So Anticlimatic... but Yay. Ring ceremonies on first home game.

Congrats cats and cotton.

Very anti-climatic but the most logical result.

Anyone know what Rule 34 of the NBL Operations Manual says?

Wonder what happens to punters who put money on Sydney.

Does this move Gleeson into the title of greatest Perth coach ever? His record is phenomenal especially given the fallout with Nielsen and Forde too.

I would have been cool either way, I'm mostly glad that Cotton gets his GF MVP award.

If everything had gone by the book and the series had been canned with us at 2-1, I think no champion would have been the better outcome (which I have said here previously), but due to the way Smith and the Kings have tried to weasel their way through the past week, I'm a lot less reluctant to accept the Cats as champs.

Why is a French comic book being mentioned in here?

Initially I said the only fair outcome was a shared/drawn/no outcome- something equal

After reconsidering, I'm now sitting on the fence on this one. I don't have a strong opinion either way anymore.

Congrats Perth- the benchmark of the NBL.

Cotton well deserved GF MVP. I wouldn't have minded them awarding him even without awarding a champion, since he was by so far and away the best player it wasn't even a discussion.

Logic prevails. Perth were the far superior team in the playoffs and finals, Sydney chose to withdraw. Any other outcome would have been a farce. NBL consulted legal teams and others to come to this decision so it's probably less to do with what they "want" to do but what they "have" to do in this case.

Either way, for what it was there was some great basketball played in the playoffs and the finals. Put an asterisk next to the championship but we wont soon forget everything that surrounded it. An extraordinary set of circumstances for sure. If nothing else, I think the virus will make us all appreciate the glory of normality. Just finishing a series of basketball games as planned seems like a luxury of a bygone era right now. When we return to that normality we will appreciate it much more.

Hmmm,
A lot could be said about how we finally got it here, but that would be ungracious at this point, so I'll just say a fan's thankyou, and congratulations to the Cats.

Virus and empty stadiums not withstanding, its been a cracker of a finals. Semi's were awesome, and looked like they could have gone either way.

And The GF was incredible. Winning a 3 game series, by winning both away games, that's pretty special.

Oh, and congrats to Bryce Cotton. What a season he's had.
Father, MVP, and finals MVP. Hopefully he can top that off with citizenship and stay around for a long time to come.

Judge - Gleeson moved into the #1 slot for Perth coaches several years ago. Just using the simple criteria of being the only coach to win more than one title with Perth would do it, but he has brought a lot of stuff to the table.

Why is a French comic book being mentioned in here?

Rule 34 - If in doubt, give the rings to the Wildcats!

I notice the Cats have put little gold asterisks above the word champions on their merch just to keep everyone happy ;)

Winning a 3 game series, by winning both away games, that's pretty special.

Not really sure about this one. It would be interesting to read the Operations Manual, maybe that has a clear answer, but it doesn't feel right.

And any 'forfeit' claims are just stupid, even if being down in the series was on the mind of the Kings. If players weren't comfortable with the idea of having to play/travel/stay in the country for even a few more days or just didn't think it was worth it, that shouldn't be viewed negatively at a time like this.

The Kings decided to walk away from the series - the league had not cancelled it yet at that stage. They forfeited and Wildcats won on a walkover. It's pretty simple really.

Congrats Perth the right outcome and good to see SBS Viceland are replaying the SF and GF games next week.

The Kings didn't forfeit.

The series was cancelled at Game 4 due to uncontrollable events.

The series completed at Game 3.

The rest is just logical.

Thank you Kings for blocking every option provided by the NBL, this was going to be a great series, but you guys help ruin it for everyone.

But hey...like Paul Smith says you are the most consistent team in NBL history. You shatter even when stacked. Congrats.

See, even the neutrals agree.

*group hug*

Oh wait scratch the hugging bit. My bad.

Most surprisingly the NBL came to a logical and competent decision...

If you insist on the angle of forfeiting the Kings will use Corona as their defence.

All we need to say was it was completed earlier than planned (I'm all for an asterisk) and there was a clear 2-1 winner.

Question- Why is Cotton saying on his IG story- Congrats to Rhy Vague on his 4th Champion and "I'm never gunna catch him!- We know Rhy will prob go elsewhere next season and Cotton has a chance to win 3-4 more rings in the next few years (if he sticks around!!!). hmmmmm

Another neutral here that thinks this was clearly the only sensible decision *at this stage*.

Right decision was made, bad luck Kings historic season and deserved to be able to play out the series, but that was your call to make. Can't wait for 20/21.

Maybe the Cats can get their own court decal next year of "Title Town" with a nice big X in it. Meanwhile the Kings should be permanently removing that Hoops Capital crap off theirs

And the Kings will duly handover the Game 3 ball plus the Qudos nets?

Strong Hint from Cotton that he will be an Aussie soon?

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Offseason is here but the work is far from over... stay tuned.. I have something exciting for y'all on the way!

Maybe the Cats can get their own court decal next year of "Title Town" with a nice big X in it. Meanwhile the Kings should be permanently removing that Hoops Capital crap off theirs

Hopefully the banner is unveiled and rings received against Bogut, Ware and Sydney

And the Kings will duly handover the Game 3 ball plus the Qudos nets?

Re Smith, it's fine for Perth to have a good solid financial base but as soon as Sydney get one you are all whining. We need more owners like Smith in the league.

Wildcats whipped the Kings in the regular season, and again in the finals. Well done Perth Champions again.

What is the Kings' war cry next year? Go hard or go to Sydney? The Violet Crumbles? The Sydney Queens?

Re Smith, it's fine for Perth to have a good solid financial base but as soon as Sydney get one you are all whining.

Bryce being interviewed this morning on Nova after 8am WA, I'm sure they will ask him about his citizenship.

Congratulations on the title Perth Wildcats.

And it has to be said, that whilst it wasn't quite as expected, the final result was what we have been talking about all season with the Kings.

To their credit, they held onto top spot all season, and yes that has never been done before. But as we predicted, they weren't looking good towards the end.

Weaver had a stacked team, and did well, but when things got tough he was found out. Gleeson whinges too much on the sidelines, and needs to upsize his polo, but damn he can coach.

Bogut when healthy would still be the best player in the country, but he hasn't been 100% for a while. He was always going to struggle to consistently play starters minutes, and they don't have an effective backup. Hunter barely saw the court, and Elbows is a completely different style of player. Makes it hard when you're running two completely different systems, dependent on whether he's on the court.

To their credit, with guys like Bruce, Cooks, and Didi, they assembled admirable depth, but you can't disguise that Newley and Lisch's best days are behind them.

And whilst it may not have been pretty, and some guys still struggled, collectively Perth DID lift for the GF series.