2020–21 Perth Wildcats season

The 2020–21 NBL season is the 40th season for the Perth Wildcats in the NBL.

2020–21 Perth Wildcats season
Head Coach Trevor Gleeson
Captain Jesse Wagstaff
StadiumRAC Arena, Perth
NBL results
Ladder4th
Wins1
Losses1

Roster

Squad

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2020–21 Perth Wildcats roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
F 2 Bairstow, Jarred 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 28 – (1992-11-05)5 November 1992
G 3 White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 33 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
G 4 Travers, Luke (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 19 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
G 5 Britt, Taylor (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 24 – (1996-09-22)22 September 1996
G 8 Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 27 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993
G/F 9 Swaka Lo Buluk, Wani 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 87 kg (192 lb) 19 – (2001-06-09)9 June 2001
G 11 Cotton, Bryce (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992
G/F 12 Blanchfield, Todd 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
C 13 Jervis, Tom 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 34 – (1987-02-04)4 February 1987
F/C 22 Majok, Majok  2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 28 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992
F 24 Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 34 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
F 25 Shervill, Corey (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 22 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
F 33 Mooney, John (I) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 23 – (1997-03-20)20 March 1997
C 34 Ferguson, Andrew (DP) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 104 kg (229 lb) 22 – (1998-10-17)17 October 1998
G/F 35 Steindl, Clint 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1989-03-15)15 March 1989
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Josh Cavanagh
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Development player
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (I) Import player
  • (TP) Training player
  • (NS) Next Star player
  • Injured
Updated: 14 January 2021

Pre-season

Ladder
2020-21 NBL pre-season ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 Melbourne United 1 1 0 1-0 W1 0-0 1-0 97 81 119.75% 100.00%
2 Sydney Kings 1 1 0 1-0 W1 1-0 0-0 98 89 110.11% 100.00%
3 Adelaide 36ers 3 2 1 2-1 L1 2-0 0-1 276 225 122.67% 66.67%
4 Perth Wildcats (RC) 2 1 1 1-1 L1 1-1 0-0 165 165 100.00% 50.00%
5 Cairns Taipans 2 1 1 1-1 W1 1-1 0-0 177 185 95.68% 50.00%
6 Brisbane Bullets 4 2 2 2-2 W2 2-0 0-2 347 378 91.80% 50.00%
7 The Hawks 3 1 2 1-2 L1 0-0 1-2 254 263 96.58% 33.33%
8 SEM Phoenix 2 0 2 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 198 210 94.29% 0.00%
NZ Breakers 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0.00% 0.00%

Total Rounds
5 weeks

Total Games
11 games

Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Updated: 9 January 2021

Game log
2020 pre-season game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
December: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)

Regular season

Ladder
2020-21 NBL ladder
LadderInformation
Pos.Nat.NamePld.W.L.Last 5StreakHomeAwayForAgainstPts %Win %
1 The Hawks 4 4 0 4-0 W4 0-0 4-0 362 312 116.03% 100.00%
2 Melbourne United 4 4 0 4-0 W4 1-0 3-0 381 336 113.39% 100.00%
3 Adelaide 36ers 6 4 2 4-1 W3 4-2 0-0 531 535 99.25% 66.67%
4 Perth Wildcats (RC) 2 1 1 1-1 L1 1-1 0-0 177 166 106.63% 50.00%
5 SEM Phoenix 5 2 3 2-3 L1 0-0 2-3 453 472 95.97% 40.00%
6 Brisbane Bullets 5 2 3 2-3 L1 2-3 0-0 457 479 95.41% 40.00%
7 Sydney Kings 4 1 3 1-3 L2 0-0 1-3 352 353 99.72% 25.00%
8 Cairns Taipans 6 1 5 0-5 L5 1-4 0-1 512 559 91.59% 16.67%
9 NZ Breakers 2 0 2 0-2 L2 0-0 0-2 169 182 92.86% 0.00%

Current Round
Round 4
Total Rounds
TBD
Games per Team
36
Total Games
162

Legend
  • (RC) Reigning Champion
  • Ladder
    Updated: 5 February 2021

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
Adelaide 36ers 3533
Brisbane Bullets 6956
Cairns Taipans 4788
Melbourne United 1122
New Zealand Breakers –899
Perth Wildcats –244
South East Melbourne Phoenix 7665
Sydney Kings 5477
The Hawks 2311

Game log
2020–21 game log
Total: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
January: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
February: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
5 7 February @ Melbourne United boxscore Bendigo Stadium
6 11 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix boxscore State Basketball Centre
7 14 February @ South East Melbourne Phoenix boxscore State Basketball Centre
Postponed
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
TBD New Zealand Breakers RAC Arena
TBD New Zealand Breakers RAC Arena

Transactions
Main article: List of 2020–21 NBL season transactions

Re-signed
Player Signed
Bryce Cotton[1]26 May
Majok Majok[2]3 June
Taylor Britt[3]13 August

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Todd Blanchfield[4]20 JulyIllawarra Hawks
Kevin White[5]6 AugustAdelaide 36ers
John Mooney[6]15 AugustNotre Dame
Andrew Ferguson[7]24 AugustCSU Monterey Bay
Corey Shervill[8]24 NovemberSt. Edward's
Jarred Bairstow[9]9 DecemberBrisbane Capitals
Tom Jervis[10]14 JanuaryPerth Wildcats

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Nick Kay[11][12] Opted Out Real Betis Baloncesto
Rhys Vague[13] Free Agent Kagawa Five Arrows
Damian Martin[14] Retried N/A
Terrico White[15] Free Agent Cariduros de Fajardo

See also

References
  1. "Bryce Cotton Returns to Wildcats | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Wildcats Retain Majok Majok | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. "Taylor Britt Re-signs with Wildcats | NBL".
  4. "Wildcats Add Todd Blanchfield | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  5. "Wildcats add Kevin White | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  6. "Wildcats Sign Import Power Forward John Mooney | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  7. "Wildcats Add Andrew Ferguson as DP | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  8. "Wildcats Sign Development Player, Corey Shervill". nbl.com.au.
  9. "Perth Wildcats Sign Jarred Bairstow". nbl.com.au.
  10. "Wildcats sign three-time champion Tom Jervis". Wildcats.com.au. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. "Nick Kay Opts Out of Contract with Wildcats | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  12. "Nick Kay Signs in Spain | NBL". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  13. "Rhys Vague Signs in Japan | NBL". nbl.com.au. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  14. "Legendary Wildcat Damian Martin Announces Retirement | NBL". nbl.com.au.
  15. "Terrico White joins Los Cariduros de Fajardo". Sportando. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
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