Abrom and Turner back at Mandurah

Huge signing of Worthington by the Tigers (Social Media Post): If the old body can hold up, definitely makes them solid if they can find a point guard. Hearing Rockingham have a strong four-man on the way out of Texas - Like they needed the help!! WA Boys Ducas & Bowen to return from St Mary's and play NBL1 on the east coast is the rumour, in a decision believed to be aimed at having a better chance of an NBL contract over there. Former Redback Zac Gattorna to suit up for an NSW-based NBL1 team to stay close to the Kings and a new contract with them for 2023/24

"Hearing Rockingham have a strong four-man on the way out of Texas"

Hire has retired and Jervis is a year older.

Other than Callum Beard, they've got no other big guys.

I suspect he'll be a 4/5

Mandurah Basketball Association AGM: Club spent thousands of club dollars suing its own members

The Mandurah Basketball Association has finally disclosed the extent of its financial troubles, revealing a debit card had been removed from the club's safe and used for personal spending and more than $23,000 of club money was used to sue its own members.

Mandurah Basketball Association AGM: Club spent thousands of club dollars suing its own members
Hannah Cross
Mandurah Coastal Times
Thu, 2 March 2023 5:42PM

The Mandurah Basketball Association has finally disclosed the extent of its financial troubles, revealing a debit card had been removed from the club's safe and used for personal spending and more than $23,000 of club money was used to sue its own members.

The explosive revelations were aired on Monday night after the club was forced by the State Government to hold its long-delayed annual general meeting.

The interim board answered dozens of members’ questions about the organisation’s former board, former staff members and the club’s financial situation.

It confirmed that the debit card, usually kept in the club’s safe and used for "irregular situations", had been removed and used for personal expenses, among other transactions.

An independent audit of the MBA’s finances, tabled at the AGM, confirmed this and said auditors were “unable to determine if (debit) card expenditure had been approved”.

“We understand that MBA has completed a review of the types of expenditure that . . . has been spent and the employee responsible has repaid some amounts, we recommend a more detailed review be undertaken,” the auditor’s report said.

The Mandurah Coastal Times revealed last month that thousands of dollars had been charged to the MBA’s debit card during nights out in clubs, pubs, and a strip club in the name of business development.

Bank statements seen by the Times showed sessions at local pubs and taxi trips to Perth to visit more pubs and clubs, as well as a visit to the Penthouse strip club in Northbridge.

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It was also revealed on Monday night that $23,100 was spent pursuing litigation against members and attempting to expel club legend Casey Mihovilovich from the club.

Ms Mihovilovich, better known in the community as 'Casey Milo’, is a Mandurah Magic stalwart who last year broke the all-time state basketball league games record with more than 500 games under her belt and has a basketball court named after her at the Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre.

It was alleged at the time that Ms Mihovilovich had engaged in some form of “misconduct”.

The Association was also attempting to sue several members, mostly dedicated parents of children playing at the club, for defamation.

The interim board confirmed all complaints and investigations into Ms Mihovilovich have now been dropped.

The MBA also told members it had engaged an IT specialist to recover emails from accounts that had been deleted, as part of its ongoing investigation into the previous conduct of the association.

Members first began raising concerns about the organisation’s finances in October last year after its 2021-22 financials revealed it was operating at a $190,000 loss after being about $200,000 in the black the previous financial year.

Since then, the AGM was delayed three times and several staff members and officers resigned.

The new board was elected unopposed and includes Cliff Kearns as president, Tim Hartland as vice president, and Shannon Wright, Tim Chatfield, Peter Grimshaw, Matt Bassett-Scarfe, Casey Mihovilovich and Callie Djukic in director roles.

Well this chat has gone dead hasn't it.

Woj - anymore rankings mens and women’s this close to the season?

Most teams nearly fully announced?

Men's picks.....

1. Flames
Tough to drop the national champs any lower that 1st. Yes, they are a little bit older but the rumoured addition of a second import to replace Hire basically keeps their roster at a similar strength to last year.

2. Wolves
The recent addition of the 7-2" Greek guy gives them an inside target, which they didn't have a week ago. Wade, Turnage and Michaels will give them enough points for a top-two spot.

3. Giants
Finished equal-5th and have strengthened their roster. Rumour of Garang back in Kal, which gives them probably the 2nd-best big man rotation in the league, after the Hawks. Import Dupree will push Kalamunda's Joe Cook-Green for league scoring honours.

4. Cougars
Two new imports but their roster appears a similar strength to last year, which was good enough for a top-4 spot.

5. Hawks
Scraped into the finals last year but have improved their roster. Will be interesting to see how Alexander goes after a few years away from the league.

