I skimmed that crap in 2 minutes!!

yet another example of perth fans trying to say perth are the best basketball club in the world

Jeepus if Perth don't make play offs there will need to be a Psychologist summit in Perth to deal with the fans

So Nick's been letting you break the rules for the last 3 years. No wonder they are successful ;)!

Dazz, what were you thinking posting this?

I think a lot of the comments here have been a bit over the top. I think the point Dazz has made is that the club looks after it's fans. I've seen far greater trash tops posted on these boards.

"yet another example of perth fans trying to say perth are the best basketball club in the world "

How so?
Post has nothing to do with their ability.

All I seem to read from other fans is complaints about their management/ music/ parking/ ticket prices/ what have you.

Just another example that the Cats admin make it a priority to look after fans.

Dazz, might've been better served by using a title other than "Yet another example..." I've changed it so people can tell what the topic is about and decide whether it's something they want to read or not.

I knew the Wildcats had a heck of a lot of staff, but I didn't realise it extended to having tree experts on their books.

Hahahaha when did Ellis say that?

" And considering this is majority SA based site, your kidding yourself if that'll sit nicely"

Why should that matter? I agree it was a pretty pointless story but are the non-perth fans here extra butthurt when they hear of something that the club does well?

So posting about a team you don't support is trolling now? Stick to reddit, anon, you don't seem smart enough to contribute anything more than clicking a down arrow.

I think it's clear that there had been interest previously in Perth's off-court work, that Dazz was impressed by the effort of his club in this example, and figured it might be of interest to some NBL fans. Fix the title and I think it's a valid topic even if it inevitably riles some up.

dazz if you could read properly I said best club which means the whole organisation if I was refering to their ability I would have said best team

"Mike Ellis has chastised the Perth fan base for knowing very little about basketball"

Don't know anything about that specifically, and obviously can't speak with any great authority for the majority of fans. However, its probably true to say that with a comparatively big audience the Cats would draw from the fringes.
I imagine if a capital team gets 2~3k to a mid-week game, then what you get is the Basketball diehards.
Whereas I have no doubt that somewhere in the 13k, there are those who follow the Cats just because they are a Perth sporting identity, and who probably don't follow basketball outside that.

Even for myself. I love basketball and will watch other games for entertainment, but I don't follow the NBA or even the Aussies playing there, and as a result I have "lost touch" with the Boomers. When they play, I have to remind myself who half the players are.

I also think that for many people, Basketball is an exciting sport that you can follow, without fully understanding all the intricacies.

I have never been to an NBL game interstate, so I don't know what other teams do pre-game.
I assume that the Cats management have a rationale behind all the smoke, flames, and Wilbur descending from the rafters, but if that is what is attracting some fans, then yeah that's a worry.

Still waiting to hear if there will be any penalty for delaying the game whilst they cleaned up the mess Wilbur made at centre court with the snake stuffing.

Dazz knows how to give the people what they want.

another case also of self gratification and club gratification. ur a top club, but don't liken your club to that of a god.

The reason for the change to entry point seating for the lower seating is because perth arena staff were enforcing that policy strictly to a heavily pregnant lady and were going to make her go to the top and walk down 50+ odd steps to get to her seat i was told (which is pretty stupid)

In another thing wildcats related, i suggested some form of padding on the front row of the corporate boxes close to the court early on in the season when it looked like Childress may have hit his head on one diving for a loose ball along the baseline and to their credit some 4-5 weeks later had some foam padding along the metal and corners

At lest they do listen :)