2021–22 Perth Wildcats season

2021–22 Perth Wildcats season
Head coachCanada Scott Morrison
CaptainAustralia Jesse Wagstaff
ArenaPerth Arena
NBL results
Record16–12 (57.1%)
Ladder5th
Finals finishDid not qualify
Stats at NBL.com.au
Player records
PointsUnited States Cotton
22.7
ReboundsUnited States Law
8.2
AssistsUnited States Cotton
4.9
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2022.

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

The 2022 season marks the first time in 35 years that the Perth Wildcats have not qualified for the finals, having last failed to do so in 1986.[1]

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities 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) 29 – (1995-12-19)19 December 1995
F 2 Australia Purchase, Jack 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 29 – (1995-06-26)26 June 1995
G 3 Australia White, Kevin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 37 – (1987-04-07)7 April 1987
F/C 5 Australia Hayes-Brown, Oliver (DP) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) 24 – (2000-04-28)28 April 2000
G 8 Australia Norton, Mitch 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 31 – (1993-04-01)1 April 1993
G 9 Australia Zunic, Kyle (DP) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 25 – (1999-05-04)4 May 1999
G 11 United States Cotton, Bryce (I) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 32 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992
G/F 12 Australia Blanchfield, Todd 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1991-11-07)7 November 1991
C 18 Australia Hodgson, Matt 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb) 33 – (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) 30 – (1994-03-08)8 March 1994
F/C 22 South Sudan Majok, Majok 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 111 kg (245 lb) 32 – (1992-12-10)10 December 1992
G 23 Australia Travers, Luke 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 23 – (2001-09-03)3 September 2001
F 24 Australia Wagstaff, Jesse (C) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 38 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986
F 25 Australia Shervill, Corey Injured (DP) 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 26 – (1998-03-19)19 March 1998
G 41 Australia Clarke, Mitch (DP) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 25 – (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 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) Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre
not available 		0–2
3 21 November Cairns W 96–87 Vic Law (28) Vic Law (12) Luke Travers (5) Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre
not available 		1–2
4 24 November Tasmania W 98–68 Bryce Cotton (18) Vic Law (9) Bryce Cotton (6) Ulverstone Sports & Leisure Centre
not available 		2–2
5 26 November @ Adelaide L 97–93 Vic Law (24) Oliver Hayes-Brown (11) Kyle Zunic (5) Elphin Sports Centre
not available 		2–3

Regular season

Main article: 2021–22 NBL regular season

Ladder

Pos 2021–22 NBL season
Team Pld W L PCT Last 5 Streak Home Away PF PA PP
1 Melbourne United 28 20 8 71.43% 4–1 L1 9–5 11–3 2455 2244 109.40%
2 Illawarra Hawks 28 19 9 67.86% 4–1 W2 8–6 11–3 2498 2345 106.52%
3 Sydney Kings 28 19 9 67.86% 3–2 L1 9–5 10–4 2397 2313 103.63%
4 Tasmania JackJumpers 28 17 11 60.71% 4–1 W4 8–6 9–5 2230 2220 100.45%
5 Perth Wildcats 28 16 12 57.14% 2–3 L2 7–7 9–5 2495 2377 104.96%
6 S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 28 15 13 53.57% 3–2 W2 7–7 8–6 2456 2424 101.32%
7 Adelaide 36ers 28 10 18 35.71% 3–2 W1 6–8 4–10 2283 2346 97.31%
8 Brisbane Bullets 28 10 18 35.71% 2–3 L2 6–8 4–10 2379 2500 95.16%
9 Cairns Taipans 28 9 19 32.14% 1–4 W1 5–9 4–10 2228 2408 92.52%
10 New Zealand Breakers 28 5 23 17.86% 0–5 L10 2–12 3–11 2234 2478 90.15%

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2022. Source: NBL.com.au

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.
2021–22 NBL season
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 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 7
Brisbane Bullets 7 5 7 6 6 7 6 5 7 9 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Cairns Taipans 9 7 4 4 5 5 5 6 9 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 9 8 8 9 9
Illawarra Hawks 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 3 3 3 2
Melbourne United 6 9 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
New Zealand Breakers 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
Perth Wildcats 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5
S.E. Melbourne Phoenix 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6 6
Sydney Kings 5 4 5 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 3
Tasmania JackJumpers 4 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4

