Webster Guarantees Wildcats Commitment

Thursday, June 16, 2022

Perth signing Corey Webster has guaranteed he will begin the season with the Wildcats, as the club announced a two-year deal with the 33-year-old today.

Webster infamously signed with Perth in March 2017, before asking for a release so he could pursue an overseas option.

When asked if he could guarantee he has no other contract in the works, and the Wildcats is where he’ll play this upcoming season, Webster answered with an emphatic “yes”.

The three-time NBL champion also expressed his excitement about joining the most successful club in league history.

“I'm not thinking about the past. I'm just excited for this opportunity, grateful to be recruited by a club like Perth,” Webster said.

“I'm ready to get started. I'm really excited for this. I think it's gonna be a great two seasons.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">O'Donohue followed-up with: "Can you guarantee that there's nothing else in the works anywhere else and this is where you'll be playing for the upcoming season?"<br><br>Webster: "Yes"</p>— Liam Santamaria (@Liam_Santa) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liam_Santa/status/1536946713130598400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Webster has spent his entire NBL career with the New Zealand Breakers, which included facing the Wildcats in the 2012, 2013 and 2017 Grand Final series.

Despite the long and storied rivalry between the two clubs, Webster is hoping he will win over the hearts of Perth’s red army.

“I've had a couple of run-ins with Perth fans in the past, but it's all for the love of basketball,” Webster said.

“You keep that inside the lines, and it's all good fun. Hopefully my game can speak for itself, and the fans start to embrace me a little bit.”

Webster said he expects to play as a combo-guard in coach Scott Morrison’s system.