Utterly useless thread. NFI what you're talking about.

"Mmmmm - as opposed to using the guise of indiginous cultural engagement and reconciliation to promote 9 championships, 33 finals appearances and a heavy travel schedule on a singlet."

He said the above, absolute flog of the highest order, this was designed by a former indigenous elder who played for the wildcats. This mongrel is just salty that his team have 0 history to place on a jersey.

If the Sixers got grief for offering free tickets to an artist then this should get the same attention.

Wow thats very unprofessional and arrogant. Perhaps he should be more concerned about how he will keep the Kings momentum going in the next few years. One strong year on and off the court means you still have a long way to go yet. A bit too soon to be flexing your muscles just yet.

And try to show some respect to his competitors, who do a better job anyway.

Oh cool, anothet outrage of the week.

A nobody trying to be relevant.

and it's a very wealthy opinion not like most on here.

Was enough for wildcats to release an official statement.

Pretty disrespectful to release that statement publicly. The indigenous man who created the design has been strong leader in the community for many decades and an Order of Australia member.

Perth Wildcats Statement
The Perth Wildcats are appalled by the ignorant statements made via Twitter regarding its Indigenous Round uniform design.
The comments are both highly offensive to the Perth Wildcats and disrespectful to leading Australian Indigenous Statesperson, Dr Richard Walley OAM - who developed the cultural narrative and designed the uniform.
The Wildcats believe the comments have unfortunately tainted the inaugural NBL Indigenous Round, in what has otherwise been a significant step forward in the journey of reconciliation for clubs and fans.

If the NBL are going to turn a blind eye someone's got to call this out.

Ok - Im still a bit lost - probably because im missing some of the context here. What did the design look like?

Was Smith intimating the design wasn't really what the round was about and was more promoting the wildcats record of finals appearances?

love t o have someone fill in the blanks

This is what Smith has an issue with

He had an issue with losing the game so decided to make comments attacking anything he could to make himself feel better.

It's good to see a jersey with an actual meaning, rather than "Let's chuck a kangaroo on it"

Paul Smith accurately describes himself as a "simple bloke" and "know-it-all" in his Twitter bio.

The Wildcats believe the comments have unfortunately tainted the inaugural NBL Indigenous Round

Okay just checked officially it is but the NBL have been having a round where teams where indigenous jerseys for at least a couple of years now.

The Hawks initiated an indigenous themed game last season, and as a result of its success the league ran with it as a whole round this season

The round was great. Really enjoyed it. Won't do anything to the people on the trains demanding people to get off because they are on their land.

Offensive
Comments? How?
Silly and pointless comments? Yes.

Hard to see how the NBL can fine him though?

Perth is offended I guess.

Trashing an indigenous design, by an indigenous elder, that tells a story in an indigenous way...pretty offensive if you ask me.

I believe his (very poorly made) point was that the design should celebrate the local indigenous culture, and not Perth Wildcats basketball success. Still, he probably should have just kept that to himself, or said it to his mate sitting next to him instead. I have no problem with the design, but I do see where he was coming from also given the designs we were shown about other jerseys (although I only saw the Sixers and Taipans' stories myself, and didn't see the Wildcats one either - basing this on what I've read on Twitter).

I would love to see a king's jersey with their history, going broke and choking.

Hoping Sydney choke in playoffs.

Perths city jersey should be neck tattoos, utes, yobbos and mining tools.

At least Melbourne have AFL to look forward to.
Neither of their teams will be participating in playoffs.

Ever wonder why Perth fans are never happy?

https://7news.com.au/news/wa/wa-the-most-racist-and-least-happy-state-in-australia-report-finds-c-587048.amp

What a great place!

I would love to see a king's jersey with their history, going broke and choking.

Ever wonder why Perth fans are never happy?

https://7news.com.au/news/wa/wa-the-most-racist-and-least-happy-state-in-australia-report-finds-c-587048.amp

What a great place!

Perths city jersey should be neck tattoos, utes, yobbos and mining tools.

"https://7news.com.au/news/wa/wa-the-most-racist-and-least-happy-state-in-australia-report-finds-c-587048.amp"

Oof, and if you follow the link they surveyed a whopping 3,533 people nationally.

Well it seems you have all missed the way his comments shit all over what the NBL is trying to promote with Indigenous round. A rich white guy (through his tweeting) is telling a local Aboriginal elder what is culturally appropriate for him to represent in his local teams Indigenous jersey... I mean ffs it is the absolute opposite of unity. The wildcats history and connection to Aboriginal people is told through the jersey, it demonstrates unity by sharing in the teams success, not to mention the close links to the Wildcats origin and Western Australian Aboriginals were part of that origin. Yet (after a loss) the rich white guy dictates to the Aboriginal elder how to do his culture properly.... How anyone can support his comments shows a complete lack of understanding of what his tweet actually implied (at best) and at worst... i'll Leave that unfinished.

