2021–22 Perth Wildcats season

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2021–22 Perth Wildcats season
Head CoachCanada Scott Morrison
CaptainAustralia Jesse Wagstaff
StadiumRAC Arena, Perth
NBL results
Ladder2nd
Wins6
Losses2
Player Records
Scoring leaderUnited States Bryce Cotton
24.5
Rebounding leaderSouth Sudan Majok Majok
8.0
Assists leaderUnited States Bryce Cotton
4.7
All statistics correct as of 31 December 2021.

The 2021–22 NBL season will be the 41st season for the Perth Wildcats in the NBL.

Roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

2021–22 Perth Wildcats roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age
F 1 United States Law, Vic (I) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 26 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
F 2 Australia Purchase, Jack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 26 – (1995-06-26)26 June 1995
G 3 Australia White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 34 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
F/C 5 Australia  (DP) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 21 – (2000-04-28)28 April 2000
G 8 Australia Norton, Mitch Injured 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 28 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993
G 9 Australia Zunic, Kyle (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 22 – (1999-05-04)4 May 1999
G 11 United States Cotton, Bryce (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992
G/F 12 Australia Blanchfield, Todd Injured 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
C 18 Australia Hodgson, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 30 – (1991-08-02)2 August 1991
G 20 United States Frazier II, Michael (I) 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994
F/C 22 South Sudan Majok, Majok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 29 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992
G 23 Australia Travers, Luke 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 20 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
F 24 Australia Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 35 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
F 25 Australia  Injured (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 23 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
G 41 Australia Clarke, Mitch (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 22 – (1999-11-26)26 November 1999
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Australia Josh Cavanagh
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (SRP) Special Restricted Player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 11 January 2022

Pre-season[]

Main article: 2021–22 NBL pre-season

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL pre-season ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Illawarra 2 2 0 2–0 W2 0–0 2–0 213 202 105.45% 100.00%
2 Australia Adelaide 5 5 0 5–0 W5 2–0 3–0 401 383 104.70% 100.00%
3 Australia Brisbane 4 3 1 3–1 L1 1–1 2–0 350 327 107.03% 75.00%
4 New Zealand New Zealand 3 2 1 2–1 W2 2–0 0–1 273 273 100.00% 66.67%
5 Australia S.E. Melbourne 4 2 2 2–2 W1 1–0 1–2 376 375 100.27% 50.00%
6 Australia Perth 5 2 3 2–3 L1 2–1 0–2 433 415 104.34% 40.00%
7 Australia Tasmania (NT) 5 2 3 2–3 W1 1–1 1–2 391 403 97.02% 40.00%
8 Australia Sydney 3 1 2 1–2 L1 1–1 0–1 248 253 98.02% 33.33%
9 Australia Melbourne (RC) 4 1 3 1–3 L3 1–1 0–2 342 350 97.71% 25.00%
10 Australia Cairns 5 0 5 0–5 L5 0–3 0–2 394 447 88.14% 0.00%

Total Rounds
2 weeks

Total Games
21 games

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 28 November 2021

Game log[]

2021 NBL Blitz game log
Total: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)
November: 2–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 16 November Adelaide L 56–63 Law, Wagstaff (11) Hodgson, Law (8) Cotton, Wagstaff (3) MyState Bank Arena
not available 		0–1
2 19 November @ Brisbane L 100–90 Bryce Cotton (22) Vic Law (6) Cotton, Law (5)
not available 		0–2
3 21 November Cairns W 96–87 Vic Law (28) Vic Law (12) Luke Travers (5)
not available 		1–2
4 24 November Tasmania W 98–68 Bryce Cotton (18) Vic Law (9) Bryce Cotton (6)
not available 		2–2
5 26 November @ Adelaide L 97–93 Vic Law (24) (11) Kyle Zunic (5) Elphin Sports Centre
not available 		2–3

Regular season[]

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder[]

2021–22 NBL ladder
Ladder Information
Pos. Nat. Name Pld. W. L. Last 5 Streak Home Away For Against Pts % Win %
1 Australia Melbourne (RC) 9 7 2 5–0 W7 2–1 5–1 764 660 115.76% 77.78%
2 Australia Perth 8 6 2 3–2 W1 4–1 2–1 705 633 111.37% 75.00%
3 Australia S.E. Melbourne 7 5 2 3–2 W2 3–0 2–2 598 563 106.22% 71.43%
4 Australia Illawarra 8 5 3 2–3 W1 3–2 2–1 721 707 101.98% 62.50%
5 Australia Brisbane 8 4 4 3–2 L1 3–1 1–3 689 708 97.32% 50.00%
6 Australia Cairns 5 2 3 2–3 L2 2–1 0–2 384 390 98.46% 40.00%
7 Australia Sydney 10 4 6 1–4 W1 4–3 0–3 793 829 95.66% 40.00%
8 Australia Adelaide 8 3 5 2–3 L2 2–2 1–3 646 695 92.95% 37.50%
9 Australia Tasmania (NT) 8 2 6 1–4 L2 2–3 0–3 598 637 93.88% 25.00%
10 New Zealand New Zealand 9 2 7 2–3 W1 0–1 2–6 717 793 90.42% 22.22%

