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Wow. That was a lot faster than even I expected. What was he doing in a bar in the "early hours" the night before the team has a road trip to Perth?

Shouldn't be allowed in Perth

Breakers are a disgrace.

wow so many racists on here

Agreed with MACDUB. This is the NZ, not Australian, police. If it was just a scuffle they would have been pragmatic. An arrest is serious.

Why are people racist on here.
Wtf do you mean by that #613?
Nobody has mentioned race.

It looks like he's may be charged with assault with intent to injure. That’s more than just common assault or a scuffle. It sounds like he really hurt someone / some people. Up to 3 years imprisonment.

"or punch someone out, 50/50 whether its a Perth player or a Ref."

You forgot to include teammates too

Why would you wait until he's back from Perth? The Breakers need to show some integrity and axe him immediately

Haha wow... not surprising at all!

Proves how stupid the Breakers for signing this walking red flag

Innocent till proven guilty.

He might be innocent in a court of law. Doesn't mean the Breakers have to retain him.

I think the out drinking late in a nightclub ahead of a tough road trip when they're trying to get their season back on track is enough to axe him forget what happens with the arrest.

This is all over the media in NZ.

Maybe this is part of Walsh's grand plan. Stay in the news each week, stay relevant, sell tickets. Attendance is up, even if everything else is down.

Don't teams frown upon in season nightclub trips.
Shouldn't the breakers punish him for that alone.

Walsh would have suspended Rice, but he was already suspended himself.

Rice Jr is misunderstood is is renown for playing peacemaker. Look at how he kept Abercrombie out of trouble after the Madgen flop that got RJ kicked last week.

Walsh has said he's innocent until proven guilty, which is fair enough

"Well that didn't take long just 2 games."

I saw the way he fouled out in the first game. It was obvious, that he clearly had, had enough.
Piss poor. IMO

I love how the NBL had to step in an make a decision for the basket case of a franchise

That is some bullshit, screws my fantasy team. Fuck you NBL.

This is not the right call for the league to make.

They oversee a basketball competition.

They should not make legal, moral or ethical decisions of this nature.

This is a massive overstep.

Breakers should seek an injunction.

If they were playing anyone other than Perth he would have played. They need Perth to win to keep up with the inflated rosters of Sydney and Melbourne.

I can't help but thinking that if Walsh hadn't ripped into Loeliger this may not have happened.

How dumb is Rice? He couldn't even keep his shit together for two weeks.

Maybe the Breakers should have suspended him (lots of people speculating on the facts). But it is not the leagues place to do so.

It will look stupid on the league's part if there is not much to this and it has been blown up beyond proportion. But given Rice's history and Walsh's reputation, one could argue the league has taken a positive proactive step (In case things are even worse than the speculation).

"If they were playing anyone other than Perth he would have played. They need Perth to win to keep up with the inflated rosters of Sydney and Melbourne."

Oh dear.

Hood rat, son of multiple all star and maybe HOF player, strongly doubt he grew up in "hood". Probably still got your price tags on your Anthony Davis jersey if you don't know his dad. Ps, the junior part gives it away.

Rice Sr must be ashamed of Rice Jr.

What happened to innocent till proven guilty, yes Rice is a stupid f..kwit but if it's proved not guilty, where does the league stand then.

The wildcats kept Tiny Pinder which makes the 1991 title tainted as he was found guilty in 1992 wrecking Perth's chance of a three peat.

" What happened to innocent till proven guilty, yes Rice is a stupid f..kwit but if it's proved not guilty, where does the league stand then."

They can probably rely on the precedent in De Belin v NRL. De Belin didn't play the entire 2019 NRL season even though his case still hasn’t gone to trial?

Either way, I think the league has only stood down Rice from this game while everyone gets more information. I imagine that will all come out this week. If Rice is in trouble then the leagues actions are justified. If this turns out to be not much then the league might look a little silly especially given how crucial this game was for theBreakers.

