Fair enough, let players know what is and isn't acceptable and then move on.

What did he tweet?

twitter.com/chomicide

too much to write in here

Anon get out from under the rock you've been living under

F-bombs eg:

chomicide THE MOST DANGEROUS 1
Gud foul. U get the balll back. Martin f----d the game up. Wtf was he Thinking
20 hours ago

Here's what he wrote (most recent at the top) -

chomicide Yardie
great win, great team effort, on to the next 1
17 minutes ago Favorite Reply

chomicide Yardie
Sumtimes the game needs pranksters. Things like this only make it fun, entertaining and memorable because the perth pussycats won't 4get dat
42 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
They can give it out but can't take it. And cry and whine about it. Man the fuk up. Just do something in melb. That's what I would have done
45 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
My manager got security to clean it off but security didn't see me do it. So he didn't kno for sure. wild cats too sensitive like women
46 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
When asked about the marker incident I denied it only to raise more speculation and hype which it did just that. I knew what I was doing
47 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
The refs did a good job tonite controlling the Game. I told them I'm not gonna get into it with any1 imma play ball tonite
50 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
Because they giv it to me. But they can't take it when sum 1 gives it to them. They play dirty and lucky the game was on TV
52 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
They can hoop but they act tuffer than they really are. So fuk perth their crowd and every chance I get imma give it to em
54 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
So I asked for a permanent marker and autographed my signature on k lisch and d martins face.
56 minutes ago

chomicide Yardie
thursday we had practice and thered a banner with lisch and Martins full body on it. As u all kno I don't respect perth bcuz they act tuff

So does anyone else think this whole thing was a beat up orchestrated by the two clubs (or at least Marvin with Williams) in order to generate noise?

Mystro, I would hope the players are old enough and sensible enough to work out for themselves what is acceptable and what is not. It doesn't say much for their professionalism and maturity when they need to be told what is acceptable. They give public interviews and don't use foul language, let them use that as a guide.

did any1 else see craig winder at the 36ers vs breakers game the other day

He is an immature Arenas want to be! The language shows his pure lack of class as a PERSON, jerk in my opinion. I always compare these 'stars' to Maher and how he handled himself on and off the court...all he was guilty of was some odd fashion sense ;)

Fizzle...never compare another player to Maher...he is one of a kind...

the league needs personalities and not all are going to be as good as the good man himself..

Corey has put the game back in the right light...

fizzle off if you can't handle the game in another light..

Sorry Gaze then...no no no, wait the entire Hall Of Fame class of the 80's and 90's. See someone like say Cal Bruton for example was a loud type, but he had class. This guy promoting his twitter like this just to go on and start swearing after he knew many would check, reaks of jerk. I love the game, and love the free to air attention the league is recieveing, but this stuff isnt good for the league long term IMO. Highlights on court are.

My impression of Homicide is of a guy who will do whatever to promote the game. I would have preferred him not to sign the Cats banner but I'm all for him encouraging people to go to his Twitter account etc. He wants to see basketball prosper in Australia and he is happy to attend clinics with kids etc, he did one in Flemington three weeks ago and has one coming up this Wednesday. I think the NBL needs the spotlight from time to time, the papers are full of AFL articles.

Here is my take on the impact of social media on sport if you haven't read it yet...

http://www.thebigtip.com.au/basketball/talk-or-tweet-impact-social-media-sport

Met Corey last week and he was an easy going guy who the kids love.Nothing was too much for him to do even though he'd been training for two hours.Having met many americans over the years he was a breath of fresh air.

Its no the twitter stuff in general, and the sigining the martin pic or whatever he did. Perth are jerks. Its the lurring fans and kids onto his account and then starts dropping F-bombs all over the place. Thats not basketball promotion.

The tweets I saw weren't full of swearing so my bad lol.
I was more referring to the NBL telling players that their own private social media accounts are deemed public domain and that the same rules apply as normal media ie t.v, radio, newspaper. Sure players should realize this and should behave as professional sportsmen regardless but if Cory could have refrained from swearing I could not really see much else wrong with his comments, sure they are just shit talking ect but at least he is passionate about his sport and the team he represents in it.

Oh the irony in that post Mystro - you are on your soap box about someone swearing on twitter, yet you yourself can't help but swear in your post!

I do not have a signed contract with any organization that stipulates how I should behave in the media so therefore I can say what I feel like in the public domain unlike NBL players.
Where is the said soap box that you refer to? I clarified where my earlier statements were coming from and also said that I didn't see much else wrong with his posts apart from the swearing.
Can you find one supporter of the NBL that thinks that it is totally ok for a pro athlete to swear his head off in a public domain and that the NBL as an organization should condone it especially as it frequented and easily accessible by younger children? If by thinking that is not really awesome behavior for a professional athlete I'm climbing on my soap box, so be it....

"his action probably also indicates his and many in the league's displeasure against Perth; he just had the balls to come out and show how he felt."

So by defacing Perth's property, denying doing it and accusing them of harrassing him, then coming out after saying he did do it and Perth need to toughen up, he is showing displeasure at Perth? Right....

I'm going to throw a brick through your lounge window tonight. When you call the police, I'll deny it, but then I'll finally admit to doing it, saying it was your fault anyway. Yes, that will sure make you look silly!

The Perth fan (Devlin) goes after every visiting import/player. Probably best to ignore him. Looks a bit like Clint Dogg actually.

prob a fair enough question to ask anon

The point about swearing in time-outs is valid. Must admit it made my kids look twice. Fines are the way to go with this stuff ..... or leave the mike out of it.

This whole thread has become a character reference for Williams. He was cautioned for using foul language. No one needs to use foul language to convey a message. Putting everything else aside about him and his basketball, he needs to choose his words carefully. That's all, very simple really.

> The Perth fan (Devlin) goes after every visiting
> import/player. Probably best to ignore him.
> Looks a bit like Clint Dogg actually.

It's not strictly imports he goes after, he tries it on with a few people and the ones that bite he tends to stick with forever.

> I heard the bold headed dude they were talking to
> at end of game was challenging Devendorf to take
> it outside after the game.

Asking a player to "take it outside" doesn't sound like his style at all though so I would say that is total BS.
He always keeps it calm & clean, and most people at the game could verify that because he is often audible from across the other side of the stadium. He is harmless - just loud and relentless.

Dan - didn't look like it was all 'calm and clean' at the end if the game last week though? That being said the players need to be able to just walk way from heckling from the sidelines, especially when they've got the win. Just smile, look up at the scoreboard and walk away - not many comebacks to that :)

Is he that much closer than front row at the 36ers behind the digital signage? People in those seats could reach someone standing out of court.

Not just the NBL either - NBA courts are crawling with people. Baseline is covered with seated photographers/etc. Hollywood seats are right on the court. The huge team entourages extend into fan areas.

Is this everyone's favourite Dome killjoy? ;)

Sorry to disappoint you Isaac but not me :)

That means you have competition as Stadium Pedant!

Original anon, no issue with what you've been saying. As you've said, it's the NBL and I don't think they'd call Perth into line.

How upsetting.

I clearly have to work to increase my killjoy factor.

Now where did that mascot go!? ;)