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LET'S start by reiterating the first thing Rob Beveridge said to me today (after "G'day") and that was reports of his imminent departure after four years in Perth were premature in the extreme.

Not wrong necessarily, but certainly premature.

"I am exactly like a player off contract," he said.

"You just want to look around at what the options are available for you.

"Reports I definitely won't be back at Perth are 100 per cent incorrect.

"I've been here four years, won a championship, been in three Grand Finals, my kids are 14, 11 and seven, in school and settled.

"We are happy and we love life in Perth so I am not for a second ruling out coaching in Perth.

"But like any player who is a free agent, I have to look at what it is best for my family. That's all I am doing."

Beveridge is shortlisted for the Boomers job which would likely mean vacating the Wildcats seat anyway.

While Basketball Australia has said little publicly, the speculation is strong (and fueled by previous Boomers coach Brett Brown annointing assistant Andrej Lemanis as his chosen successor) that the three-time NBL championship coach at New Zealand is the first choice for the national men's coaching job.

But it is an open secret in basketball circles that Beveridge and Wildcats chief executive officer Nick Marvin have had their issues this season past and that the working relationship is less-than-harmonious.

"Nick does his job and I do mine," Beveridge said of the speculation.

"Management do their job well and we do our job well.

"As of yesterday my manager (agent) was talking with Nick about coming back to Perth.

"One of my highest options is staying with Perth."

Beveridge said he was seething about a report in Western Australia today which quoted him and suggested the split between him and the club was a virtual fait accompli.

"The only people I've spoken to today about this is you and Lachy Reid (Channel 10)," Beveridge said.

"I haven't spoken to the guy who wrote that article since the Grand Final."

But further speculation Beveridge and Perth would part ways has come in the form of player free agents who have been contacted by another candidate for the Wildcats coaching job asking what it would take for them to join the incumbent at the NBL's most successful club.

That candidate almost had the Perth job once previously before staying at his now-defunct club.

Beveridge said it was as pertinent for the Wildcats to be speaking with candidates as it was for him to be testing the water.

"Let's not forget I am one of them too," he said of Perth's options.

"I don't have a firm offer from anywhere. We're just looking at what might be out there."

Beveridge said his past association with basketball in China, the Philippines and Indonesia had been exciting.

"Asia is a happening place for basketball," he said.

"I've worked in China over the past eight years.

"If an offer came from China that was ridiculous, I'd look at it for sure.

"As it is, I love basketball and I see my life long-term in coach education and working in those (Asian) countries."

Beveridge said his oldest child was 15 next week and his family remained his first priority.

The 36ers and Townsville Crocodiles are the only NBL clubs currently without a head man.

"My manager has spoken with Adelaide," he said.

"We're just looking at what offers are out there."