Game log

2021–22 game log
Total: 16–12 (Home: 7–7; Road: 9–5)
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) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
11,950 		1–0
2 5 December Cairns W 90–67 Bryce Cotton (31) Luke Travers (13) 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 (5) RAC Arena
11,295 		2–1
4 17 December Brisbane W 83–70 Bryce Cotton (29) Law, Travers (9) Luke Travers (4) RAC Arena
11,745 		3–1
5 19 December Tasmania W 101–83 Vic Law (32) Vic Law (12) Cotton, White (6) RAC Arena
13,615 		4–1
6 31 December @ Cairns W 78–84 Bryce Cotton (29) Majok Majok (9) Bryce Cotton (6) Cairns Convention Centre
4,339 		5–1
January: 2–2 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–2)
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 (10) Mitch Norton (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,278 		6–2
9 27 January @ Illawarra W 80–94 Bryce Cotton (28) Frazier II, Law (8) Mitch Norton (6) WIN Entertainment Centre
2,240 		7–2
10 30 January @ Sydney L 96–81 Cotton, Law (20) Vic Law (9) Bryce Cotton (4) Qudos Bank Arena
5,864 		7–3
February: 2–3 (Home: 0–0; Road: 2–3)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 5 February @ S.E. Melbourne W 79–101 Luke Travers (24) Michael Frazier II (9) Bryce Cotton (6) John Cain Arena
3,727 		8–3
12 12 February @ Melbourne L 93–87 Bryce Cotton (31) Vic Law (10) Cotton, Norton (4) John Cain Arena
6,401 		8–4
13 19 February @ Sydney L 98–95 Bryce Cotton (33) Hodgson, Majok, Norton, Travers (5) Cotton, Norton (4) Qudos Bank Arena
7,143 		8–5
14 26 February @ S.E. Melbourne L 86–80 Vic Law (22) Vic Law (9) Mitch Norton (7) John Cain Arena
3,606 		8–6
15 28 February @ Tasmania W 78–89 Bryce Cotton (20) Vic Law (13) Bryce Cotton (5) MyState Bank Arena
4,738 		9–6
March: 5–2 (Home: 1–2; Road: 4–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
16 6 March @ Adelaide W 73–92 Bryce Cotton (27) Vic Law (10) Bryce Cotton (7) Adelaide Entertainment Centre
4,157 		10–6
17 10 March @ Melbourne W 87–97 Mitch Norton (26) Vic Law (18) Bryce Cotton (5) John Cain Arena
4,169 		11–6
18 12 March @ Brisbane W 83–95 Vic Law (24) Vic Law (8) Vic Law (4) Nissan Arena
3,202 		12–6
19 14 March @ New Zealand W 102–104 (OT) Vic Law (39) Cotton, Law (8) Bryce Cotton (8) MyState Bank Arena
closed event 		13–6
20 20 March New Zealand W 95–85 Vic Law (26) Law, Majok (12) Bryce Cotton (6) RAC Arena
6,927 		14–6
21 24 March Tasmania L 83–85 Bryce Cotton (23) Vic Law (10) Cotton, Travers (5) RAC Arena
6,678 		14–7
22 26 March Sydney L 80–102 Cotton, Travers (20) Vic Law (10) Kyle Zunic (3) RAC Arena
6,906 		14–8
April: 2–4 (Home: 2–4; Road: 0–0)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
23 4 April Melbourne L 75–84 Bryce Cotton (18) Matt Hodgson (11) Cotton, Travers (4) RAC Arena
10,192 		14–9
24 7 April New Zealand W 89–80 Vic Law (18) Luke Travers (9) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
10,270 		15–9
25 14 April Adelaide L 70–82 Vic Law (20) Matt Hodgson (6) Bryce Cotton (5) RAC Arena
10,272 		15–10
26 16 April Cairns W 106–87 Bryce Cotton (22) Todd Blanchfield (7) Bryce Cotton (10) RAC Arena
10,314 		16–10
27 22 April Illawarra L 77–82 Bryce Cotton (25) Majok Majok (10) Mitch Norton (8) RAC Arena
10,251 		16–11
28 24 April S.E. Melbourne L 100–102 (OT) Bryce Cotton (28) Matt Hodgson (10) Bryce Cotton (8) RAC Arena
10,271 		16–12
2021–22 season schedule

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBL season transactions

Re-signed

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

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Vic Law[8] 27 August Brisbane Bullets
Kyle Zunic[9] 6 September Winthrop Eagles
Jack Purchase[10] 14 September Adelaide 36ers
Michael Frazier II[11] 15 October Delaware Blue Coats
Matt Hodgson[12] Brisbane Bullets
Oliver Hayes-Brown[13] 29 October Dandenong Rangers
Mitch Clarke[14] 2 December Perry Lakes Hawks

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Clint Steindl[15] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Will Magnay[16][17] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
Jarred Bairstow[18][19] Free agent Tasmania JackJumpers
John Mooney[20] Free agent Chiba Jets Funabashi
Luke Travers[21] NBA draft N/A

Awards

Club awards

See also

References

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