This is a really bad justification.

They must really love their court stickers

What were he stickers of ?

They are only sponsor decals get over it. It wasn't even close to the Julius Hodge incident in Adelaide.
The Filipino's are just trying to justify their despicable behavior on the world stage with bullshit like this and their "racism claims"

I also read an article where a photo was shown (don't have the link) allegedly confirming Aussie officials/coaches removing it, they admitted it, both camps accepted it overnight and the Aussies apologised.

They apparently admitted (in the article) that they should not have removed it, rather should have complained it was unsafe or whatever and left it to the venue managers. Maybe they had no confidence it would be removed, who knows!

Still, can't see how the worst basketball brawl I have ever seen is ignited by this, so I would start looking for other reasons if if this is where you are heading with this post OP...

Notice I said reasons, no more excuses or unjustified cover ups and rumors please?

Honestly, so what?

If you watch the game in it's entirety , it is clear from m the very first wet that the Philippines were out to disrupt the Australians with their off ball hits
Within 2 mins of Kikart being on the court an opposition player had deliberately shoved him and nothing was called, this continued all game
That’s the reason this escalated to what it did
Pull it apart from by frame and yes kikart did ignite that spark with his retaliation, but you need to see the reasons why before you apportion blame

The officials had no handle on this game apart from handing out t change to players who complained about the off ball dirty play

Add to this a coach who literally invited his players to raise this even further and the end result was an appalling display of the standard you would expect from basketball in the Philippines streets

Interesting that the Australian team decided to rip stickers/decals off a Filipino court because of the danger/risk but the same players are compelled to play on NBL courts with the very same issue.

Not relevant to the melee but a valid - and probably more important - point well worth exploring in the context of the physical well-being of NBL players.

Just read that the decals were ripped up during a closed practice session before game-day? I mean, I can understand the head of marketing being pissed but the idea that this should spark a brawl between players is just oddball.

Ah ok they pulled up a sticker there so that justifies smashing chairs over players? Good on ya

BA stated the issue with the court stickers was an admin issue not a player one, they deemed them unsafe and instead of requesting the removal by officials they took matters into their own hands, the players had nothing to do with it.

The Philippines team are basically jerks

Kickert caught on vid pushing during the warm ups. Nasty kickert.

I think you missed the part where the player tried to trip Kickert, mate.

Surely this Carl bloke can be shown the door?

Yes there was a kick. After kickert push them a lot of times. I saw the vid he was nasty. Tsk..

Anon why are you getting upset? I thought it's the other way around. Common mate. :)

The bias and rationality on these threads is unbelievable. But i accept it. Cant we do that with Carl? If he a troll, ignore him. Was what Kickert did justified, was the phillipines response justified? We all have different perspectives of things. Cannot we, as a collective, accept this? Or has it come down to what we just agree with and to hell with everyone else. You gonna shut me down too, now?

He keeps on attacking me thats why I'm kinda making/having fun of anon. Now he is mad. Haha.

Not sure thats the best response tho Carl. Thats anons excuse as well. Sound familiar? One basketball game last night, perhaps? Each to their own i guess, until something breaks

The sticker thing is just the Philos grasping at straws at this point. Yes, it was a small issue beforehand but only because they already planned to be confrontational to Australia. You can see it in how a player tries to trip Kickert at half court.

Letsgosixers I posted something on the other thread. Try to read it. Ignore this anon. Hahaha.:)

@ anon

So you dont like him, and may well feel entitled to, but is that not a matter of opinion? Does that mean we lock him up, boot him, shut down his right to speak? Judging by your comment, your passing judgement on him yourself. Perhaps even cos he not saying things you want to hear. I support boomers, im australian, but looking at it rationally, ripping up stickers, acting like idiots perhaps and certainly decking players is not always easy to defend, no matter what the justification

Well done mate. I'm actually not blinded on what happened unlike this anon who keeps on attacking anyone who said something he doesn't like even tho there's nothing wrong offensive about it towards our team. He needs to put down the green and gold glasses and see that it's not all about the boomers or Oceania there's a whole world you need to see.

Anon don't you mean you are ashamed to be a filipino trolling as an Aussie?

My kids belt people for snatching their stickers too. We just end up taking their play things away.

Who cares about a sticker?? Doesn't entitle to play the filthy tactics from the Filos. Absolutely disgusting behaviour

It was slippery they took it off so what!

I guess that means we can start trouble and bash people for pretty much any reason?

So the stickers were making the floor slippery and one of the rings was several inches higher than it should have been. Yeah, don't tell me that wasn't on purpose. I'm sure they know perfectly well how to set a ring to 10 feet

http://www.espn.com.au/nbl/story/_/id/23991400/boomers-coach-andrej-lemanis-says-filipinos-set-suspect-court

The Filipino's are simply clutching at straws to justify their appalling behavior.


If the Filipino's put as much effort into training as they do making excuses for their behavior they may possibly be slightly less crap at Basketball.

Phillipines can pretty much kiss their WC hosting rights goodbye if those claims of court sabotage can be proven.

Well, there was obviously someone there to take the video footage of them removing the decals lol. How convenient.

FIBA are going to have to come down harshly on those involved.

FIBA operate in a space where health and safety is absolutely critical to their environment - because players, and especially NBA players, earn their living (the latter, a big living) through their respective professional teams; they cannot afford to be injured at a FIBA event.

Any lack of action by FIBA will cause professional teams and players to lose confidence in their ability to maintain H&S/to think that the risk is too great (not to mention that insurance premiums for NBA guys will probably rise).

Ultimately, it could dissuade a number of top-level players from coming to qualifiers. i.e. if you're the Bucks, you're probably saying why should we send Delly and Maker to the next one if there are going to be this issues (not just with the brawl, but with things such as slippery floor stickers, no security or police in the stadium, no control by FIBA referees).

I.e. If FIBA are trying to incentivise the game to NBA players/teams and reassure H&S concerns to gain their participation, a disproportionate response here would be a massive failure.

so if it was a closed session - how did recorded footage get out ? Closed session = no cameras. work that out.

It all makes sense now! It must be Filipinos that install outdoor hoops at small primary schools. Those things are always the wrong height.

Yeah I never considered that about the filming. They could have very possibly broken a FIBA law doing that.

If they take the 2023 WC from the Philippines, I doubt if they'll give it to Australia.

You’re assuming FIBA will see us as blameless, and will put politics aside.

No way - the media exposure around the aggression shown by Kickert and Maker made sure of that.