6. Senators
Ford gives them a strong frontcourt alongside Ellis and Davis, but their guard rotation is suspect, particularly after the loss of Michaels.

7. Redbacks
Have gone back to yesteryear by bringing in a couple of imports from years gone by - Voelkel and Hobbs. Seem to be slightly improved but so have most clubs around them.

8. Eastern Suns
The addition of Joe Cook-Green is huge, and he will be odds-on to be the league-leading scorer. Akau Deng is also a good pick-up and they may push for a finals spot.

9. Tigers
A couple of good pickups will have them hovering around a playoff position, and only injury and/or availability problems will keep them out I would think. An aging line-up won't help there.

10. Buccaneers
Very quiet up at Gero. Not one single entry on the 'Roster Tracker' on the NBL1 website. Muo is gone though, but there was a rumour of Gattorna heading up there. Unless they pull a couple of rabbits, you wouldn't think they can repeat 2022. In fact, it will probably be a big drop off.

11. Magic
Limped through to the end of last season, and then the off-season rot set in. Turner and Abrom are back but the turmoil surrounding them has set them back, off the court and on it.

12. Eagles
Grace gives them a very good side-kick to King, but they just don't have the Aussie quality to make the playoffs.

13. Slammers
Buay Tuach was a real find for them in 2022, and despite losing Brody England, the addition of Manyiel Wugol makes up for that, enough to get them off the bottom.

14. Lightning
Struggled to win 4 games in 2022 and I can't see that changing much. And the three teams below them last year have got better. Armour is back but older. Jackson was hit and miss last year, and they will hope for an improved season from him.

East Perth men's have

Justin King
Lee Roberts

Plus 2 American imports

and Grace and S Reath

NBL 1 West Women Season Preview
Warwick
Starters: Barr, Forster, Murphy (import wing),Hoycard, Burton
Key Bench: Phillips, Jordy
Prediction: One restricted spot left open for the reigning champs, expect if Atwell misses on the WNBA camps to join the team mid-season. Prediction: 1st

Rockingham
Starters: Burrows, Pangalos, Samuels, Kraker, Boag
Key Bench: Mader, Evans,
Prediction: One restricted spot open, possible center coming in. Prediction:2nd

Joondalup
Starters: Ryan, Ucich, Belcher, Parker-Williams, Morrell
Key Bench: Klastourney, Miotti
Prediction: Bench upgrade in Emma K to provide scoring punch, If Miotti can get back to form of previous years should be a defensive addition. Prediction: 3rd

Mandurah
Starters: Milo, Tudor, Toeana, Boag, Wittenger
Key Bench: Halleen, Turner
Prediction: Similar squad to last year, added 3pt shooting, Prediction 4th.

Willetton
Starters: Doran, Kelly, Sharp, Jakens, Brcaninovic
Key Bench: Waite, Foster, Ayliffe
Prediction: Sharp finally to the 3, loss of Gandini hurts, do they have the guard power to suppor their bigs. Import Center looks legit at 6'4. Prediction: 5th

Perry Lakes
Starters: McCarthy, Gilday, Clarke, Dennis, Isenberger
Key Bench: Teasdale, Tharpe, Newman
Prediction: Restricted spot still open, Gilday if like she was last time is a great get. Clarke has more scoring support this season. Prediction 6th.

Cockburn
Starters: Williams, Black, Gorman, Mortensen, Edwards
Key Bench: Hall, Clayden, Morgan
Prediction: Restricted spot open, a lot of faith in the junior group this year, Gorman is a great addition. Prediction: 7th

Goldfields
Starters: Berry, Hawaikirangi, Borchet, Turnour-McCarty, Kehoe (6’5 import)
Key Bench: Restricted spot open, Hoycard
Prediction: Berry and McCarty good local additions, Big Center is defensive minded. Prediction: 8th

Eastern Suns
Starters: Denehey, Dyer, Thorton Elliot, Fisher, Roscoe
Key Bench: Taylor, Johnson
Prediction: Some really good local additions this off-season, Fisher if back from injury is a good get. Really need to hit on a 2nd import for this team back moves. Prediction 9th

Perth
Starters: Pirini, Thompson, Bailey, Payne, Esary
Bench: Ashworth, Montroni, Hartree, Flynn
Prediction: Not a bad line up, Payne last played at Willetton, They will need some scoring power out of their guard line up. Prediction 10th.

