After watching that brawl with the Boomers last year I would say you would have to be nine kinds of stupid to ever go back to to the Philippines

This is so awesomely bad by the Sixers. More material incoming for us.

inb4 Carl

Kickert isn't on the sixers roster, it'll be fine.

Strange move. Maybe something Basketball Australia & Basketball Philippines (or whatever their governing body is called) have also been involved in to to try and ease tensions.

The last time Sixers played a Philipino team was the PBA team in Darwin.

That was a pretty dirty game.

Anybody that read the Philippines comments following that incident knows that they felt they were entirely in the right and they thought all Australians were at fault and looked forward to the opportunity in the future to set things straight. If my child was injured in any way during that event I would sue and win against the 36ers organization, the coaches, the NBL and anyone who signed off on this idiot move. It's called gross negligence and would result in punitive damages that would bankrupt everyone involved. Including the league. Those boys in the Philippines ain't exactly right in the head. I'm guessing that either Australia doesn't have any lawyers or none of them were consulted. At the trial I would show the footage of the Boomers brawl 500 times to the jury. Whatever lucky lawyer representing that injured party would not have to work again in this lifetime. And there would be no more NBL.

I like it. Phillipines will be on their best behaviour and it will be a great chance to put it all behind us.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was pretty much the main focus of the exercise.

Wonder how many flexes from 36ers players it will take till the Philippines team start throwing punches?

Imagine if Sobey was still on the team? How is it necessary to do these games? We go on about how our league has excellent talent and can get young up and coming talent and excellent imports yet they are going overseas to play a few games. IMO was of money and considering what happened with the Boomers - this is a recipe for disaster.

Only in Adelaide lol

Adelaide although very mediocre could win against the Phillipines.

and in unrelated news, The 36ers have announced that Chuck Norris will be special drinks boy for their tour of Manila in August.

Incorrect, Chuck Norris has committed to storming the gates of Area 51. 36ers aren't getting out alive.

Awesome get ready for another brawl...looking forward to Deng flying kicking people like his cousin Maker did!

Thats was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on a basketball court!

Why is Deng going?

How tall is the tallest Phillipino?

As long as they don't touch the court stickers before the game

Interesting that they named Jordan Clarkson in their squad in hope of clearing FIBA paperwork to make him play as a local. Filipino roots via his mum.

Phillipines basketball is corrupt, corrupt referees, corrupt officials and once betting gets involved anything can happen.

Let's hope that all chairs are bolted to the floor.
If they have any 'towel wavers' on their bench, towels should be checked for rocks

For a nation where basketball is as big as anywhere in the world (same level as say Lithuania in terms of popularity but with 35 times the population) they area a seriously ordinary team.

Height is one problem, but by no means solely justifies how ordinary they are.

Far out are you really comparing the Philippines population to Lithuania?

Reckon there's any difference in development, infrastructure and money in those countries?

I've got some old stickers they can have if that helps the situation?

Heard a rumour that Randle's wife is head of security at the game!

Head of catering.

I spoke with two coaches and several players after the game last year and they were scared for their safety. No one I talked to said they would ever go back. People coming out of the stands and throwing chairs and punches. If not for Longley knocking 10 guys off of one of ours under their basket that guy could have been killed. I think they need to re-evaluate. The fans will be drunk and looking for payback. Something bad happens and those who signed off on this need to be thrown out of the NBL.

I reckon organisers will ensure this will be incident free as the Philippines is already on notice by FIBA. They would do all they can to not get stripped of hosting rights for the 2023 World Cup.

Hope they taking Luc Longley over as addition security, saved CG43s life last time!

Would be funny if the Sixers started something and got them banned from hosting 2023.

Shouldn't be an issue as they should still have several years to serve on their international competition ban.

Anon - what international competition ban are you referring to? I think all suspensions have been served...

Would be funny if Bijan Johnson was playing there.

Security is top issue here. Why would you even consider if thats an issue. Surely confidence in game is guaranteed all ready. Important to maintain goodwill.

They had security guys last year. That worked out real good. If you played for very long you know that it can get out of hand real quick. And when you aren't really punished for that kind of behavior and every other guy in the stands knows he can come down and throw a punch or a chair and get away with it because everyone there thinks it's justified, any amount of security isn't enough. Any other country, maybe. But in the Philippines, with all those tiny little people feeling it's their duty to take up for their country, it is a situation that as a parent I would say "hell no" to my kid being there. Screw good will. Wasn't much good will going around that place last year. But I'm a lawyer, and I only hope if something bad happens, the parents call me. I would love to own the NBL.

Yeah well I'm a mermaid hunter.

Perthworld, I know you get tired of hearing this several times a day, but, go find your mommy, have her help you put your big boy pants on, and go play outside. So the grownups can talk. Maybe you can find some mermaids. That's a good boy.

Interesting that 36ers have put out a press release saying we are working on the risk and have not made anything concrete as yet.

I just like hmmmmm Philippines have just asked us to play some preparation games.

Last thing we will have the Boomers do, Hang on, lets send them Joey.

NBL and now Basketball Australia's number 1 bad guy.

Adelaide have absolutely nothing to gain from doing this, Philippines if well behaved gets the nod that they can be under control. Why are the 36ers helping them out here after what they did? Seems ridiculous...

The Boomers organised a hit out against the USA and Canada, the Philippines the Adelaide 36ers.

I expect the 36er players would prefer to be in Melbourne instead of Manila

No kickhurt no problem. Lmao. Kidding aside that's a good gesture on both sides. Forget the past and move on.

Those people here saying Philippine basketball players are dirty, I bet they only saw Philippines playing basketball in that one game, and have never seen or heard Philippines play in previous international tournaments. I would also guess they have not heard or read any news about Australia being called out as dirty in past international tournaments too. That brawl seen on TV was just the effect of something already boiling even before the start of the game. Boomers are still in state of denial that they were beaten by Japan before that and so cannot afford to lose the game. Gilas (Philippines) are being humiliated a day before that, during the game (verbally or psychologically), and the lopsided score. Thus, the sickening brawl instigated by Kickert. Basketball is a contact sport. It will easily turn to something else if attitudes and behaviours aren't checked. The friendly is a good move. Time to move on.

Can't believe they're still going to play those dirty little pricks over there. Steven Trigg should fly over on his own and stay there never to return. Phillipino basketball is a waste of time anyway. They'll never be any good to play against and they're terrible to watch.

Lets all get over gang bashing Australian players with chairs and blind sided assaults by Phillipino players, coaches and officials. Lets forget the selfies afterwards too. It's all about money right? Violence and corruption is all the sport has to offer in the Philippines and FIBA is a poor excuse for a governing body.

I am aware that I will probably get flak here since I'm from the Philippines. I personally say that I'd be more than happy to see the 36ers play Philippines.

Regarding the brawl, I personally prefer to put that in the past. It has been more than a year since that happened, but I do see why it's still fresh in memory.

Pogoy (the brawl-starter for me) is in the team, sure. I honestly think that he got bashed enough by his fellow Filipino players right after the brawl ended. I can't tell for sure whether he'll flare up another brawl, but I don't really care, since I personally dislike Pogoy.

I am well aware of the fact that our fans usually love to point out the sticker-removal and the Kickert elbow. IMO, I'm not taking sides on who's "right" here. I honestly cringe reading these fan's crazy tweets.

At the end of the day, I just love to see the Philippine team play with a team from Australia. Best of luck to you guys :)