NBL 23/24/25 Season Thread

[PJays]

That is a terrible look for the NBL. It just makes them look like they handed out punishments to gain notoriety and for advertising.

Out of curiosity, is the 'full board' Adelaide can appeal to run by the NBL or BA? If it's the NBL, there's little point in complaining, because you'd just be complaining to Melbourne about Melbourne.

If it's BA, they should 100% appeal and really question the motivation behind the sanction.

What do you think Harrell and Davis' penalties should've been?

 

[brucetiki]

What do you think Harrell and Davis' penalties should've been?

Given the NBL's motivation behind the penalties, they should be reduced to fines.

If the NBL wasn't using the suspensions to promote the game, the penalties would be fair enough - just cop them and move on.

You can't suspend players, then use the incident to promote the league

 

[PJays]

Given the NBL's motivation behind the penalties,

Why are those alleged motivations relevant to determining the penalties?

they should be reduced to fines.

to clarify, you think no Adelaide player is deserving of any suspension for anything that took place during that game?

 

[From The Pocket]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

 

[brucetiki]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

This took far too long to sort out but the correct penalties have been handed out

 

[eddiesmith]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

So does that change the tune for all the whining about how only the Adelaide players got penalties and nothing for the fans???

 

[skam85]

One spectator has received a lifetime ban, and one spectator has received a 10-year ban, from all NBL games in all venues.

https://nbl.com.au/news/spectators-receive-bans

On the surface that's massive but John Cain Arena is hardly going to have massive photos of them strewn around the stadium to not let them in. If they want to buy a GA ticket, make up a name, whatever, they will tap their phone and walk straight through whenever they want.

It's really just a season ticket they're effectively banned from, again they can just grab a mate's.

Going by what I've heard I doubt they've ever paid for a ticket anyways.

 

[From The Pocket]

Hopefully Melbourne (and SE Melbourne) at least quietly put a barrier in front of that area (even if it's a full sized advertising board), like every other NBL arena in Australia has.

 

[hotchilli]

On the surface that's massive but John Cain Arena is hardly going to have massive photos of them strewn around the stadium to not let them in. If they want to buy a GA ticket, make up a name, whatever, they will tap their phone and walk straight through whenever they want.

It's really just a season ticket they're effectively banned from, again they can just grab a mate's.

Going by what I've heard I doubt they've ever paid for a ticket anyways.

Outside of banning them from attending games what other punishment can the league truly hand down to fans?

 

[Royces Hart]

Outside of banning them from attending games what other punishment can the league truly hand down to fans?

Could give them free Bullets memberships.

 

[ManOfClay]

Trezz certainly coming back

 

[El Doederino]

So does that change the tune for all the whining about how only the Adelaide players got penalties and nothing for the fans???

Not really

The only known fan getting a punishment was the one who got 10 years. I've seen his name reported. The lifetime ban person hasn't been identified and the NBL don't know who he is. In that case, whoever's seats he was sitting in should get his ban. I understand there were 4 of them. Ban all 4 of them. This isn't some human rights injustice, this is 3 people refusing to cooperate to identify the 4th, so **** them all.

Where are the improvements to seating arrangements so they don't happen again? What happens next time the 36ers play in Melbourne? What are Melb Utd and John Cain Arena going to do differently?

And what of the racial and homophobic abuse? Melb Utd can put out a statement saying that none of it has been corroborated but since this is an investigation that couldn't produce a name sitting in a VIP seat, I call bullshit on that. On the balance of probabilities, it happened and that should have been enough. But the NBL would have wanted to steer very wide away from that outcome.

 

[El Doederino]

Hang on. Does this mean the official NBL position is that there was racial comments made?

Why hasn’t this been made more public?

Are MU going to retract their statement now?

Edit: was wondering why I couldn’t find the podcast

 

[El Doederino]

And here’s the deleted tweet and link to the now removed podcast

 

[ManOfClay]

What a ****ing shit show.

Stevenson was the western bulldogs CEO at one point too. Guy walked out of the frying pan of our incompetence at the time into this fire

 

[skam85]

Trez's DMs have been a cesspool of racism as well

 

[ManOfClay]

Taco obviously has that defensive presence being so tall but he looks pretty hard to get involved offensively

 

[peternorth]

Do Foxsports have a share in the kings? They promote upcoming sydney games (advertisements) in a way i have not witnessed for other clubs.

 

[ManOfClay]

Do Foxsports have a share in the kings? They promote upcoming sydney games (advertisements) in a way i have not witnessed for other clubs.

Sydney money maybe?

 

[ManOfClay]

Leafa sold that but Edwards is a ****head

Leupepe v Edwards would be a good fight

 

[ManOfClay]

Well Taran… that will be on your lowlight reel.

 

[eddiesmith]

Clearly bashing referees has worked out well for Tatum and the Hawks, they’re getting a better ride than Perth at home.

 

[CakeEater]

Clearly bashing referees has worked out well for Tatum and the Hawks, they’re getting a better ride than Perth at home.

But not as good as Melbourne, which gets the Collingwood at the G treatment.

 

[eddiesmith]

But not as good as Melbourne, which gets the Collingwood at the G treatment.

You’re right, they do, absolutely screwed every week and every call goes against them. No such thing as home court advantage in Melbourne.

 

[Gak Attack]

You'd think 6ers were rolling out a squad that's never played before listening to the commentry. Crawford is out too so realistically they're one key player down on the opposition not missing their entire rotation.