East Perth
Starters: Kelly, Smith, Roberts, Lubke, Import
Key Bench: Allen
Prediction: Import spot open and will be needed. Losing E Fisher hurts. Prediction: 11th

Lakeside
Starters: Jones, Benn, Import, Gowland, Loomis (rumoured)
Key Bench: Priestly
Prediction: Really need to hit on that 2nd import sport, a lot of scoring pressure on Jones. Prediction: 12th

Southwest
Starters: Barrett, Finch, Vincent,
Bench: kids
Prediction: no import announcements with 3 weeks to go is worrying, BWA need to start asking questions, lost key juniors in the off season. The team has to be competitive. The concern is the 50p losses quickly become the norm. Prediction: 13th

Suns have announced chou as second import which is a good pick up.

Would be expecting cougars to fill second restricted spot, same with rocko. Both likely late arrivals, and both likely chasing size. Would put both in top 4 contention

Willo need to get some early wins as very small line up with limited depth without their import. She looks legit though.

East Perth rumour to have Maddie Allen. Weird pairing with lubcke

Perth, lakeside and south west in trouble.

Interesting rankings Bagley!

My outlook on some of the teams is a bit different.

1. Flames. Best backcourt in the league in Walker and Nelson. Add in an ageless Jervis to anchor them and all their role players back with Godfrey, Durnin, Beard etc and they will be right back where they left off. Whilst I appreciate Joe Cook Green can score, I'm betting that Walker and Nelson both average more PPG than Joe.

2. Redbacks. I don't think this team has only marginally improved, I think they have loaded up! Timms and Voelkl will be one of the toughest rebounding combos in the league. Jackson returns. Add Colton, Vaingina, Formosa, Hobbs, Chuat Reath, Craig and Vogel and you have a very deep roster. Well coached in Nixy.

3. Senators. I dont believe their backcourt is as suss as you might think. Ethan Elliott will feature prominently and more than capable of putting up big numbers. Unsure if Wroe has recovered from his last injury but if so will be a savy vet for them. Pearl and Shand are back and Connor Mincherton moving over from Tigers gives them some good 3 point shooting. Losing Michaels is a tough one. Unsure if they will get Zunic back? Picking up Ford gives them some real athleticism and grit which is something they didn't have with last years line-up. I have a feeling they haven't announced everyone and may have a wildcat/NBL guy or two up their sleeve for some point.

4. Cougars. Upgraded in their imports for 2023 and i think alexander ii could be an MVP candidate for them. At least an all star. Coops had this cougars team playing some great team basketball towards the end of the season last year. They have kept their core guys together and got some great imports to come in. Top 4 again for me.

5. Giants. Were a tough outfit last year and have kept the main core together. Losing Ghee is a big loss but they look to have recruited well and bolstered the line-up further. Manton in his first year as HC and some good momentum with the core group to build on after Creek's departure. They should be there abouts in the top 5.

6. Buccs. Whilst no announcements, word on the street is most of their core is back and they will always get 2 good imports. Stewart and Meunier were dynamic for them last year in the back court. Ive heard Meunier will be back at least. 6th man of the year, Narkle, is back. Hunt is back. Klazstorny and Blanchett back from what we can gather. Have some good young guys coming through with Dobson and Griechen who can give them some contribution. I dont think they will have as big a drop off as one may think.

7. Hawks. Have got some plusses in Alexander coming in and Clarke back. Outside of that their ageing core is another year older and no other additions. Scraped into 8th last year and whilst improved this year I don't think its by as much as some might think.

8. Wolves. Picking up Michaels is big. Keeping Wade and Turnage gives them a good big 3. Losing Vaiangina, Colton and Pesava hurts their depth. Unsure on the quality of the other guys they have brought in. Nonetheless these 3 guys will win them a fair amount of games. They key will be keeping Michaels healthy.

9. Eagles. They have a ton of talent between Grace, King, Reath, Roberts and Young. Anastasio and Campbell back. The trick for the eagles is how quickly they get Roberts in. If its not until over halfway during the season like last year they may not have enough to feature higher up the ladder. Filpo in first year with arguably the best roster they have had since coach forde was there.

10. Lightning. I think these guys will at least be in the playoff hunt this year. They have definitely upgraded their roster. It will be interesting to see what calibre of imports they have this year as last year was probably the lowest they have been in import quality ever. Richards moving over from Dandenong will be a great addition for them. Armour and Parkinson rejoining the team will bring some good experience. New coach Malat will be looking to establish himself here in WA and get this group playing hard together.

Magic, Suns and Tigers I dont think have added enough to their rosters to really push for playoffs. Slammers have gone further backwards.

Are Smith and Kelly both back with Eagles?? They've announced only 2 players so far. That’s a crucial start

Ethan Elliot returning to play for Senators

Also hearing from gero that gattorna is a lock. Wunders back for another tilt and his running buddy Ralph back from injury. Nothing to worry about up north.

Willetton in the women seem way to high.

