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Cotton opts out of Wildcats contract

A lot of wank in this thread

You said he was close to signing, the news is now reporting that the Wildcats are trying to keep him. Those are vastly different things.

All this time I was so proud of Adelaide only to be told today that we bought our championships because we lured Robert Rose to the team.

250k for an import is cheap.

250k for an import is cheap.

I must be one of the rare few not privy to the P/L statements and Salary schedules of every NBL team.

Would you guys mind telling me which public domain location I can get this info or what Freedom of Information provisions I must invoke to get the Kings and Wildcats to have their Enron'esque accountants to divulge their books?

All this time I was so proud of Adelaide only to be told today that we bought our championships because we lured Robert Rose to the team.

Even the Wollongong Hawks bought Matt Shanahan and Freddy Kruger.

Shame on all NBL champions of today and the past for your procurement shenanigans.

It was reported at the time he signed with Perth that Kay was on $400k per which would probably be about right as Perth need to pay overs to get people to relocate to the other side of the country.

I very much doubt Dario Hunt was on anything close to $250k he came from the Belgian league which is both cheap and a "trainer wheels" league in preparation for the better leagues in Europe. Tate at the Kings also came from that league and likewise would've been relatively cheap.

Considering that Bevo was going to give Kay top import dollars and Kay said he wanted to stay only to sign with Perth a few days later and not speak to Bevo, I'd say that goes towards buying a premiership. No Kay no premierships.

^^^ exactly my point. Perth fans thinking the advertising around Perth must be free or discounted?

Jack has given enough money to sustain the wildcats for three years, that’s year one down. If you don’t get yourself a new jack bendat watch you guys quickly become less “organic” flog

The above was a response to this:

Everyone buys championships. This is a dig at Perth fans who claim Sydney tried to buy and championship but yet fail to realise they do the same. And in fact worse than most.

There are two ways to spend money to build a top team and a dynasty.

Bendat bought the Wildcats in 2007 and built it up organically by increasing demand for the product until the 4,500 Challenge Stadium was sold out for every game before the move to Perth Arena in 2012. During this time profits were made and reinvested during the lower salary cap era. The club is self-sufficient with 10,000+ members. Perth are at worst breaking even.

Meanwhile at the Kings you have AEG and later on Paul Smith join them and in their four and one years respectively try to win by throwing money around like crazy. Bogut on $1mil and a billboard advertising campaign costing $1mil alone this season is unsustainable. They have accrued millions in losses and will get tired of it soon and move on. Luckily they didn't win this season as these type of owners get bored quickly after winning a title as their ego has been validated. They will be around in the short term but eventually will bail. Having a drawcard like Bogut and a top of the ladder team still had them with the problem of resorting go offering massively discounted or free children's tickets to dress up crowd figures. Sydney are at best losing only seven figures, not eight.

Considering that Bevo was going to give Kay top import dollars and Kay said he wanted to stay only to sign with Perth a few days later and not speak to Bevo, I’d say that goes towards buying a premiership. No Kay no premierships.

Hunt was on 250,000 before they released him and gave Plumlee $150,000. Cairns didn’t even pay half that for Oliver

Perth fans never let facts get in the way of an argument

Everyone buys championships. This is a dig at Perth fans who claim Sydney tried to buy and championship but yet fail to realise they do the same. And in fact worse than most.

Threw the bank at Nick Kay to make sure they bought themselves a championship

Perth fans stupid they forget the things that don’t argue in their favor.

Retired in November 2017. Went with what they had a realized it wasn’t enough. Threw the bank at Nick Kay to make sure they bought themselves a championship

Yes he did

We're going to Make Wildcats Great Again with Cotton's re-signing.

Perth fans are good at using the trump play book, just crap on if it were true.

Nope.. knight retired the year before.
They had walker at PF, got swept by Adelaide so spent BIG on getting Kay because they can’t win unless they poach players by spending more than everyone else

They carry on like they take pay cuts to play there.

The same clowns here saying Sydney had 4 imports are also the ones wanting Cotton to become Aussie so they can pay him bucket loads and then get more imports. Then turn around and explain to the world how they all play for free and love perf blah blah til they blue in the face.

Perf win and still get so butt hurt

Perth had 4 imports
Sydney has 3 imports and a next star

Perth paid more. Paid out Dario hunt the remaining season because he went past the 8 game threshold. And they brought Plumlee in for $100,000 for a handful of games.
Perth bought this years championship*

Sydney didn’t have four imports. But let’s play your game, if you add up all the total games played by Sydney’s 3 imports and and Next star, with all the injuries it totals less than the 4 imports Perth played last season.

Perth REFUSED the next star, they were offered Hampton and the like and clearly rejected the nbls proposal

Exactly the same as they were before: NS don't count at all, marquee players only count up to a certain number that depends on the salary cap for that season and how many marquee players a team has.

If he gets his citizenship, Perth can sign him for double what he was on last year - meaning he earns what he would have anyway - and it won't cost the Wildcats a single penny more.

Seems like a fluff piece as how can we compete with the overseas under these new draconian NBL restrictions?

I'm surprised people are buying Cotton's shirts.

They didn’t spend as much but they were next best. Sixers had a lot average players over paid.

Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Fiat

Haha grouping Adelaide as spenders with Sydney Melbourne Perth is a total pisstake.

It’s like comparing a castle to a run down camper van

Perth new big ballers spending that Bendat-China money !!

The news segment clearly stated they are going to spend more. So yes Perth spend more than everyone else on a guy who was already on $600,000. That number was reported by your own Lachy Reid

Perth second highest spenders in luxury tax, only behind melbourne

Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, it’s well known.

https://twitter.com/10newsfirstper/status/1260877683933753344?s=21

Perth proving what I’ve been saying all along - they spend more than anyone else

Well if someone on this forum said it, it must be true.

Would want to be a bloody good import combo guard.

In all seriousness I guess it depends on how desperate the club is to maintain the playoff streak and if they're willing to compromise their usual policies to do it.
If a season happens and it's without Cotton & Kay here then we're pretty screwed.
In addition to a top import we'd need a very good aussie. Which Goulding is. But he isn't the type of player we'd normally recruit.
I'll cheer him if he puts the red jersey back on but hopefully we're looking at other players first, with a longer term view.

No thanks

^ Err delete that

Yes as from memory CG43's one season Perth pit stop was after the Bullets collapsed.

Maybe he would like it better under Conor Henry?

Didn't the imports not see eye to eye with the coach either?

So Goulding to Perth as a marquee could happen! Fingers crossed!

Panathinaikos me thinks.

How does it work then. You seem to have the ear of nbl or work for them.

So Goulding to Perth as a marquee could happen! Fingers crossed!