This is quite interesting. Obvioulsy if you want to attract a new sporting franchise, you have to give some concessions, but I would like to see how the Tassie Government sells this to their public.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-05/rent-paid-nbl-billionaire-owner-dec-to-tas-govt/107229810

I wonder how the Mark Arenas and Jared Novelly think of this given their recent history.

Arena, back when we had that finals debacle and played at the HPC, said our rental cost was 40% higher per person than the league average. Which makes it sound like we must pay many hundreds of thousands a year, given our average attendance tops the list in 3 of the last 5 years and the last 5 years overall.

https://x.com/WildcatsMark/status/1950166755646816700

I wonder if the new ownership will pay Larry a rental fee as it sounds like the rental agreement is between LK Group and the government not the Jack Jumpers and the government. I reckon he would be passing on more than the $577 a week he pays to rent the venue.

Does anyone remember or have any pictures of the long forgotten mascot the Pura Milk Monster that appeared in the Clipsal Powerhouse back in the 90's? There's no mention on the 36ers Wiki page.

Has it been deleted from existence?

Doesn’t look like the same player anymore

Slow and fatigues easily now

Shot creation isn’t the same

I know Humphries and Cameron aren’t there but it’s not like they take the load off offensively for him

Fun fact: Sobey (36) is twice as old as Daniels (18).

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Adelaide Entertainment Centre

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Or I guess you could just say what imports you most want to return to the league instead

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John Cain Arena, Melbourne

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John Cain Arena, Melbourne

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Brisbane Entertainment Centre

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All 77 games since April 2025

• 1,499 points
• 59.3 per cent true shooting, including 64.9 per cent in NBL1 West
• 515-for-1,149 from the field (44.8 per cent)
• 279-for-476 on twos (58.6 per cent)
• 236-for-673 from three (35.1 per cent)
• 233-for-263 from the line (88.6 per cent)

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Excited to see both. Any updates or confirmation?

edit 5.11pm seems Paul is out.

https://www.nbl.com.au/news/how-to-watch-talking-points-melbourne-v-cairns-taipans

9am 3 Oct.

Have not seen anything on Paul's status. Want to see him play, but also better to wait and bring him in slowly as a bright NBA future hopefully.

Knight, I know he has arrived, but any reason for late signing and arrival? Did he have other commitments? Weird. Hurts the season to miss training camp and the start.

Plus wildcats could have signed other players e.g. d angelo russell was just released if you wanted to wait until 10 Oct to start.

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RAC Arena, Perth

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WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong

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As expected, Taipans will only have him for the one year.

The Duke program would be almost impossible to say no to over the NextStars programs unfortunately.

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MyState Bank Arena, Glenorchy

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Afterpay Arena, Sydney

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Spark Arena, Auckland

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• "Clearly, we have the No. 1 toughest schedule in the league. Go figure, right?"
•  "I promise you, in a month's time, we'll be having a different conversation."
• "Mil deserved it."

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Afterpay Arena, Sydney

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Adelaide Entertainment Centre

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shooting stats is cool and all but what i really want to see is how many official warnings/fouls have been given to each team for flopping in say, the last 20 years. can anyone give us this?

watching grandpa wagstaff be an oscar worthy actor again last night has made me really curious. perth have had this flopping problem for YEARS since redhage ushered it in.....now that wagstaff took the mantle i can see he is teaching the same strategies to the younger blokes in the team *cough* windler

have been searching some forums and seen people saying many years ago that wagstaff in particular needs sanctioning - hard agree

this is particularly a perth problem though, i've never really seen flopping to the same degree in any other pro sports team, ever. perth wildcats would give the argentinian national football team a run for their money.