Hawks fans are now claiming that Clarke could have thrown it further...

Seriously though, 12 year old's have more class than that. He's got a lot of growing up to do if he wants to make an NBA roster.

Anyone live in Melbourne want to go for a swim?

http://www.botinagy.com/blog/can/

Hahaha... funny stuff

I must have forgotten when they gave out "All-Star" awards last night.

Now being denied by Ennis according to Tyson Beattie of Ch 9 on Twitter

What we need is a picture of Ennis holding his trophy and a copy of today's newspaper.

No one here has heard the urban legend of Muhammed Ali doing the same? Seriously?

Geez, Issac, you thought people were gullible when hoops147 posted some nonsense. No prizes for guessing who invented the rest of the story.

You would have thought Ennis, just for the excitement he bought to the league this year. Clarke had great season no question but you would not see that in the NBA. Is King James the most valuable player in the NBA? Or the most valuable player for the NBA? Understand, I am not comparing Ennis to James!!!!! Not even in the same sentence, just the MVP is for the league, that's why they have club mvps.

Imagine what he'll do when the Sixers take down the Wildcats next week!

PERTH's NBA-bound superstar James Ennis last night allegedly threw his NBL All Star Five trophy off the pier at Melbourne’s Docklands in a fit of pique when Rotnei Clarke was named MVP.

One NBL club chairman and another guest of the league at the awards presentation dinner witnessed the incident which quickly became the talk of the function room.

Wildcats chief executive officer Nick Marvin said he could not address the allegations because he had not yet had the chance to speak with Ennis.

Tigers dual-Olympian Mark Worthington said Ennis’ actions showed disrespect for the NBL, Clarke and Goulding.

"I only heard about it at the dinner and it’s extremely disrespectful," Worthington said.

“It probably shows he doesn’t respect the league, Rotnei Clarke or Chris Goulding and gives an insight into the guy.”

“Individual awards are great but this is a team game,” 36ers general manager Dean Parker said.

“His actions seem to show where his priorities are.”

Wow, Isaac. Conveniently cut out Bradtke's comments that cuts Ennis some slack on this allegation. Why? Doesn’t it suit your agenda?

Wow, sounds like there is some truth somewhere behind this (unnless someone had a few too many suds and made the whole thing up for a laugh)?!

Chinese Whispers or Complete Truth?! one wonders!

Picked out a couple of bits I found interesting rather than pasting the article in full. You're welcome to paste in Bradtke's comments if you want, otherwise obviously most people will just read the article to see the full piece.

My secret agenda: I don't really like me-me-me players very much. Also, I follow the team who are playing Perth soon.

So the entire article starts with "allegedly" but then selects quotes from people who reacted after only hearing about it? Pathetic "journalism" from Boti.

"Also, I follow the team who are playing Perth soon"

So does Boti, which is the reason he has written some absolute crap this season.

Boti:

James Ennis has landed in Perth claiming it was a water bottle he threw, not his award. Says it is in his luggage. Pic with it wd kill story

Really simple way to prove it is wrong. Post a picture on his twitter with the trophy this morning.

Maybe it was a protest against the materialism of society, he see's individual awards as trivial and it's truly only the team that counts.

THe throwing of the trophy was a piece of performance art aimed at highlighting the inequities of society and the unfair weight we give to personal accomplishments ahead of a teams achievement.

Bravo James, bravo.

He is pretty deluded if he thought he was head and shoulders above the league. He's an outstanding finisher who's own shotmaking skills are still raw and who has regular lapses at the defensive end.

Can you Blame him the Best Player on the Best Team in the League impacting the game from so many different facets. I guarantee you if James Ennis was White he would have won MVP.

I'm coloured blind so Ennis isn't white?
Thought he was too good for a white guy!!

Man, you clash with Boti just a couple times during the year and suddenly he thinks the whole Perth fan-base is out to get him and starts writing hatchet pieces!

He's just mad , he will get over it and hopefully win finals MVP

Someone wake me up when there's proof of him throwing away award

HOLY CRAP!!

DID SOMEONE JUST PLAY THE RACE CARD!!!



Cancel my afternoon appointments..... i need a nap...

I'm happy to dive for it but the vis in the Yarra is crap apart from the odd floating animal. I think i'll stick to photographing marine life.

They did ask him to produce the trophy and he couldn't.

