2016–17 Perth Wildcats season

The 2016 off-season saw the Wildcats part ways with Tom Jervis, Jermaine Beal (both to Brisbane) and Nathan Jawai (Cairns)—three cogs in the team's seventh championship.

[2] In addition, the Wildcats signed 2015–16 training player Dexter Kernich-Drew to a full-time contract, and retained the core group behind captain and Olympian Damian Martin.

In an all too recurring theme for the Wildcats however, big man Matthew Knight injured his right shoulder at training in early September and was ruled out for two months.

[5] Just three games into the season, the Wildcats felt Johnson was not the right fit for the team and replaced him with three-point specialist Andre Ingram.

[8] Injuries to Martin (jaw & knee) and Kenny (groin)[9] left the Wildcats no choice but to reactivate Johnson's contract, elevate development player Corban Wroe, and sign Jackson Hussey.

Behind a 55-point weekend from Prather,[13] the Wildcats were successful in defeating Sydney and Melbourne, extending their NBL Finals streak to 31 seasons by sneaking into third spot.