{"id":920261,"date":"2026-10-08T05:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920261\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T05:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:32:11","slug":"wildcats-close-to-unleashing-nba-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/920261\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats close to unleashing NBA talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They may already be on a three-game win streak, but the Perth Wildcats are set to receive a massive boost ahead of their Round 4 clash with New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbl.com.au\/news\/perth-brandon-knight-signing-nbl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">import Brandon Knight<\/a>, who arrived in Australia last week, appears on track to make his long-awaited debut during Saturday&#8217;s match at RAC Arena.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with SEN WA Breakfast, Wildcats coach John Rillie explained the plan they had in place for their 451-game NBA talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s the aim [for Knight to play on Saturday],\u201d Rillie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s performing well on the practice court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll things are heading that way, but we want to make sure we&#8217;re setting him up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Saturday night debut for Knight?<\/p>\n<p>@PerthWildcats coach John Rillie gave @ScottyCummings_ &amp; @TimGossage an update on if we&#8217;re set to see Perth&#8217;s newest player!<\/p>\n<p>@NBL @TAB_touch https:\/\/t.co\/16EY9V6K6V<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SEN WA Breakfast (@SENWABreakfast) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SENWABreakfast\/status\/2108052516105802092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knight will join an exciting Perth backcourt of Elijah Pepper and Anthony Dell&#8217;Orso, who are averaging 23.5 and 14.3 points a game, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s clash with the Breakers, headlined by MVP contender Parker Jackson-Cartwright, tips off at 9.30pm AEDT, live on ESPN, 9, 9Go! and 9Now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercoach.com.au\/nbl?utm_source=NBLContent&amp;utm_medium=NBL&amp;utm_campaign=Partner&amp;utm_content=Seasonal&amp;sourceCode=SCWEB_EPD_Partners\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"w-inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791437531_409_6aaf06b4ba693cfeb2523730_6a960795989a8ba3337cdc3b_SuperCoach NBL_ Bottom of Article Image Version 1 .png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They may already be on a three-game win streak, but the Perth Wildcats are set to receive a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-920261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}