This guy couldn't be a bigger dickhead and it's getting worse and worse as the tail end of the season goes on...

Even if he thought that he had a valid point (which I don't think he did, several points missed, which were very obvious) he didn't have enough common sense to leave it until it wouldn't be perceived as sour grapes... Which just adds to the dickheadery...

Seriously, if I had any feeling for the Kings left this season, I'd be bigly embarrassed...

That being said, I don't know if the NBL can punish someone for being an insulting dickhead when it was directed more towards the organisation than the elder, even though it was hugely inappropriate and insulting to everyone involved... If they did that, then they'd have to bring in Bogues to the headmasters office a lot more often...

J, I thought you were talking about Trump for a while there. Just change a few words here and there, and there's no difference between them.

Ignorance doesn't really matter on hoops.com.au but it does when it's someone with his influence, so just educate the guy. Not much point fining someone who is too clueless to even understand what was inappropriate about their tweet.

Self-righteous indignation. Always the calling card for low IQ small-minded people. I don't like what you said does that mean you're bad and you should be punished. You sound like a bunch of five-year-olds.

Why have it as a round at all?

Seems to cause more problems than it solves.

The bottom line is why even tweet in the first place? What's the point

He would have been gold on Twitter

(terrible phrasing there. sorry!)

"I would love to see a king's jersey with their history, going broke and choking."

I know this was said as a facetious slight on the Kings, but it's actually a great idea. Paul Smith's opinion might come from a place of jealousy, but the idea to include the Wildcats history in the Indigenous round jersey was brilliant. The Kings story in Indigenous art form would be an even better story, structure-wise, than the monotonous success that is the Wildcats story. Kings have a legitimate 3 act structure in their storyline, including great highs (3-peat) and lows (underachieving, disappointing, overspending, folding). I don't how that story could be translated into art form, but if it is possible, it would surely be an interesting design. This would allow the Kings (Paul Smith) to take ownership and pride in overcoming their turbulent history rather than acting jealous of their rival's continued success.

"The plight of the Aboriginal people has been bad enough without adding Sydney's woes to it."

Oh snap, that's a drop the mic moment right there. :O

If I may summarise Smith's twitter response.

- I sent one of my staff with a WA connection to see if the Elder would talk to me.

- We agreed that I too had a passion to look forward to making a difference to indigenous communities (no details provided).

- My staff member emailed me that the Elder and I are now cool. (I am unsure why this is necessary given I just had that dialogue with the Elder.)

- I don't want to talk about this anymore. (Neither should anyone else.)

His daughter likes him...

No, seriously. His daughter likes almost every tweet of his.

Classy stuff. The very ppl offended and outraged now involve a family member.
Grow up kids.
Go after Paul all you like, why bring a family member into it?
You are hypocrites of the highest order.

"the Elder and I are now cool"

Wait, hold on, if Paul Smith and Richard Walley settled this privately, by actually engaging in a productive conversation, where opinions can be explored in greater detail with appropriate context, rather than in more ambiguous 280 character bites, how can we all continue our vicarious outrage? Can someone please trawl through Paul Smith's Twitter to find other controversial opinions so we have more reasons to cancel him?

"The very ppl offended and outraged now involve a family member."

You obviously need a reminder of the rules.
Rule 1: Everyone must hold the same opinion on any sensitive matters. Anyone who deviates from this must be cancelled (henceforth known as "The Cancelled"). Once this happens, it is best to label them the enemy using pejorative terms and block any constructive dialogue.
Rule 2: While we strive for all people to hold the same opinion, if we discover anyone who holds the same opinions as The Cancelled -- even if a supportive family member -- can suddenly be defined as an enemy and are therefore open to criticism and cancellation too.
Rule 3: Hypocritical rules are always permitted as long as you project someone, somewhere might possibly feel *gasp* offended.

"they make similar straw men arguments like rjd made above, where they call everyone snowflakes and virtue signallers while completely misrepresenting anything anyone has said."

Arguing strawman while doing a strawman. Is that a parody too?

"Self-righteous indignation. Always the calling card for low IQ small-minded people. I don't like what you said does that mean you're bad and you should be punished"

Wow, that's the best defence you could come up with it? Sad

The truth is like a lion. It doesn't need defending. You just have to let it loose and it will defend itself. But I think you just proved his point.

Been sanctioned. Comments found to breach the leagues code of conduct, fined $5000 with $2500 suspended for 12 months. The money donated to Australian Indigenous Basketball. Also suspended for 1 NBL game which has been suspended for 12 months.

Is this a punishment?

Thread re sanctions.