Sharp to the 3 is not a positive

No salary cap at Rockingham?

Camel you can fish all you want but Wolves and Hawks would have a similar spend as the same as Rockingham do. Jealousy hurts though. Even us cougar folk can admit our southern neighbours have set the standard when it comes to metro clubs and game night atmosphere the last couple of years. Two grandstands consistently 3/4 full if not more, especially for rivalry games, both baselines FULL with sponsors boxes, at around 2500 a box that's 20 odd boxes at least. You do the math. Plus the locals always fill up the two baseline bars and it's not hard to see that the Flames clearly have revenue and aren't afraid to spend it. Hiring Bevo is further evidence of this. Instead of throwing stones perhaps you need to look alot closer to home and ask what your club needs to do to compete with the power clubs who are doing things right on and off the court.

That being said, with that lineup, anything less than a Women's championship down at Rocko this year would see Coach Knowles on borrowed time surely?

Warwick
Starters: Barr, Forster, Murphy (import wing),Hoycard, Burton
Key Bench: Phillips, Jordy
Prediction: One restricted spot left open for the reigning champs, expect if Atwell misses on the WNBA camps to join the team mid-season.

Buccs will have Stewart and Meunier in the back court along with Wundenburg, Narkle, Hunt , Klazstorny and Blanchett. Ralphy back from injury.
Heard an interview with Zac Gattorna on SENWA this arvo and he has signed obviously to replace Muo and a new big from Victoria to support Wundenburg,Hunt and Blanchett.
The good young guys coming through like Dobson,Evans and Griechen will make up the rest of the roster.

Buccs will have Stewart and Meunier in the back court along with Wundenburg, Narkle, Hunt , Klazstorny and Blanchett. Ralphy back from injury.
Heard an interview with Zac Gattorna on SENWA this arvo and he has signed obviously to replace Muo and a new big from Victoria to support Wundenburg,Hunt and Blanchett.
The good young guys coming through like Dobson,Evans and Griechen will make up the rest of the roster.

Groote everything you said could be true but the salary cap is there for exactly that reason.

The salary cap is unenforceable.

As scary as it is to agree with KR, he is correct. The salary cap in nbl1 is like a warning to Chase Buford of a suspension. It looks great on paper but it holds about as much power as a US Republican politician not aligned to the NRA. Clubs have easy ways of getting around salary cap; For example - Invoice sponsor for "Services Provided" or "Development Session" 20% to the club, 80% to the player, ATO / BWA / BA all say "Nothing to see here." The only people who whinge about the cap are from smaller clubs who can't be bothered being proactive getting off their ass and getting sponsorship / community partnerships. Smart clubs know how to use the rules to their advantage, dumb clubs and their dumb supporters will whinge about a something which is almost impossible to enforce due to various loopholes and alternative payment measures available.

It's not even that. Take out all the loopholes, and you're still trying to enforce it on a BWA budget with BWA resources. It's impossible. The AFL can't do it, the NBL has given up even pretending, what chance does BWA have?

The only benefit it does give you is it prevents clubs taking the piss too much, and spending into oblivion. Set the cap at $60k and you should keep most clubs under $200k, but you're delusional if you think you're keeping anyone under $60k. And occasionally a disgruntled free agent might blow the whistle, so it's not entirely risk-free, just 99.99% risk-free.

Remember there's a marquee player rule. You can play them whatever you want, but only counts $10k towards the cap. Clubs going over the cap use this to their advantage.

Season is also three weeks shorter this year so less payments in that time if paying athletes fortnightly

who would be marquee players in the league this year?
Walker at Flames?
anyone else?

The roster tracker is a joke.

The Cougars women have signed both Kirsty Whitfield and Kristy Whitfield, along with someone named Belly Hayden, while their men have signed Hayden Bell. Is Zaya Black the same person as Zaya Blackburn?

Taylor Roberts has signed with both East Perth teams.

The Kalamunda women have signed someone named Max Dyer, and two different Jemma Gartrells.

Geraldton are apparently not fielding a team this year.

Goldfields are suiting up Jessie Goodluck, who was officially announced by Warwick.

Joondalup are bringing Shani Amos out of a lengthy retirement to replace Shani Caldwell.

Perth, similarly, have replaced Raya Thompson with Jaya Thompson.

Rockingham have signed Cameron Flynn, who was announced at Perth.

Ash Litterick has moved from Warwick's men's team to its women's team.

Wolves loading up - 2 imports and 5 starter level players recruited in

No salary cap at Joondalup?

Stroking the administrator's ego's Groote. Reckless use of clubs funds.

