Mark
Years ago
?? Rumours of Terrence Jones. A record of ill discipline and bad behaviour would discount him being considered.
Any other possible imports being considered ??
Perthworld
Years ago
It's like Christmas all over again three weeks later. 'cited! Hopefully we don't get a lump of coal.
Perth have already publicly stated they won't be bringing in another import.
Then they publicly stated that they weren't better than Cairns infront of 13,000 people!
Hogwash
Years ago
It's not over until its over this will bombard us all until the very last minute.
Ben
Years ago
You guys can have Antonio Davis Jnr if you want? He's the son of an NBA player so you KNOW he's good!
Ray Turner signs with Sydney.
That may have been an option the cats were trying to lock down.
is that true? oh damn maybe united has some title competition after all!
If true is it the Ray Turner who played SBL and SEABL for Bendigo?
Ray Turner, good luck if true, you would be better keeping wagstaff. Lol
What? Don't see any announcement about Turner? He's a 5 man, no ability to play the 4 in the NBL. He has no range at all
Absolute beast at SEABL level though as an undersized 5
"?? Rumours of Terrence Jones. A record of ill discipline and bad behaviour would discount him being considered." - SHows what you dont know
Turner would be a backup to Bogut. Which is something they need desperately.
Third import. Which they could get. Bowen isn't classified as an import. They had to get rid of Acuoth to bring Turner in.
Senator11
Years ago
**inserts gif of Judge Judy tapping her watch**
Captain Jack
Years ago
They should absolutely grab a 3rd import
At worst Ray Turner or Derek Cooke are upgrades on Greg Hire or Tom Jervis right now, so what would you have to lose
For the Kings Turner is easily an upgrade on Accouth, so even if he isnt that good, its still an upgrade, so why would anyone bag the move, you always should get the best 11 players you can, Aussie or Import
If you are going to leave import spots on the table, you better make sure your worst player is better than a cheap import (Accouth, Hire, Jervis are not) or you are leaving talent on the table which is stupid imo and can cost you championships.
@ captain you must be Turners agent, he's no upgrade on Cook, Jarvis or Hire. Perth maybe should get extra import but might as well try for some quality.
Captain Jack
Years ago
If looking at min salary to spend, you not going to get a star.
My point was Turner is better than Accouth, so a good move by Kings, its an upgrade
Cooke (or similar) would be better than Hire or Jervis, so keeping Hire and Jervis and leaving the import spot open is essentially a downgrade and imo the wrong move.
Jameel McKay would be better any day of the week than Cooke as he could actually block and change poeples shots. Cooke didnt have that prescence.
Sydney doing what it needs to win, dont see anything happening for the cats.
Captain Jack
Years ago
Yes McKay is better, but also likely costs more
Thats the trade off
If they could afford to bring MCKay back for Hire or Jervis, they would be stupid to not do it.
Mark
Years ago
Casey Prather on flight back to Russia. Lachy Reid posted photo of Casey's airline ticket so he not coming to Perth
And pretty likely no championship either. (if they scrape through to get in the finals) Time for a bench clean-out next year.
Casey would be on very good money in Russia, hopefully he gets over his injuries.
WookieE
Years ago
What's the contract situation on the older Perth locals? Time for a bunch of retirements and a rebuild period?
Not sold on the new Kings guy, but if he's been training with them and they've seen that he can work ok, then all good... I just think that they need more defensive help for when Bogut goes off and another 4 won't do that, unless he's a Jawai light...
Perth shooting themselves in the foot only going with two imports it seems as their local bench hasn't stepped up and a couple of players have taken a step back, and running out of time to bring in anyone... Saving some cash for a splash next season, or has Cotton used up all their savings?
Carfino in a video podcast described the wildcats organisation as being arrogant about their team and capabilities. If you get hung up on "wildcats basketball" being something special then it becomes a shock when you realize your only as good as your team and coach.
Thats a fair call, and a much more accurate analysis than anything Homicide has said. Gleeson needs to understand that just because you put on the red jersey, you can't magically will the team to achieve good results, especially not considering that the other contenders seem to have a lot more scoring weapons than Perth.
@ WookieE
Turner was first in fouls committed and third in turnovers. As Trist is finding the nbl is a different level.
Wasn't perth after Danuel house jr two way player with Houston rockets
Yes hes definitely one of those on the list - they thought for a minute last month they might get him - but he wont leave while theres a chance he gets NBA shot.
AD
Years ago
"Carfino in a video podcast described the wildcats organisation as being arrogant"
ROFL
You do realise that Carfino has hated the Wildcats for more than 30 years?
Has he? So why has he waited this long to really give his most critical (and reasonable) assessment of them?
Mark
Years ago
Danuel House Jr back to gleague. Maybe wildcats not a chance to sign him.
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