Cant see Goulding leaving Melbourne. Jawai sure. Nth Queensland boy and Perth probably would not lose to much sleep over losing him.

Kestleman while wanting Brisbane to have a good starting team, wont allow Goulding to leave United.

Jawai might leave, its unknown at this point. I know his deal runs out this year but having Knight as a forward has been a really good move for the Wildcats and Jawai has certainly got better as he learns the plays.

There are those in FNQ who campaign for a separate state. Whilst I'm sure that Nate probably follows the Cowboys and the Maroons, there's no reason to expect he'd prefer Brisbane over Perth. Anyone know where his partner is from?
It will be interesting to see where Nate goes in our off-season, but at this point I'd say Perth would prefer to keep him.

Whilst I like the idea of getting local players into your team, they need to balance that against getting the best combination they can.

I wonder if they will get any concessions?

It will be highly unlikely Jawai remains in Perth. Brisbane will be in with a shot.

Highly unlikely? I would say it is a even money bet. It seems Gleeson has put him in a ideal situation to be successful and the offence runs through him as a big man who can playmake out of the post.He seems to be enjoying his situation as well.

What is not to like?. Playing infront of that crowd? the most professional outfit in the league and a chance of a title with the deepest team in the league which has proven the ability of sustained success?

If Jawai leaves it will be to Cairns. I am happy for someone to say I told you so but don't see him going to Brisbane. With Gibson basically locked in I doubt Rhys goes to Brisbane, but Coenraad maybe. Motum and Goulding obvious targets also, along with possibly Steindl and others if Crocs fold (sorry but we know it's a chance)

Those teams who want Nate should consider that Nate's physical condition does not seem to have improved despite the snippets of Nate training the Wildcats show on Twitter.

Nate's minutes per game is the second lowest amongst the Leagues starting Centres @ 20.65 / game. Lowest is the aging Matt Burston. Please note I also used Khazzouh for Sydney as he is the normal Starter instead of Brandt.

Given the above 2 paragraphs, he cannot be the 30mpg Centre that many fans expect.

Perth / Nate are in a beneficial situation where they have Jervis (5) and Knight (4, 5) to combine with Wagstaff and Redhage (3, 4).

To effectively use Nate, teams will need to have a complement of back up bigs.

Then there is the money issue.

Forgot to mention Teys... unless something has happened at Adelaide I don't know about, surely he will be at the Bullets also. Plays in Brisbane every off-season already..

Did he? If so I stand corrected.. just assumed as soon as there was a Bullets team he would move back, despite his strong relationship with Joey. Surely Martin isn't going anywhere... good relationship with Bevo, NSW boy etc but he just seems like the heart and soul of the Wildcats. I will admit I hate the wildcats but if I played for them I sure wouldn't leave, easily the best fan following/basketball environment. But that's just looking at it from the outside... I wouldn't have thought Penney would be at the Hawks or Jawai at the Wildcats so that's what keeps it interesting

IIRC Martin signed a new contract with the Cats to enable them to take advantage of his lowered points. Whilst I have no details I doubt it was a one year deal. Keep in mind that his strengths are ball-handling and defence, he's not the scoring dynamo that many teams want at PG. If he leaves the Cats for a new team, he'll have their fans bitching that he doesn't score enough.

I have no facts to say that Jawai will stay in Perth, but it remains far more likely than him going to Brisbane. Assuming he's on a one-season deal, he can go where he likes, but Brisbane doesn't become more likely just because Perth-haters wish it to be.
Perth have the money to pay him, and the structure to support him. Knight at PF, and Jervis to back up means that Nate can play his game and have an impact for 20~25 minutes. As I said, anything is possible, in the merry-go-round that is the NBL he could wind up anywhere next season, but unless Cairns suddenly have an influx of cash and talent, Perth remains his most likely team.

My theory was Cairns influx of cash would come from the ancient frontcourt of Trigger, Burston and Loughton. Even if Trigger plays on those other two leaving could probably result in Jawai + rookie local

IIRC Cairns does extremely well on a shoestring budget, I don't believe they could afford Jawai. Rumour is that he's Perth's Marquee player, so on good coin.

Id leave if I was teys, poor bastard cant get any court time.

They don't have the money to do that anymore anonymous

Perth can keep Jawai, give us Jervis instead!

I understand he wouldn't leave WA, but would be great to see that man get max burn every game instead of the scraps he gets whilst Knight is healthy.