Rumour that Mandurah are "having difficulty" securing sponsorship. The implications of the former CEO and boards actions will be felt for a long time. Thank goodness Milo brought it all to light when she did.

2 major sponsors left in solidarity with the former CEO and other sponsors who were ready to join fled too because of her
Mandurah will be fine Milo and her followers will keep it rolling in its natural mediocrity

I assume those that left in solidarity were the beneficiaries of some nights out on the town?

What a shame they can't have those anymore

Stupid comment even trying to defend the CEO FP

I assume those that left in solidarity were the beneficiaries of some nights out on the town?

What a shame they can't have those anymore

Stupid comment even trying to defend the CEO FP

People that think Mandurah is back on track are crazy. Nearly a whole office of staff have quit. They have their NBL1 players doing set up and pack down for their own games because all the volunteers walked, the Board of mates are now paying their mates to run the development sessions as the development officer quit and the community development officer was made redundant because according to the President "you can't pay someone to do nothing" They’ve stepped back into the early 2000’s with Taylor Mullenax and his wife running sessions. And no surprising the womens team have a bomb budget, paying Tudor, Toeaina and Wittinger and the men can’t even afford 2 imports. Laughable

didnt the magic announce Abrom and Turner as both returning for the men this year?

magic also haves signed kye daniels . so there is something there for the mens team i guess.

Just over a week out which means rosters are nearly finalised. Any final rankings? Does anyone have spots left to fill? Any rumours?

Warwick women and Lakeside women still have spots

Rockingham men and women have more?

Woj any news?

Geraldton still only have three players, as far as I can tell.

Kobe, suggest you join the sbl history Facebook page. Has all the signings announcements reposted there.
The tracker is a joke

Gattorna just announced on socials as signed to the buccs.

Stewart announced a few days ago.

Buccs will have a nice roster if they can keep everyone healthy and available

I believe they have another import also?

Final rosters and power rankings round one?

Signings are still being announced, and a few teams are looking pretty short:

Cougars
Men
Courtney Alexander, Brayden Atwell, Hayden Bell, Taj Benning, Seva Chan, Charlie Dimmock, Riley Eves, Gavin Field, Josh Hunt, Alexander Mackinlay, Keegan Phillips, Luke Phillips, Nathan Pond, Noah Stewart

Women
Zaya Black(burn?), Patricia Brossman, Maia Clayden, Amelia Corasanti, Jessie Edwards, Harriet Ford, Lydia Fui, Stephanie Gorman, Jessica Hickey, Caitlin Lord, Kahlia Morgan, Kinley Paterson, Jaya Scafidi, Ella Summers, Kirsty Whitfield, Jewel Williams

Eagles
Men
Jarrad Anastasio, Mateo Campbell, Nic Filpo, Jerami Grace, Naaman Hightower, Justin King, Elijah Pawson, Seb Reath, Taylor Young

Women
Sam Lubcke, Taylor Roberts

Buccaneers
Matt Berkec, Zac Gattorna, Malik Meunier, Johnny Narkle, Aaron Ralph, Shaun Stewart

Giants
Men
Kon Anguik, Damon Ballantyne, Michael Dupree, Mayo Malek, Sam Morrow, Julian Pesava, Jerome Reid, Lafonzo Smith

Women
Olivia Berry, Aimee Borchet, Ellie Gatti, Kiriana Hawaikarangi, Rachel Kehoe, Regan Turnour-McCarty

Wolves
Men
Gabe Chadinha, Dion Collins, Ioannis Dimakopoulos, Quintin Dove, Brody England, Ben Geel, Archie Hall, Christian Jurlina, Jermaine Malie, Eddie Maslic, Bryan Michaels, Mathiang Muo, Luca O'Brien, CJ Turnage, Jonathan Wade, Jordan Wellsteed

Women
Zoe Bassett, Chelsea Belcher, Shani Caldwell, Emma Klasztorny, Akim Lual, Izzy Miotti, Teige Morrell, Laneisha Paddon, Neseya Parker-Williams, Robbi Ryan, Tia Ucich

Suns
Men
Henry Alforque, Albert Almanza, Spencer Alone, Tom Atkinson, Carl Aylett, Joe Cook-Green, Akau Deng, Brendan Dinardo, Rob Huntington, Cooper Lowe, Dyson Lowe, Reece Maxwell, Kobi Mitchell-Oehlers, Wes Morgan, Seb Salinas

Women
Alex Bell, Natalie Chou, Georgia Denehey, Naomi Diong, Mak Dyer, Jaymee Firkins, Eryn Fisher, Aisha Forrest, Jemma Gartrell, Abbi Gibson, Imani Guy, Shannon Johnson, Marian Perz, Sam Roscoe, Mackenzie Taylor, Ella Thornton-Elliott

