dave simmons, willie simmons, terry dozier (going back a little bit), butch hays, pat reidy, john rillie, dusty rychart

Tiny Pinder anyone

Brett MAHER and Dusty are my two faves.ANd the great one Andrew Gaze though i hated him every time he played the 36ers.

John Rillie? Nice guy? well not sure about Jonny!

Same with CJ, but I agree with the others

How about Brett Maher,Ricky Grace

CJ? I don't dislike him but he's no angel on court.

I have only really known two guys mentioned above. Charles Thomas and Dusty Rychart are top blokes

i mean nice guys when you meet them- on court of course they are going to be mongrels!

Tom Abercrombie is a really nice guy. Very humble and great team member.

CT, KB, Sapper, Maher, Reesy, Ng, Herbert, Grizzard, B Davidson, etc.

These guys I was surprised that they were so nice after hating them ON the court:

Paul Rees
Russell Hinder
JR
Mike Kelly
Sav

mat campbell hands down

Hodge

this thread is starting to sound like player of the week as the list grows... passing the ball up every now and again, helping a team mate to their feet or taking the time to talk with fans, getting involved in charity work- what criteria are we using here????

"taking the time to talk with fans, getting involved in charity work" is the criteria

Matthew Knight
Damien Martin
Stephen Weigh
Jacob Holmes
Brad Hill
Adam Ballenger
Darryl Corletto
Eric Devendorf
Matthew Burston
Matthew Cambell
David Gruber
Ben Knight
Luke Martin
Luke Cooper
Julian Kazzough
Adam Gibson
Stephen Hoare
Nathan Crosswell
Dillon Boucher
Kirk Penny
Tom Abercrombie
Troy devries
Oscar Foreman
Paul Henare
Nathan Herbert
Kevin Lisch

Definately David Gruber

Gotta say Michael Johnson from Newcastle Falcons days.

Spoke to him as a young teen and he was very pleasant, knowledgeable and well spoken.

I remember him telling me that as an athlete he thought drinking alcohol would never help his performance and he adstained as a rule. Wish I had listened.

IMHO still one of Auatralia's best ever 2 guards. Offensively anyway.

In a non Gaze era he could have been anything.

Oscar Foreman is great

What are you, bored and 12yo?

I agree with the Oscar Foreman calls, when he was here in NZ he hooked me up free tickets to Breakers games all the time just cos I added him on Facebook and support the team.

Robert Rose once stopped on the way to a fund raiser for an orphanage to donate his kidney to a blind war veteran.

Although he had given blood that very morning and competleted a charity run for kids with childhood cancer, he still had the energy to perform the operation himself.

True story.

And how has no one mentioned Wheels? One of the nicest geeks ever.

qlder- don't like the topic- don't post!! loco- don't mock the post- don't like the topic-don't post!!

michael johnson is a great call!
shawn dennis is a good bloke too
rob rose however is a good bloke too

Graeme Dann, a very nice guy and a very under-rated player. I did not notice his name on any of the lists above. I watched him talk with and take photos with heaps of kids at a recent pre-season game in Gosford, a couple of the mums and dads even commented to the kids what a good sportsman he was. Proves that a friendly smile and a handshake goes a long way.

No sense of humour - stay off the internet.

Stephen Black - very humble man and great bloke

I don't see anyone voting for Scott Fisher...

I'd throw Al Green up there - has done a lot for bball off the court.

But I'm ex-Torrens Valley, so you know, pinch of salt.

Al for sure..

When were you at the Valley Loco?

I'd agree with Al Green too... and Wheels, and Mahersy. Couldn't find nicer blokes off the court.

DB5 - Was a TV player since before they were TV back in the NEBC days. I started out playing at St. Bernards stadium under Gary Coulter when they were still green and yellow. (Endured the bright orange phase too).

Wound up in Pero V's team as he was coming through (he's a couple years older). From there I played under Al for many years until making a move to Norwood for a bit, then Adelaide Uni and finally Uni Sa.

Nice. I was there in the reversible blue/maroon days. Al was coaching the 1s, Big John and Dwayne playing in the 1s. Good times out there. Glad I missed the orange!

Matt Campbell,Sav,Axel Dench, and the all time great guy. Stormin Norman Taylor

DB5 - Still got my reversible abomination in the singlet drawer :) I was playing 2's mostly and 1's occassionally with that team.

I'll give my top 5 coaches:
5. Cal Bruton (would talk to anyone, always pleasant);
4. Rob Beveridge (always a smile, great sense of humour)
3. Brian Goorjian (stopped and watched my U18s train whilst waiting to get his Boomers on court)
2. Adrian Hurley (always helpful); and at
1. Gordie McLeod (a true players coach).

Sorry for the hi-jack, all genuine nice guys IMO

Ok.. my list...

Mark Nash
Phil Doherty
John Szigeti
Rupert Sapwell
Oscar Foreman
Brett Maher
John Rillie

^^^ I like it. Show really hot girls bringing 'nice', polite NBL guys back to meet their Mums.







And then wait for CJ Bruton to freak out at it.

Butch Hays

Game Over

I love NBL nice guys.
I want my daughter to marry a NBL nice guy.

Cecil Exum used to be a really nice guy until Andrew Gaze dunked on him.

D-Lisch

Well Brett Maher has to take the cake for mine.

Got a phone call a couple of weeks ago to be a ringer for his Charity golf day.

He was a friendly and not too big to laugh at himself.

I did although try my best to make a tool of myself. 2nd hole Brett hits one into the shrubs about 4metres away.

I say "Well they named the court after you but I reckon the golf course is safe"

Luckily he saw the funny side

Tonny Jensen is one of the nicest people I have ever met .

Andrew Gaze is not being mentioned much - seems like the nicest most humble dude in the world. He is the greatest player the league ever saw ... and he acts like he was only ok.

tonny jensen by far!! when i was younger, i was a massive falcons fan and made a call to the club- they took a message and later that day, he called me- to make the story even better, he was in newcastle and i was in perth!!! TONNY JENSEN IS THE NICEST NBL NICE GUY EVER!!!

stephen black is right up there- always happy to have a chat regradless of if the team had a win or loss!!