just a bit off their game. Overall defence was not where it needed to be, especially te failure to contain Patterson.
And the 3-oint shooting, God help us. Somehow the cats have morphed into the team that lives or dies at the 3-point arc. A risky strategy at best, and clearly failed miserably tonight.

I don't mind Norton, but the problem is we currently have no backup, so so we end up with Cotton and White running the point, which seems to limit them in other areas.
When Martin retires, Norton will either be starting PG, or playing elsewhere. No point bringing in a 30 minute gun PG, AND wasting money on Norton.

Besides, the biggest challenge remains doing something with our Starting Centre position.
We've currently got an import Centre who is undersize, has no range, can't start games because he gets into foul trouble, and can't finish games because he can't shoot f/t's. Definitely need to upgrade him for next season.

Cats have shown that on their day they can beat anyone. That makes for an interesting play-offs.
But they need to get rid of these inconsistencies. It's already cost them top spot, and MU & Cairns are nipping at their heals.

Perth will sink or swim with Cotton and White come playoffs. Luckily for Perth, they fire far more often than not.

Ofcourse they don’t need to blow it up. BUT out of the playoff teams, right now, they look the weakest. That is some reason for concern.

Flynn gets dispensation (first year and all that..)

You got it in one!

And demand the ball so he can score at will in a league he completely dominates? Yeah you're exactly right anon. Now you're catching on

So Manu Fieldel, essentially what you are saying is Bryce Cotton IS Jerome Randle then?

#653 no. I'm saying Cotton needs to demand the ball more.

Anon, if Perth Wilburs compared Bryce Cotton to Michael Jordan in the sense that they are the leaders of their respective teams, guys who can create their own shot and carry their team offensively, then yeah that comparison is spot on

Wait, Perth Wilburs, did you seriously just compare Bryce f'n Cotton to Michael GOAT Jordan? Wow. Seen it all now.

Or Adelaide make playoffs lol. Imagination is fine, but lets not mix it up with reality

Terrico has low basketball IQ, he can't count the number of Brisbane players in front of him so carelessly dribbles the ball on the court resulting in a turnover. Terrico is too lazy on defence.

Norton is way overrated, but he is way better offensively than Martin. Norton should just dribble inside the arc and put up jump shots. Norton is mediocre on defence except last game for a bit. Norton has no confidence taking 3 pointers and can't finish at the rim.

Clint us ok. But like to see his best his man off the dribble more and go inside for more 2 point jumpers. Clint isn't a defensive player at all.

The Wildcats game plan isn't flexible enough to do adjustments when the opposition has done their adjustments.

Cotton should be more selfish when the game is being taking away from the Wildcats. Jordan demanded the ball when the Bulls were in trouble.

Hunt is serviceable but needs to fly for rebounds and finish. He grabs the ball yet can't jump back up for the finish.

"Imagine if Perth gets Magnay for next season"

Yeah, and imagine is Cairns get Kobe. See how that works? Imagination is the key to creativity.

Norton is very overrated, but there are many more overrated in the NBL than him.

Imagine if Perth gets Magnay for next season

Is it just me or is Norton hugely over rated? The commentators talk about him being aggressive but to me it looks like he just charges into the paint and throws up a prayer hoping for a foul. He also doesn’t seem to be particularly creative at bringing others into the game. I’m hoping next year we go for an import starting PG assuming Martin either retires or comes off the bench. No use wasting an import spot on a big to sit on the bench.

Should Flynn say hi or has he been ostracized.

Love this forum. So predictable.

"Cats can only win when they get 70% of refs calls, Gleeson was not his active yelling self and Brisbane win"

FYI its not Gleeson that is the only one that sooks at every call (Shamir, Vickerman, Mitchell, Lemanis, Wright, Weaver, Kelly say Hi)

Yawn.....

Scout mate we are all interested in where Magnay goes.

Then Perth obviously don't care about defending the championship.

Agree with my bro Hunt has to go.
Would need a replacement NOW with 7 games remaining.

Magnay is a gun.


Interested where he will be next year

Yes cats for life, most teams look good, when they win.

Cats can only win when they get 70% of refs calls, Gleeson was not his active yelling self and Brisbane win.

Hey, I’ll have you know Adelaide don’t need to rely on other results to be screwed! They do it themselves!

"Wildcats lacking an energy player that can spark the team."

McVeigh is available, says Joey

I've said about hunt 4 game's in! No scoring in put plus damo in the starting 5 basically had cotton, kay and white.

Same shit with Cook jnr had the chance and didn't! People say Perth are loaded with cash but fuck me I don't know where it goes other than the big 3?

Win they win they look good but to many away games in a row this season and they look cooked again the past few game's.

Melbourne United should be nervous. All that money to not make playoffs. Would be funny if Perf get overrun too

Surely Hunt is gone now? Otherwise we aren't serious about winning this season.

Fucks Adelaide so I'm happy too..

Really happy with this result. Don’t care for Brisbane, but truly dislike the cats fan base. So this is always a nice way to end the weekend.

Magnay defacates on Froling.

Where is that bum who said Harry Froling was better than Magnay?

Cotton overrated? lol. Okay.

Patterson is the James Harden of the NBL the way he plays

Cotton close to the most overrated import we have in the NBL. He is good, but not on the level that people suggest.

Set high standards dude.

Gotta start talking not so much about who locks for the playoffs are, but which of the "big three guarantees" are the most inconsistent, Sydney, Melbourne or Perth? Any can win or lose to anyone on any night, and even in wins, more often than not they are far from convincing. What is worse, losing or Cairns and Brisbane after beating Perth in Perth, or losing to Adelaide and Brisbane after beating Sydney in Sydney?

Geez Perth really aren’t that good this season. Not by their standards anyways.