I actually thought he was getting boos because the Brisbane crowd were disrespectful...turns out it's the other way round.

My vote goes for Worthington...Anstey can be a bit annoying at times but what can I say, the man has the all around game to back it up. Wortho would throw a tanty over not getting enough passes for the 3 ball.

Anstey for me....its such a shame that someone so talented can be so obnoxious. Not sure what happened to him as when he was a junior (in tennis) he was a great guy - success has certainly changed him for the worse

The NBL must fine Chris for what he did last night. EVERY other league in Australia would fine and maybe suspend him for what he did.

Leyton Hewitt is also just as bad!!!
Anstey takes the cake in the NBL.
Remember Morrissey who used to play for Sydney? And what about Ray Gordon for the Tigers? They were far worse!

Anstey by a nose ...

And what a nose it is, any pelican would be proud of it.

How about we throw the other wanker in there from the Kings..Hinder, would get my vote!

Nice call Panther , how bout throwing Anstey and Hinder in the ring and let them peck each other to death . Certainly bring a new dimension to cock fighting .

Id also like to add Jason Smith's name to this list.

Just to put a damper on you guys.

Anstey is a great guy.....I must admit, even I've poked crap at him about his on court behaviour, but suggesting he is not a nice bloke is just wrong.

Ray Gordon? That guy was a complete psychopath, on the court. I never met him but by all accounts another sensational bloke.

End of the day though, it's good for the game. Supporters get WAY more passionate about a sport when they have someone to hate. You guys had Rees, we had Dorge, Heal was hated wherever he played (another nice bloke), and plenty had problems with Vlahov, Jent was disliked by non-Giants supporters, Morrissey, Melvin Thomas, Grant Kruger, Simon Kerle... pretty much EVERY TEAM had one.

Now think about the state of the game when THESE guys were playing compared to now, where there's not that many guys disliked in the league.

Don't worry about the salary cap being improved, marketing being improved, sorting out the schedule or the finals programming.

If you want the NBL back to it's glory days.... BRING BACK THE HATE!!!

Kent,
You're right, if this was the NBA there would be no questions asked and the player would be instantly fined and possibly suspended. Given that it was Anstey, can you imagine the "Fat Controller" allowing the NBL to actually penalise him. If the NBL do anything at all I will indeed be surprised.
With regards to knobs/wankers, IMO the Kings and Tigers have the greatest percentage of players who whinge at any call or lack of call made by the officials.
The worst appear to be:
Kings -
Worthington, Crosswhite (he certainly didn't learn from his father), Smith, Carter, Hinder, Goorjian, Tomlinson and the Trainer (can't recall his name).
Tigers -
Anstey, Hoare, McDonald (seems to have got worse with age), Lampley (hasn't taken him long to get on the bandwagon), Barlow (brought it with him from the Kings), Thomas, Westover (unfortunately, because off court he's a nice guy) and the "Fat Controller" (he sits on the team bench, abuses referees and the crowd, and the NBL won't do anything about him).
I'm sure there are other players out there that whinge but the Kings and Tigers are IMO the worst.

can someone put some footage up of Anstey's antics as I missed the game? would be appreciated - thanks

Basically after the win the Tigers huddled up and after they broke from the huddle Anstey gave the one finger salute with both hands in the air! Also while Carfino was interviewing Westover he was doing something else to taunt them as Carfino said something to Al and the crowd was going nuts!

Anstey has been fined $2000 by Chuck, if it was one finger would it have been $1000?

Kent,
I'm gobsmacked. Did not believe that the NBL would do anything.
Following is the statement from the NBL website:

The National Basketball League has issued a $2,000 fine to Melbourne Tigers player Chris Anstey for making an obscene gesture to the crowd following his side's Semi-Final Game Two win over the Brisbane Bullets at the Brisbane Convention Centre on Thursday night.

The Tigers defeated the Bullets 115-112 in overtime to sweep Brisbane 2-0 in the best-of-three series and advance to the HUMMER Championship Grand Final series.

Anstey was fined after NBL interim Chief Executive officer Chuck Harmison reviewed footage of his actions, which occurred following the conclusion of the overtime

What happened to the blonde tool when he did it at The Powerhouse?

he got a phone call from chuck saying right on my bleached out little dunny brush, way to stick to the bogan brigade .

hinder is a wanker... but a bit off topic football nutters, anyone remember bryan taylor??



LOL

#175534 Mick Hill has mellowed a fair bit in the last couple of years. It was his partnership with Kerle that made the 2 cheeky villains.

Mark Jackson!

With the sale of the kings the 36ers should look at Worthington one of the better 3 men in the league, would he be a knob then?????

SA basketball fans = fickle

Kenny - a knob is a knob wherever he's standing. Grant Kruger would still be a knob if he played here.

I'm a Power supporter and I still think Chad Cornes if the biggest fuckstick going. He's still going to tear apart the Crows this year, so I'm glad he's in the team.

Worthington

Anon12.....Stephen Hoare??.....are u serious??

Worthington is officially the biggest flopper in the NBL coming in at 3.7 flops per minute followed closely by Russell Hinders 3.5 flops per minute










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