Lightning
Men
Kyle Armour, Josh Davey, Daniel Green, Dom Jackson, Nick Palleschi, Tom Parkinson, Max Richards

Women
Ruby Benn, Jae Flynn, Caitie Jones, Taryn Priestly

Magic
Men
Dequan Abrom, Kai Daniels, Cousteau Kyle, Byron Pearson, Ray Turner

Women
Rachel Halleen, Ashlyn Lee, Sam Richards, Sarah Toeaina, Gabbi Turner, Molly Wicks

Redbacks
Men
Lachy Bertram, Jack Collard, Maris Colton, Devan Craig, Kyden Edman, Jacob Formosa, Jordan Herbert, Bryton Hobbs, Denzel Jackson, Tevin Jackson, Mayoul Makuac, Tobey Martin, Chuatwech Reath, Louis Timms, Sioeli Vaiangina, Brian Voelkel, Travis Vogel

Women
Denielle Ashworth, Bri Bailey, Erin Cleland, Ari Creighton, Ella Dimanlig, Mya Dimanlig, Cameron Flynn, Grace Gordon, Shenae Hartree, Jess Mantle, Rebecca Motroni, Ashli Payne, Mikayla Pirini, Anjelique Raison, Rori Roberts, Raya Thompson

Hawks
Men
Daniel Alexander, Rob Cassir, Mitch Clarke, Bailey Cole, Nick Floyd, Cooper Hamilton, Jack Isenbarger, Matt Leary, Adrian Nobensi, Ben Purser, Lewis Thomas

Women
Morgan Ballantyne, Emma Clarke, Nici Gilday, Charlotte Graziano, Ash Isenbarger, Rylee Kerr, Millie McCarthy, Ellie Newman, Danika Pisconeri, Annika Renkema, Mia Satie, Jenna Teasdale, Malia Tharpe

Flames
Men
Jwok Abuy, Jake Amos, Justin Beard, Callum Beard, Sam Bray, Travis Durnin, Rivar Evans, Ryan Godfrey, Cody Hill, Tom Jervis, Marshall Nelson, Mazz Tapu, Devondrick Walker, Aidan Zeverona

Women
Chris Boag, Tayah Burrows, Denae Civich, Jordyn Darcey, Pania Davis, Paris Duffield, Keely Hatch, Alecia Knowles, Mehryn Kraker, Opal Mader, Chloe Napolitano, Marissa Pangalos, Casey Samuels, Imogen Soulos, Emily Steven, Tiana Wilson Palmer

Slammers
Men
Xavier Cotton, Okummu Dech, Jaikie Hastie, Alastair Ishigami-Sims, Pharrell Keats, Cory Richardson, Ben Stevens, Manyiel Wugol

Women
Jas Barrett, Alexis Donovan, Charlotte Mills, Amarah Mohammad, Lauren Vincent, Kate Williams

Senators
Men
Caleb Davis, Uche Dibiamaka, Ethan Elliott, Cody Ellis, Ash Litterick, George Pearl, Jay Thwaites

Women
Stacey Barr, Nat Burton, Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard, Alyssa Duncan, Chloe Forster, Jessie Goodluck, Nicole Jorre de St Jorre, Karly Murphy, Kiara Phillips, Alaska Rhebok

Tigers
Men
Andrew Black, Michael Collins, Travis Fee, Aiden Fitzgerald, Gorjok Gak, Tom Gerovich, Darnell Hoskins Jr, Josh Ibukunoluwa, Damien Scott, Mike Vigor, Mark Worthington

Women
Imogen Ayliffe, Melisa Brcaninovic, Eva Cooke, Sophie Doran, Grace Foster, Jessica Jakens, Desiree Kelly, Alex Sharp, Kiara Waite, Hayley Winter

Signings are still being announced, and a few teams are looking pretty short:

Cougars
Men
Courtney Alexander, Brayden Atwell, Hayden Bell, Taj Benning, Seva Chan, Charlie Dimmock, Riley Eves, Gavin Field, Josh Hunt, Alexander Mackinlay, Keegan Phillips, Luke Phillips, Nathan Pond, Noah Stewart

Women
Zaya Black(burn?), Patricia Brossman, Maia Clayden, Amelia Corasanti, Jessie Edwards, Harriet Ford, Lydia Fui, Stephanie Gorman, Jessica Hickey, Caitlin Lord, Kahlia Morgan, Kinley Paterson, Jaya Scafidi, Ella Summers, Kirsty Whitfield, Jewel Williams

Eagles
Men
Jarrad Anastasio, Mateo Campbell, Nic Filpo, Jerami Grace, Naaman Hightower, Justin King, Elijah Pawson, Seb Reath, Taylor Young

