http://www.wildcats.com.au/article/id/1uv6nk9xhi2er1gdimszf1twpy

Oh crumbs.

Wildcats did prove the can beat NZ without him though so hopefully the other guys step up and get it done for him!

The Hawks were pretty competitive down three starters. I'm sure Perth will be fine.

Carter is all or nothing.He could burn in this series or could be a bust.

That sucks for Perth. Was/and still am really rooting for them. Don't want that championship going to NZ again. Going to be really hard now. Martin was their heart and soul. One of my favourite players and i'm a sixers fan.

Go you Breakers! come on!!

NZ don't recruit players with injury clouds hanging over them. Is that their fault?

Right when us Breakers fans thought Rob Beveridge had no excuses this time Martin gets injured. When we win, Bevo will be like We didn't have Martin!

All good, don't count out the cats. Lucky we got carter, we prob gain on offence but martin is a big part of the cats. I still think they can beat nz no doubt they can and this gf is for damo! Well done on both teams for reaching the gf, wouldve been nice for both teams to go in injury free.

Mystro,

Pretty sure Perth didn't recruit Martin this year with an injury cloud over him?

" He has been doing some great stuff but needs to sort his shooting out again"

As Brendan J0yce said so insightfully during game 2, Carter is one of those guys that is either going to make the shot, or he is going to miss.

Unfortunate injury, but no means handing over a championship. That's a cop out, nobody except martin in the wildcats have leg injuries. Half the breakers play with strapping of some sort every game. That's how you win a championship, heart , sweat, blood, tears and a crazy amount of belief. CJ lasnight played like the legend he's going to be, clutch plays, the steals, drawing fouls, even though he's passed his prime. But he came up big for NZ!
Wildcats will have a more solid defence but on the break, transition , can they hold out Jackson, Abercrombie, Webster? Can they defend the speed without fouling? With every final, there's a moment when every team tries to takeout a player from the opposite side. Cheers that's all IMO!
No disrespect for perth but NZ play a viewer pleasing style of basketball , end to end and exciting

"With every final, there's a moment when every team tries to takeout a player from the opposite side"

WTF??

"Mystro,

Pretty sure Perth didn't recruit Martin this year with an injury cloud over him?"

Yet they did re-sign Redhage and Knight with known injury issues and Martin hasn't exactly been injury free over the last couple of years nor has Lisch yet they still took the gamble.

"Yet they did re-sign Redhage and Knight with known injury issues and Martin hasn't exactly been injury free over the last couple of years nor has Lisch yet they still took the gamble."

You don't refuse to re-sign players who have niggling injuries. Blaming the Wildcats when offering contracts, for the disappointment in not having a full strength squad for the GF is ridiculous.

Not much in it...

"You don't refuse to re-sign players who have niggling injuries."

you also don't win championships it would seem without your best players.

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That doesn't even make sense.

Would you have preferred that the Breakers didn't re-sign Vukona and Bruton when they did, as they have had significant and/or ill-timed injuries in the past few years?

Keep in mind, we are talking about recruiting, not using hindsight to say that these players got themselves injured.

Vukona played through his niggling injuries and has had no major long term injury, CJ is old and has 5 rings.


"Keep in mind, we are talking about recruiting, not using hindsight to say that these players got themselves injured."

I'm using my rusty recollections and a water bong so I'm prob well off the mark.

"I'm prob well off the mark."

Never a truer word spoken.

hahaha upset much