Can't wait for Boti's next rant about how Perth people don't respect the Melbourne waterways and Ennis should be charged with littering.

If that trophy get's stuck in a whales blowhole it could hurt an innocent Japanese whaler..... shame Ennis shame.... that whaler has a family...

Whoops, how silly of me. That rant wasn't to come from Boti, but the other meathead former GM.

Exclusivity on trolling, eh Situation?

I don't make stuff up as repeat it as fact, Isaac.

"THe throwing of the trophy was a piece of performance art aimed at highlighting the inequities of society and the unfair weight we give to personal accomplishments ahead of a teams achievement. "

Great point King Podge. Ennis really deserves some sort of trophy for this noble stance.

"My trophy's in my bag. I threw a water bottle into the water," he said.

“I have the trophy in my bag and I’m going to give it to my mum when I get home.”

However, when asked to produce the trophy Ennis declined.

“Clarke deserved it,” he said.

“I’m a little disappointed, but it’s all good. I’m here to win a championship.

“I think (Grand Final) MVP is more important than MVP of the regular season, and I’m just thankful I get to play in a Grand Final.”

If James Ennis was white, he could definitely dunk on Cecil Exum

A littering charge should be laid. Not a good example to set young conservationists! ; )

Look we do live in a hugely Racist Country am I wrong?
Who will get the votes the Little Church Boy with a lot of heart or the egotistical African American Showman?
It an absoloute joke. Ennis Daylight and the next best player this season.

Woody just jumped the shark......................

"Most valuable" does not mean "best".

Ennis was never going to win given the way the award is voted.

If it was his water bottle he threw in it may be worth diving in for gage 10c deposit! May be worth more than his trophy"

Ennis will dominate he will be Finals MVP and Perth will win in 2. James Ennis is being vilified much like Corey Homicide Williams was when he was in this league.

Gee they've been really racist in the past, especially in '87!!!

1979 Ken Richardson (West Adelaide Bearcats)
1980 Rocky Smith (St. Kilda Saints)
1981 Mike Jones (Illawarra Hawks)
1982 Al Green (West Adelaide Bearcats)
1983 Owen Wells (Sydney Supersonics)
1984 Leroy Loggins (Brisbane Bullets)
1985 Ray Borner (Coburg Giants)
1986 Leroy Loggins (Brisbane Bullets)
1987 Mark Davis (Adelaide 36ers) & Leroy Loggins (Brisbane Bullets)
1988 Joe Hurst (Hobart Tassie Devils)
1989 Scott Fisher (North Melbourne Giants)
1990 Derek Rucker (Brisbane Bullets)
1991 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1992 Scott Fisher (North Melbourne Giants) & Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1993 Robert Rose (South East Melbourne Magic)
1994 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1995 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1996 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1997 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1998 Andrew Gaze (Melbourne Tigers)
1999 Steve Woodberry (Brisbane Bullets)
2000 Paul Rogers (Perth Wildcats)
2001 Robert Rose (Townsville Crocodiles)
2002 Mark Bradtke (Melbourne Tigers)
2003 Chris Williams (Sydney Kings)
2004 Matthew Nielsen (Sydney Kings)
2005 Brian Wethers (Hunter Pirates)
2006 Chris Anstey (Melbourne Tigers)
2007 Sam Mackinnon (Brisbane Bullets)
2008 Chris Anstey (Melbourne Tigers)
2009 Kirk Penney (New Zealand Breakers)
2010 Corey Williams (Townsville Crocodiles)
2011 Gary Ervin (Wollongong Hawks)
2012 Kevin Lisch (Perth Wildcats)
2013 Cedric Jackson (New Zealand Breakers)
2014 Rotnei Clarke (Wollongong Hawks)


Don't ever pull the race card again

the only thing worst than a racist hegemony is a lazy racist hegemony!
They couldn't even be bothered being racist most of the the time!

Outrageous!!!! I feel like throwing a trophy i'm that angry....

And Rotnei sounds like a black guys name anyway so thats halfway there.

Fair enough maybe I am just getting carried away because I feel that a grave injustice has been done with regards to James Ennis. Sorry if I offended anybody.

With luck, Ennis responds to all this like Adelaide responded to Ervin getting suspended for kneeing someone in the crotch. Series sweep, coming up!

only reason and logic, but they accept your apology.

Back to what we should be discussing, James Ennis.

