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Joey Wright cast as villain by NBL

All those pictures above are fine. They're funny because they come from a rival fan not a professional organization that he has to pay fines to when they rule he is being unprofessional. Who makes these knobs pay fines for being unprofessional?

Perthworld

Without a doubt, these are your most valuable contributions to any thread. Loved the Dr Evil.

and characters.

"The issue is it isn't a tv show or movie, "

It is, you need people to watch to make money. And people like storylines

I’m not saying that it is because they didn’t run with it. I’m saying it could’ve been.

Anything like this just feeds the fire for Joey to maintain the siege mentality and pass on to the team how everyone is against them and they need to fight against the evil corporation known as the NBL.... Yawn

LMAO! So I act like a tool, someone calls me a tool, and I am defamed? And that's voice of reason? Are you REALLY that dumb, both of you?

The voice of reason has spoken.

It's just a storyline to pump up interest. Like a movie or TV show. It doesn't actually effect the calls in the game.

Udog, are you saying that Adelaide acts professionally, or are there different standards when you are on the flip side? Were you under a rock for the last week? The season? Last season? The history of Joey with the franchise?

I honestly don't see how that snippet villainises Wright.

It uses the word Villain yes, but it is framed within the context of a (potential) promo, probably one of many iterations of promos.

If he said that "Joey Wright is the NBL's public enemy #1 and all calls are to go against him and the Sixers' then yes we have a story.

Nobody is worried if rival don't like him. A professional organization should try and be professional though. It wasn't just him saying the officials wouldn't talk. Most coaches and quite a few players seem to have been of the same opinion over the years. The NBL moved to silence commentators, coaches and players a while back.

No your right. We should all be singled out and victimized.

Everyone deserves a fair and equal work place. This shows pettyness and bias. It seems to have started with his frustrations at inept officiating and lack of proper communication to coaches and clubs and has certainly grown over the years. He has done so well developing young blokes rather than poaching talent. He also had less cash to intice players to the club. Adelaide wouldn't be in the top 4 for spending on player salary I'd dare to say. I like how he stands up to the NBL and tells it how it is. I also like the passion from the coach and players as it probably helps them compete against more "stacked", wealthy teams. Unfortunately the passion and frustration has led to some over the top incidents that haven't had great results.

Real first world problem this is....move on and take a breath.

Give that man a white fluffy cat to stroke on the sidelines.

Its an easy angle for the production staff to use as Joey creates the "Us against them" persona all by himself

If it was never intended as a tweet why does it look exactly like a tweet?

Are they wrong though? Look at Joey and his team’s behavior. If they’re telling a narrative they’re just using what Joey gives them

It wasn’t intended as a tweet. They are planning storylines for their season media angles.

The NBL money making machine. Maybe there's been more going on behind the scenes between Joey and certain people involved with running the NBL. Obviously not the same rules for everyone.

It’s from a production meeting but it wasn’t actually used? So what’s the story here?

I must be the only person in the world who doesn't know. Who is the coaching staff for the Boomers this year?