Women
Sam Lubcke, Taylor Roberts

Buccaneers
Matt Berkec, Zac Gattorna, Malik Meunier, Johnny Narkle, Aaron Ralph, Shaun Stewart

Giants
Men
Kon Anguik, Damon Ballantyne, Michael Dupree, Mayo Malek, Sam Morrow, Julian Pesava, Jerome Reid, Lafonzo Smith

Women
Olivia Berry, Aimee Borchet, Ellie Gatti, Kiriana Hawaikarangi, Rachel Kehoe, Regan Turnour-McCarty

Wolves
Men
Gabe Chadinha, Dion Collins, Ioannis Dimakopoulos, Quintin Dove, Brody England, Ben Geel, Archie Hall, Christian Jurlina, Jermaine Malie, Eddie Maslic, Bryan Michaels, Mathiang Muo, Luca O'Brien, CJ Turnage, Jonathan Wade, Jordan Wellsteed

Women
Zoe Bassett, Chelsea Belcher, Shani Caldwell, Emma Klasztorny, Akim Lual, Izzy Miotti, Teige Morrell, Laneisha Paddon, Neseya Parker-Williams, Robbi Ryan, Tia Ucich

Suns
Men
Henry Alforque, Albert Almanza, Spencer Alone, Tom Atkinson, Carl Aylett, Joe Cook-Green, Akau Deng, Brendan Dinardo, Rob Huntington, Cooper Lowe, Dyson Lowe, Reece Maxwell, Kobi Mitchell-Oehlers, Wes Morgan, Seb Salinas

Women
Alex Bell, Natalie Chou, Georgia Denehey, Naomi Diong, Mak Dyer, Jaymee Firkins, Eryn Fisher, Aisha Forrest, Jemma Gartrell, Abbi Gibson, Imani Guy, Shannon Johnson, Marian Perz, Sam Roscoe, Mackenzie Taylor, Ella Thornton-Elliott

Lightning
Men
Kyle Armour, Josh Davey, Daniel Green, Dom Jackson, Nick Palleschi, Tom Parkinson, Max Richards

Women
Ruby Benn, Jae Flynn, Caitie Jones, Taryn Priestly

Magic
Men
Dequan Abrom, Kai Daniels, Cousteau Kyle, Byron Pearson, Ray Turner

Women
Rachel Halleen, Ashlyn Lee, Sam Richards, Sarah Toeaina, Gabbi Turner, Molly Wicks

Redbacks
Men
Lachy Bertram, Jack Collard, Maris Colton, Devan Craig, Kyden Edman, Jacob Formosa, Jordan Herbert, Bryton Hobbs, Denzel Jackson, Tevin Jackson, Mayoul Makuac, Tobey Martin, Chuatwech Reath, Louis Timms, Sioeli Vaiangina, Brian Voelkel, Travis Vogel

Women
Denielle Ashworth, Bri Bailey, Erin Cleland, Ari Creighton, Ella Dimanlig, Mya Dimanlig, Cameron Flynn, Grace Gordon, Shenae Hartree, Jess Mantle, Rebecca Motroni, Ashli Payne, Mikayla Pirini, Anjelique Raison, Rori Roberts, Raya Thompson

Hawks
Men
Daniel Alexander, Rob Cassir, Mitch Clarke, Bailey Cole, Nick Floyd, Cooper Hamilton, Jack Isenbarger, Matt Leary, Adrian Nobensi, Ben Purser, Lewis Thomas

Women
Morgan Ballantyne, Emma Clarke, Nici Gilday, Charlotte Graziano, Ash Isenbarger, Rylee Kerr, Millie McCarthy, Ellie Newman, Danika Pisconeri, Annika Renkema, Mia Satie, Jenna Teasdale, Malia Tharpe

Flames
Men
Jwok Abuy, Jake Amos, Justin Beard, Callum Beard, Sam Bray, Travis Durnin, Rivar Evans, Ryan Godfrey, Cody Hill, Tom Jervis, Marshall Nelson, Mazz Tapu, Devondrick Walker, Aidan Zeverona

Women
Chris Boag, Tayah Burrows, Denae Civich, Jordyn Darcey, Pania Davis, Paris Duffield, Keely Hatch, Alecia Knowles, Mehryn Kraker, Opal Mader, Chloe Napolitano, Marissa Pangalos, Casey Samuels, Imogen Soulos, Emily Steven, Tiana Wilson Palmer

Slammers
Men
Xavier Cotton, Okummu Dech, Jaikie Hastie, Alastair Ishigami-Sims, Pharrell Keats, Cory Richardson, Ben Stevens, Manyiel Wugol

