by no stretch of the imagination is this an ideal situation for basketball in our country.
i am not suggesting that for one moment.
having played,coached,umpired,been in administration and most of all have had the game running through my veins for 40 years..... i feel the blows.
the playing standard of our national league has been one of the higher ones around the world.
it also hasnt stacked up financially for a long long time and was only a matter of time before it collapsed,much like the current WFC.
it is going to go back to its bare bones right now, and b/a is hopefully going to turn negatives into positives.
i think we should go back to one import,there are plenty of naturalised players here now anyway.
maybe the AIS kids should be spread through rosters as 9 and 10 spots,giving them a taste of it in a semi professional atmosphere.
maybe a draft situation should be run through the AIS system, further enhancing that programe.
i really believe that the next era of australian basketball is about our junior ranks being exposed to the new nbl.