"It will look stupid on the league's part if there is not much to this and it has been blown up beyond proportion. But given Rice's history and Walsh's reputation, one could argue the league has taken a positive proactive step (In case things are even worse than the speculation"

No that arguement is wrong. History and reputation are irrelevant. Innocent until proven guilty.

^^^
I agree, it's not up to the league to play policemen, a bar room skirmish isn’t rape or murder. NZ though should kept an eye on him though so he was at home and not night clubbing.

"isn't rape or murder"
If you're saying "innocent until proven guilty" then on that logic rape or murder should be treated the same way.

The fact is, he's been charged by NZ Police with a serious offence involving violence, and his participation in the match would be bad for the Breakers and bad for the league. It sounds like the Breakers were hoping they could close their eyes and do nothing until after the match - this is not OK.

This is sad - in the past the Breakers have been one of the best-run clubs with a strong family focus. What does it say about the club's values that they were prepared to basically ignore this and just wait and see?

"t's not up to the league to play policemen"

The league has a different set of rules that they expect players to follow ie the Code of Conduct. If they decided he broke that, then they are absolutely within their rights to act.

Not just that, but it was absolutely moronic for the Breakers NOT to suspend him.

"No that arguement is wrong. History and reputation are irrelevant. Innocent until proven guilty.“

A lawyer might suggest you consider the concept of “propensity" under NZ law.

The lesson to be learnt is, if you're going to get arrested for fighting, then do it during the NBL off season

Take out from all of this.....NZ are a basket case. Abercrombie must be wondering what the hell he has gotten himself in to.

"Corey Webster was charged with Assault after a fight in a bar in 2016, he wasn't stood down by the league."

Webster hadn't arrived in the country only ten days prior, with a history of violent incidents both on and off the court.

Those are really good points Mystro. Arguably, the precedent is that the justice system takes it course. Unless, of course, this "scuffle" was so bad that it was well way beyond those events. But it's not likely it is. If it was Rice jnr would be locked up or if out would have his passport surrendered.

I wonder if the league is after Walsh now. I don’t know how they justify the $3k fine and one game suspension on appeal given the wet bus tickets handed out in the past.

Pretty sure smoking weed is not in the same category as numerous violent indiscretions.

Apparently Rice couldn't sleep and wanted something to eat. So he went all the way from the North Shore to Auckland’s CBD to an area with several night clubs, including strip joints and brothels.

And then he has the gall to ask for a second chance when his scuffle resulted in an ambulance being called.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2019/11/basketball-breakers-bad-boy-glen-rice-jr-apologises-for-arrest-awaits-court-date.html

Rice must think New Zealanders and Australians are stupid. But the person who really must think we are stupid to make us all put up with this shit is Matt Walsh.

If Walsh was just an employee I’d be asking for his resignation.

Mayberry was in nz reffing the womens Olympic qualifying games.

Matt Walsh, this was so dumb. This has distracted the team and ruined the reputation of the Breakers even if you had already ruined yours. From an on court point of view, surely you could have picked up a decent 4/5 who would have helped plug the inside in Loe and Delany's absence that wasn’t a total basket case off the court. Now you have to waste unnecessary time and money supporting someone, which will further distract the team when it needs all hands on deck to get its season on track. I hope you have finally learned your lesson.

" I wonder how the key sponsors are feeling along with Hamptons family & agent?"

Say goodbye to another Next Star.

NFL have been running for years with all media is good media. So many people who never achieved anything ready to put the knife into the breakers. A bad call on Rice by the looks of it but they've had no luck at all on injuries, a few calls against them and some close losses. Hopefully the breakers will be fine and it’s good for the competition to have a strong NZ.

I think its clear now that Walsh has got zero plans in place to curb player behaviour.

Bring back Cedric Jackson. Make NZ great again!

Glen Rice Jnr pleads not guilty.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/117554825/nz-breakers-recruit-glen-rice-jr-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge

This makes things a little bit interesting. The case won't be heard until February 2020. Does BA now uplift the sanction at least until the trial?

And here's an idea NZ. Don't f..k Braswell over. Can't help but think the Karma train pulled into Auckland station.