If throwing a chair get's you nothing, but hitting a man gets you 1 game and a $7500 fine - what does throwing a statue of man get you? Should the NBL take action? or should we all thank Mr Ennis for adding some more spice to the spicy NBL Finals meatballs?

I'm excited !!

I mean once the trophy os awarded to you, it is your property. So what James does with it is his business.
He is going to have some extra fire in his Belly and that does not bode well for Adelaide at all does it?
Incidentally I though having Frye on your roster to guard him would not have been the worst.

Its an NBL conspiracy to gift the championship to Perth - I would have preferred not to have Ennis pissed off on the eve of a game against us.

What Perth should do, and what I think they will do, is just decline to comment on trophy questions from here to deprive the issue of oxygen. I wouldn't be expecting to see even a quickly-shipped replica of the trophy.

What Adelaide fans should do is risk making a lot of noise for Ennis to see if it works, Goulding-style.

All Adelaide supporters should bring a dummy and that should stir him up.

Will be interesting if there is a big arc up by Adelaide supporters in Gm2 how the Gm3 atmosphere goes.

Let's start a riot, woo!

What I don't get about this is...if you're going to go with a volume scoring guard who does little else to help his team...why not go with the best volume scoring guard in the league whose team finished above the Hawks on the ladder?

Love it how the MVP is on the ALL NBL second team too.

This league is great off the court, isn't it? Really tidy housekeeping.

Gee I wonder who Adelaide fans will target in game 2. Exciting stuff.

Jesus I want Adelaide to win this series, Perth from top to bottom are just painful. Ennis with his muscle flex every single play is dull and once his initial injection into the league died off with all the hype, hes simply just another import...

if you're going to go with a volume scoring guard

Sounds like Ennis has the emotional maturity of a baby.

@Isaac,

Well, if we knew the actual votes attached to games, I suppose we could argue the votes as well ;)

"What I don't get about this is...if you're going to go with a volume scoring guard who does little else to help his team...why not go with the best volume scoring guard in the league whose team finished above the Hawks on the ladder?

Love it how the MVP is on the ALL NBL second team too."

I think the only thing correct in this post is that Melbourne finished above Wollongong on the ladder.

Do we know what the final tallies in the votes were?

Apparently the Melbourne players tried to throw their trophies in the ocean as well but they missed

Yeah I understand it's the system...it's as broken as the Brownlow.

Misread Rotnei's inclusion in the first team haha.

He is obviously in the top 3 or so, but Goulding and Ennis were a step above. Their raw numbers and team records back that up.

And please don't compare Rotnei Clarke to Kevin Durant ever again anon...

Is it true that DJ will hand his all star five trophy over to Ennis's mother ( flown over for the occasion) at half time in Perth ?

Boti Nagy is a WANKER

What a disrespectful thing to do, obviously thinks he is way to good for the league can't wait till he gets a chance in the NBA and gets put back in his place. I for one hate people with large ego's but this is just down right ridiculous. At least it gives Adelaide fans something to taunt him with in the crowd... Go 6ers!

@Very Old

Doubtful as Ennis said earlier in the season that his parents are afraid of flying.

And this is the very reason why the WNBL didn't have an awards evening!

WOW golf clap to boti for writing a crap story he must have been board.

Great way to try and get in to the head of a player before a GF I'll give him that

This story is as funny as watching goulding flopping in game 3 holding his nuts and that we can all agree was FUNNY !!!!

I think there was a lot of drinking was being done and the old Chinese whispers came out

***did you hear Goulding lost a nut because of Ervin **** LOL

My MVP (Most Valuable Poster) goes to... King Podge

For this comment.

"Hawks fans are now claiming that Clarke could have thrown it further..."

What if Perth wins the championship but Ennis does not get final MVP? Will there be a NBL championship ring found floating in a river somewhere ?

Was going to put money on Perth but at only $1.30 for game one why bother.

How does your source know it was his agent? Did he follow him to the point where he began the phone call and listened in?

"Hello My Agent, this is James Ennis here."

This thread is absolute GOLD!

I know he would be disappointed at missing out MVP (bronzed off for coming third), but life is tough, so suck it in and get on with the game. If, and I repeat if, because there is no definitive proof either way at the moment, but if he still has the All Star medal, post a photo and put the allegation to bed.

On the other hand, if the medal has actually been thrown into the Yarra, then I think that shows the MVP went to the right man.

#467117 you are F.O.S.