Current Round
Round 8
Total Rounds
21
Games per Team
28
Total Games
140

Legend
  • (NT) New Team
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Ladder
    Updated: 25 January 2022

Ladder progression[]

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Adelaide 36ers 8 6 8 8 8 8 7 8
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2
South East Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9

Game log[]

2021–22 game log
Total: 6–2 (Home: 4–1; Road: 2–1)
December: 5–1 (Home: 4–1; Road: 1–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 3 December Adelaide W 85–73 Vic Law (37) Majok Majok (12) Cotton, White (4) RAC Arena
11,950 		1–0
2 5 December Cairns W 90–67 Bryce Cotton (31) Luke Travers (14) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
10,800 		2–0
3 12 December Brisbane L 94–97 (2OT) Vic Law (29) Majok Majok (14) Cotton, Travers, White (4) RAC Arena
11,295 		2–1
4 17 December Brisbane W 83–70 Bryce Cotton (29) Luke Travers (10) Luke Travers (5) RAC Arena
11,745 		3–1
5 19 December Tasmania W 101–83 Vic Law (32) Vic Law (12) Bryce Cotton (6) RAC Arena
13,615 		4–1
6 31 December @ Cairns W 78–84 Bryce Cotton (29) Majok Majok (8) Bryce Cotton (6) Cairns Convention Centre
4,339 		5–1
January: 1–1 (Home: 0–0; Road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 18 January @ Adelaide L 87–74 Vic Law (16) Vic Law (14) Michael Frazier II (4) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4,758 		5–2
8 22 January @ Illawarra W 78–94 Bryce Cotton (24) Michael Frazier II (11) Mitch Norton (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,278 		6–2
9 27 January @ Illawarra boxscore WIN Entertainment Centre
10 30 January @ Sydney boxscore Qudos Bank Arena
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
10 6 February New Zealand boxscore RAC Arena
11 10 February Cairns boxscore RAC Arena

Transactions[]

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed[]

Player Signed
Mitch Norton[1] 1 July
Jesse Wagstaff[2] 5 July
Majok Majok[3] 6 July
[4] 7 July
Kevin White[5] 18 August

Additions[]

Player Signed Former team
Vic Law[6] 27 August Brisbane Bullets
Kyle Zunic[7] 6 September Winthrop Eagles
Jack Purchase[8] 14 September Adelaide 36ers
Michael Frazier II[9] 15 October Delaware Blue Coats
Matt Hodgson[10] Brisbane Bullets
[11] 29 October
Mitch Clarke[12] 2 December Perry Lakes Hawks

Subtractions[]

Player Reason left New team
Clint Steindl[13] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Will Magnay[14][15] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Jarred Bairstow[16][17] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
John Mooney[18] Free agent Chiba Jets Funabashi

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Perth Re-Sign Mitch Norton on Three-Year Deal | NBL". NBL.com.au. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Wildcats Re-Sign Wagstaff for 13th Season". NBL.com.au. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Wildcats Re-Sign Majok Majok". NBL.com.au. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Shervill Re-Signs with Wildcats". NBL.com.au. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Wildcats Re-Sign Kevin White". NBL.com.au. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Wildcats Sign Vic Law for NBL22 | NBL". NBL.com.au. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Perth Sign Kyle Zunic as Development Player | NBL". NBL.com.au. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Wildcats sign sharp-shooter Jack Purchase". Wildcats.com.au. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Wildcats add more NBA experience in Michael Frazier II". Wildcats.com.au. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Perth Complete Roster with Matt Hodgson". NBL.com.au. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Wildcats add NBL1 Star as Development Player". NBL.com.au. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  12. ^ "WA's Mitch Clarke signed as development player". Wildcats.com.au. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Clint Steindl Signs With the JackJumpers | NBL". NBL.com.au. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Magnay to move on". Wildcats.com.au. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Will Magnay Joins the JackJumpers | NBL". NBL.com.au. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "Jarred Bairstow won't return in 2021/22". Wildcats.com.au. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Jarred Bairstow Joins JackJumpers". NBL.com.au. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "#33 ジョン・ムーニー選手　2021-22シーズン選手契約基本合意のお知らせ". chibajets.jp (in Japanese). 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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