They're taking the piss, surely?

"It's been addressed, we have coordinated with the arena, the Wildcats and the league," Walsh told Basketball Forever. “The issue has been closed so I’m not sure what the relevance of this is.”

Playing dumb, or actually stupid?

Clickbait CRAP

"They're taking the piss, surely?" Literally taking the puss

the Nbl is behind all this, they're desperate for a Sydney-Melbourne grand final. it's a CONSPIRACY!

But, but what about that 36ers development player last year?

Agree on Basketball Forever, absolute junk. Please nobody publicise their garbage here again

Agreed: Basketball Forever is trash, but they did provide direct quotes from Walsh.

I can't wait for what they get up to next.

Walsh seems like he has his own problems tbh. His behaviour is attention-seeking, unpredictable and unmeasured. Why on earth would you bring up Fitchett and drag his name through the mud? Or Ta Rangi or Illi, all on completely unrelated matters to the alcohol incident? What owner has such poor self-control he feels the need to start a heated argument in the middle of a game?

It's really simple. If your culture is so brilliant, why can not a single quote or reference be found to credit it? If there are so many ongoing issues then it cannot just be other people's faults. The problem clearly lies with Walsh too but on record he doesn't seem to realise this.

NBL let anyone who has cash buy into the league.....it certainly add's an interesting element to the league thats for sure!

What's concerning is Walsh thinks everything is OK since the bill has been settled.

Can he be anymore ignorant of the underlying issues?

I think we need to remember Webster's character when he offers his character endorsement for the team.

Drug taking.
Multiple assault convictions.
Alleged infidelity.

"It's been addressed, we have coordinated with the arena, the Wildcats and the league," Walsh told Basketball Forever. "The issue has been closed so I'm not sure what the relevance of this is."

1. Why didn't Walsh just say that he paid for player's drinks if that's all it was? No controversy in that.
2. Why was the league involved if Perth Arena didn't take "issue" with it?
3. How do so many coincidences and/or misunderstandings keep happening to one club?

Why would a NZ Breaker steal alcohol?

Must be the only man in NZ to not operate his own perfectly legal small scale alcohol still. It's a regular industry there.

According to the link Webster pulled so hard on the dude's real beard that tufts of hair came out. Ouch.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/basketball/news/article.cfm?c_id=21&objectid=12288514

Corey Webster
"We were leaving the Perth Arena and I asked the staff if I could take a bottle of water. They said, 'yeah, sure' and then the guy next to the lady said, 'do you want to take some beers?'.

"I didn't take any myself but some of the guys said, 'yeah' and took some. Then a second load of our team came through and saw some guys in front with some drinks and they said, 'can we take some'.

"The guy was on the phone at this time and said, 'let me ask my manager'. He hung up the phone and said, 'yep, that's fine' and they took some. So there definitely, 100 per cent, was nothing taken without asking, or stolen - I can vouch for that with my own eyes and ears, I saw the whole thing."