This is outrageous. Oh, the anger that coursing through my body. You could bottle it.

Yep, if it's in the Yarra then it's in the Yarra. Usually you're innocent until proven guilty, but in the court of public opinion, sometimes innocence has to be proven. Until a photo is posted, I think you'll find the jury of public perception has already erected the stand with hangman Boti placing the noose. It's up to Ennis to remove the noose, or pull the level


If the Adelaide Crowd can burst bubbles, imagine the crowd in game 2 ..........

Adelaide fans are all "hey we invented booing"

This Anon above is full of crap.

You lack credibility anon firstly for posting as anonymous and secondly for not being able to reveal your source.

Also for making stuff up.

Regardless, the ball is in Ennis' court. He either produces the medal to quench this kitchen fire, or lets it develop into a full blown bushfire.

The Situation, you seriously need to get a hobby champ. Spending your whole life being so negative on Hoops can't be good for you.

Actually, by not responding at all, this will die a quiet death and that instruction would have come from the top.

Why do I need a hobby? I'm at work!

Silencer, the breakdown is here, at least to the extent that it's been published by the NBL.

It would die a quicker death had he opened the suitcase, of course. He has however likely received instruction to deprive the fire of fuel because they know he didn't have it there.

No it won't. If it is lingering on by Friday the 11th, there will be Sixers fans holding up cardboard All Star medals winding him up and offering them to him as replacements - we are a kind crowd like that, we hate to see people upset at losing stuff. I might even make a few myself and pass them out to kids.


I reckon I could even pass the hat around and book some advertising space on the rolling screens court side for the GF. Reckon a diving company could need some exposure. Still trying to work out the message: "Best at finding lost treasure ... Call Pirate Pete's.......Arrrrrr!"

I wonder if I could pay to get a gold star on the floor mops?

Jack, there is a game in Perth first. You don't think we won't be giving it to your boys?

I have bets on that on Monday night before the game the 3 of them being Martin Jervis and Ennis will have there awards to show off to the fans to get the fans pumped up before the game

"Jack, there is a game in Perth first. You don't think we won't be giving it to your boys?"

No doubt, if you're worth anything as fans I would expect it. I also expect the dancers to do their dance around the bench too.

'atta boy, Jack, tell those dancers to dance around that bench till their sequins fall off!

No disrespect to visiting teams as we do our level best to pummel you on the scoreboard intended.

Hahaha I love it. I get called bitter and negative....but here's a few cheap shots thrown in as another anonymous poster ducks out the side door.

The funny thing is that if he threw it into the Yarra it would actually improve the water quality

I'd like to see the game by game votes too.

Clarke scored 23 of the maximum 30 in the three games in round 18&19. Very impressive and it rocketed him to the front.

Paul Pierce here, I always find it funny how posters take pot shots at anon's when others people's names are random handles that generally have no attachment to who they really are. If you're going to complain about anons, put up your real identity or quit your b*tching

Actually someone revealed my real name a couple of weeks ago and I admitted it was me. Isaac knows who I am too. Do you want to know my name? I have nothing to hide.

Why have a go at 'the situation' when you're dumb enough to call yourself Paul Pierce. I saw his real name too but it doesn't mean much to me. He was attacking the anon for talking crap more than anything

That's a good little rant anon hope you feel better now :)

Ennis will crumble in the GF........he has mentally left.

36ers to wrap it up in 2 at home with Ervin to dominate Game 1.

Jake pls

Just like he crumbled at the awards ceremony last night and lost the plot!

He is a broken man

He has a point. If this story is true, it sounds like he has allowed himself to be beaten mentally. A bad attitude in one player can spread around a team like a fart in an elevator. Before you know it all the team doubt themselves and it's a spiral of doom.

The game is won and lost in the mind.

New twitter handle is

James Da Truth except when I can't tell you what's in my luggage because it's in the Yara Ennis

And the usual Shite continues on these boards.
What Ennis did or didn't do with his trophy - I really don't care. At the end of the day it's was his trophy to keep or discard. If it's in the Yarra, then he has a case for polluting the river (water bottle or trophy).
We often rib players for not enough passion. He hasn't physically hurt anyone- yes he has an ego problem, similar to lots of others over the years at various teams. Does he need to be persecuted for it? If he had done the deed, then yes he has done wrong, but the likes of Boti who is meant to be a respected journalist shouldn't also be sprouting off like he does on his blog and twitter. Talk about one-eyed!

