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Breakers imploding

"Vodanavich is young and doesn't know any better"

Lol the guys like 25, i think he knows that you shouldn't get drunk and act like a tool on a plane.

Anyway I would have thought drinking multiple drinks straight after a game on a long flight isn't exactly ideal recovery for a pro athlete and probably something the club would tell them not to do. Not surprised his fat ass had a few drinks though.

Breakers off court dramas directly follow on court performances. Losing brings out the worst in all aspects of an organisation. Recruitment is vital to success. Bradley is a useful athlete. He has a glaring weaknes defensively when he gets caught in on ball switches. He does not know what to do or he has never been shown what to do. Cotton, Melo, Casper just expose him. Henry tries hard but he shoots so poorly it puts all the pressure on Webster, who has played really well but can't carry all the offence. Hopson is a our best player. He's good but the jury is still out on whether he is a franchise player or not. Abercrombie shoots well but needs someone to set him up. Throw in a point guard still developing his game and management without a philosophy it is a recipe for trouble. Against Perth I thought they bonded together pretty well and stayed in the game longer than most expected. If they can build on this they can at least be a spoiler and pinch some games.

I agree. Taken in isolation, this would be a minor incident, but with everything else going on around the club it's made it a complete shitstorm

Apparently Vodanavich's cardinal sin was being too loud on the flight whilst people around him slept.
The league should probably stand him down for a couple of games....

Hampton has signed on for 2 seasons with NZ, Adelaide have zero chance he plays for them.
If he gets drafted, Breakers get a buyout.

You forgot Richard Clarke.

Rice was promised a walk on role for the new upcoming Lord of the Rings movie. Is that now out the proverbial window?

What a shame. Rice could have learnt the art of glassing from the locals to add to his repertoire.

MACDUB they took the only non-stop flight from PER to AKL. There's no morning option.

The game was at 7pm New Zealand time, too, so it would make sense to simply not adjust to the new time zone at all.

"They were on a red eye flight home from Perth,"

Flight left before 7pm local time, not what I'd call the red eye."


The flight is literally the most red-eye flight you'll see.
Remembering the time difference, it leaves 6.50pm local time and arrives in NZ at 6am local time. And only 6 hours travel time so not enough for a full night's sleep.

I'm surprised they don't actually stay the night in Perth (go to sleep early, wake up early), get a good sleep, and recovery, and take the morning flight back (no need to acclimatise back to NZT so quick when their next game in Adelaide 6 days later). I guess the red-eye may be cheaper?

It was an Air NZ flight.

Honestly didn't know who he was until yesterday when i was wondering who the fat bloke on the court with 4 fouls and no points or rebounds at the time was.

Always suspected Walsh would be a bad owner. #spideysense

Word starting to surface that his drink may have been spiked. No idea how that could even be plausible.

The fact he's drinking multiple drinks on a red-eye flight says quite a lot.

We're missing strong, veteran leadership that will keep the team accountable. Abercrombie's mild-mannered but don't know how he'd keep the team accountable (compared to Boucher, Henare, Vukona, CJ).

If Hampton survives the year with all this, there won't be many worse off-court situations in the NBA, surely..

Sleeping pills and booze can definitely be a bad combo (probably take more than a couple of drinks). It's also an often-used excuse however. Don't know anything about Vodanovic or his history but the timing is atrocious if nothing else.

Walsh fibbing again to make situation look better?

The whole sleeping pill angle sounds ridicolous.

Can someone enlighten me as to whether this is possible e.g have 2 drinks and a sleeping pill and apparently not remember anything and act up (he must have had to act pretty bad for the police to be called)

Sounds like another cover.

This is even worse that it basically happened around staff and players. Talk about unprofessional.

Offer Vukona a development coach role for next season. Leadership is lacking. Abercrombie might be too mild mannered to deal with all of this

He should have been pulled into line by a senior player or staff.

Cos Walsh is great at remaining calm and even minded in a crisis.

LV made a funny!

If Matt Walsh had been there to provide some strong leadership, this might not have happened

They were on a red eye flight home from Perth, most of the players and staff were asleep.
Vodanovich took a sleeping pill and had a couple of drinks and it affected him adversely.
He was spoken to by police upon landing and no charges have been laid.
Walsh has said he faces internal punishment from the club but it was out of character so they will be standing by him.

Minor incident, no charges laid, who cares?

Walsh, wearing his cap will be on radio shortly to discuss with Casey frank.

Jeezus.

Was he sitting next to Rice?

Is it normal for players to drink to excess on flights? I would have thought a teammate or staffer would've put a stop to it before it got to the point where police would be called. Seems insane

oh how the great and mighty breakers have fallen so bad. 4 out of 5 chips and 5 out of 6 grandies between 2011 and 2016... and now this disaster of a season. The blackwells must be rolling in their post-ownership graves

Saw this guy taking free throws at the end of the game, noticed he had a gut and was wondering how he was on an NBL roster. Now we know where the gut has come from. #nolongerwarriors

I wonder how him and Rob Loe get along.

OK Poindexters, here's my challenge for you all. Nominate your all Star team Sixers from the last decade of Sixers teams. That is Season 2003/04 to the current 2012/13. Starting 5 and bench 5. If you want to be nasty, then you can nominate your "Scream Team" of the worst Sixers, but don't blame me in any legal proceedings.
You have 3 coaches to pick from and he needs two assistants. (Obviously Marty gets one definite vote)

Probably only lock in would be Brett Maher (c) and Jared (Team Manager)

I think the list to pick from is:

Brett Maher
Brett Wheeler
Martin Cattalini
Paul Rees
Mark Nash
Willie Farley
Oscar Forman
Jacob Holmes
Charles Thomas
Dusty Rychart
Darren Ng
Brad Hill
David Cooper
Lanard Copeland
Matt Sutton
Nick Horvath
Erik Burdon
Jordan Dodman
Adam Ballinger
Axel Dench
Brad Davidson
Neil Mottram
Mike Chapell
Julius Hodge
Brad Gerlach
Shane Breheny
Luke Schenscher
Aaron Bruce
Mark Tyndale
Paora Winitana
Ryan Kersten
Peter Hoban
Rod Grizzard
John Gilchrist
Cortez Groves
Matt Burston
Nathan Herbert
Chris Molitor
Tom Garlepp
Troy De Vries
Craig Winder
Rhys Carter
Daniel Johnson
Jeff Dowdell
Sam Harris
Mitchell Creek
Tom Daly
Eddie Shannon
Ron Howard
Jan Warbout
Nathan Crosswell
Steven Weigh
Diamon Simpson
Chris Warren
Everard Bartlett
Wade Helliwell
Matthew Lycett
Adam Gibson
Jason Cadee
Anthony Petrie
Adam Doyle
Scott Christopherson
CJ Massingale
Pero Vasiljevic

(Apologies to anyone who donned the singlet and is not listed)