Women
Jas Barrett, Alexis Donovan, Charlotte Mills, Amarah Mohammad, Lauren Vincent, Kate Williams

Senators
Men
Caleb Davis, Uche Dibiamaka, Ethan Elliott, Cody Ellis, Ash Litterick, George Pearl, Jay Thwaites

Women
Stacey Barr, Nat Burton, Mackenzie Clinch Hoycard, Alyssa Duncan, Chloe Forster, Jessie Goodluck, Nicole Jorre de St Jorre, Karly Murphy, Kiara Phillips, Alaska Rhebok

Tigers
Men
Andrew Black, Michael Collins, Travis Fee, Aiden Fitzgerald, Gorjok Gak, Tom Gerovich, Darnell Hoskins Jr, Josh Ibukunoluwa, Damien Scott, Mike Vigor, Mark Worthington

Women
Imogen Ayliffe, Melisa Brcaninovic, Eva Cooke, Sophie Doran, Grace Foster, Jessica Jakens, Desiree Kelly, Alex Sharp, Kiara Waite, Hayley Winter

Missed Sarah Allen at East Perth.

The Wolves are stacked this season. On paper they are my favourites. Let's see how thy gel as a team.

Still a number of players that either haven't signed or have done so under the radar. Some presumably imports who are back overseas, some might have signed over east, but I'd expect at least some on this list to have been picked up.

Maria Blazejewski, Carly Boag, Jay Bowie, Pascal Chukwu, Alex Clinch Hoycard, Cameron Coleman, Gairges Daow, Haylee De Sousa, Maddie Dennis, Sara Dickey, Parker Esary, Andrew Ferguson, Brianna Fisher, Javene Fitch, Emma Gandini, Majier Garang, Michael Garbellini, Jesse Ghee, Eleanor Hartill, Ollie Hayes-Brown, Tayla Hepburn, Ellyce Irongmonger, Mia Jacobs, Majok Majok, Savannah Metcalfe, Casey Mihovilovich, Connor Mincherton, Brianna Moyes, Taylor Ortlepp, Nicole Roberts, Carter Skaggs, Jorjah Smith, Ben Smith, Adam Thoseby, Logan Thwaites, Buay Tuach, Kat Tudor, Caleb Van De Griend, Ruby Vlahov, Amanda Wayment, Alex Wittinger, Corban Wroe, Mathew Wundenberg...

Great effort compiling all that Kobe

I can refine that list for the men a little at least

Andrew Ferguson - Perry Lakes Hawks
Majier Garang - Goldfields Giants
Michael Garbellini - Willetton Tigers
Jesse Ghee - Dandenong Rangers
Ollie Hayes-Brown - Keilor Thunder
Connor Mincherton - Warwick Senators
Adam Thoseby - Ballarat Miners
Logan Thwaites - Warwick Senators
Buay Tuach - Southwest Slammers
Caleb Van De Griend (college)
Mathew Wundenberg - Geraldton Buccaneers

Yeah, I saw Wundenberg and Mihilovich announced today by Gero and Mandurah respectively. Hadn't heard about any of the others though.

Anyone got previews coming

Quick and easy first round picks (men), home team mentioned first....

FRIDAY:
TIGERS vs FLAMES
Willo steadily building a solid line-up that will upset the reigning champs, who are not yet at full strength and still partying.
Tigers by 8.

REDBACKS vs LIGHTNING
Redbacks with a lot of firepower will easily fry Lakeside.
Redbacks by 16.

HAWKS vs EAGLES
Eagles to rise to the challenge behind a couple of no-name imports, but a BIG Hawks team with a crapload of experience will be too good.
Hawks by 10.

SATURDAY:
BUCCANEERS vs SLAMMERS
Not an ideal roadtrip to start the season for the Southerners. Buccs too big and too mean.
Buccaneers by 20.

SENATORS vs EASTERN SUNS
Will be a lot closer than some may think but unfortunately Joe Cook-Green's 40pts won't be enough for the Suns.
Senators by 12.

GIANTS vs MAGIC
Magic coming off a off-season they would rather forget. And now also off a roadtrip they would rather forget.
Giants by 20.

COUGARS vs TIGERS
A fresh Cougars with top-4 aspirations against a tired Tigers with top-8 aspirations.
Cougars by 16.

FLAMES vs WOLVES
Battle of the millionaires will see the Flames bounce back against a Wolves team already trying to work out who their game winner should be.
Flames by 6.

LIGHTNING vs HAWKS
Both teams coming off a game the night before, and the Hawks will be in a better state, both physically and in talent.
Hawks by 12.