I think just let the boys on both teams just get on with their preparations for the grand final so it's an awesome series.

As for those who keep categorising Perth fans as one-eyed, needing reality checks etc... Maybe it's time you look in a mirror. I know I can do that knowing I support my team passionately without all the other bullshit of having a go at other teams fans or players. Maybe it's about time some people who post on these boards grew up!

Ennis and the Cats No 1 fan @thesituation are rattled.

How will his team mates view disrespecting the club and league - could fracture team chemistry and disrupt their preparation as that is all everyone will be talking about in the lead up.

Clarke scored 23 of the maximum 30 in the three games in round 18&19. Very impressive and it rocketed him to the front.

Jake pls

Beal is the REAL danger man in the Wildcats team.

I can only imagine the howls there would be if Ervin allegedly had done something like this.

In regards to the MVP voting to put in perspective does Gary Ablett deserve a Brownlow any less because GC wasn't playing in the Grand Final?

Maybe they should have NBL players association MVP, it means more coming from your peers I say.

Jack Toft- agree about Beal!

@Rasheed30 if the MVP was voted by the players Clarke or Goulding would have won as no one respects Ennis with his bad attitude.

When Ervin wins the Finals MVP you will see first hand that the guy is a class act.

Jake, we all saw what a "class act" he was last week.

Perth fan, glad you agree. While Ennis is the distraction and Redhage plays the bad guy, Beal just gets the job done. If there is one guy on the Perth team who stands taller than normal in the GF series, that man will be Beal.

If you call kneeing someone in the groin classy than Gary Ervin is full of class.

"A bad attitude in one player can spread around a team like a fart in an elevator. Before you know it all the team doubt themselves and it's a spiral of doom."

Or, if you're like a group of adolescent males, you all join in, letting rip with your best shot and seeing who can stay in the lift the longest ...

... pull my finger .....

Ennis should show his trophy before grand final to prove he has still got it !!!!

Doesn't surprise me at all. He seems like an adolescent kid. Clearly has amazing athletic ability, but little or no work ethic and a sense of entitlement. And that was the impression I had before this latest event.

It starts with not being able to shake the hand of your opponent after a game. Prima donna.

He's just carrying on an American sporting tradition of throwing something into the water in Melbourne after winning something. IIRC Jim Courier twice threw himself into the Yarra after consecutive Australian Open tennis wins in the 1990's.

Seriously though, if he did throw his All First team trophy in the drink because he didn't win the MVP then shame on him. If he didn't (and I'd like to see proof either way before casting judgement), then its a beat-up about nothing.

Update: Searchers looking for flight MH370 have just come across the trophy in the Indian Ocean. Also found some sour grapes floating nearby.............okay, too soon.

Too soon Dale..... people are still really upset that the trophy got thrown....

Ennis should show his trophy before grand final to prove he has still got it !!!!

This thread is funny, sad, frustrating and typical, but what it has done to create some enthusiasm and the potential for a spiteful rivalry between Perth and Adelaide should not be underestimated.

Although I can't get to any games, I am very keen to watch and see how this finals series pans out.

Above all else, the American imports, by and large, have been showmen, talented ballers who have got us off our seats on many occasions.

Let's not forget why these guys are here, for our enjoyment! Yes, they are intense individuals with an ego we don't often see in our home grown, but that's why we love to have them play here...

Pretty sure it would be tricky to get another.
The whole basketball world would soon discover it was being done. An engraved memento, probably no spares around.
Huge task.

@Jake,

Ervin, class act, ahahahhaha, what, is he going to knee the presenter in the groin as well? Only way he's going to get the award off of Damo!

I remember seeing some of the grovelling interviews of Ennis by guys like Lachy Reid, repeatedly telling him he's a superstar who's saving the league and acting as though no-one had ever dunked in the NBL before he came along, and thinking ... gee I hope he has his head screwed on.

As good as he has been, some of the hype surrounding him has been borderline hysterical, perhaps driven by the impulse to create a narrative of a 'resurgent' NBL, with Ennis as the flag bearer.

100% agree Jez!

Spot on Jez.

That makes.....no sense.

Probably makes sense to anon

And Camel31

I noticed ,at the ceremony, that he left his bag behind.
The driver came in after he left, he gave it to Gleeson, and then he resigned.

Camel - I'll have what you're having. Weird??