NZ & Gold Coast will be next. Look to see the league cut down to 8 teams, folded and relaunched into the biggest basketball in the market in the world right now....CHINA!!!!!!!!!

The A-League do very well with 8 teams - the NBL could survive with 8 to 10. better quality ball - better product.

china don't need no fool NBL ... China alredy got there own thrivin league n dey also got Yao !!!! .. wat de NBL gonna add ??

de problem is de FTA channels dont giv a rats ass about bball !!! dey do like aussie rules n tennis n swimmin though !!!

The issue is not if the NBL can survive with 8 teams . This seems to have been decided .

The question is who will the 8 teams be and who will decided to leave the NBL next ?

A-League is getting a new Queensland team this season or next.

They also announced the other day they will have a women's league.

A-League soccer is growing and basketball needs to be re-launched.

is playa really mr T ?

i pity the fool

I suggest we take it back to the playground so playa can win 'king of the court'

Adelaide would never not have a team in the NBL, it has had the highest or near highest crowd averages in the last 10 years.

The A-League started with ten teams but they want 12 in two years time and eventually a two-tier league.
Having eight teams in the NBL won't work.

I would like to see a 10 team League with a view of no expansion for a minimum of 5 years.

I would go with
Adelaide
Perth
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Cairns
Townsville
Gold Coast
Wollongong
and one other - Either a 2nd Melbourne team or New Zealand

If only 8 teams I would ditch Gold Coast and the other team.

Each team plays each other 4 times. Meaning 36 games in total each (18 home games)

An enforced Salary Cap of a similar amount as now ($700K) along with 1 Marquee player (Aussie or Import) that is excluided from the cap.

Keep it in the Summer.

Final 5. Play it the same as SANFL finals are done except best of 3 instaed.

Possibly best of 5 for Grand Final.

Start getting everything in place NOW for the next season. Have a massive re-launch about a month after the end of the current season.

Hold a Pre-Season tournement to gain interest a couple of weeks before the season starts.

Sorry, if this is a bit all over the place, I have been trying to do it inbetween bosses looking over my shoulder.

16 teams with import restrictions open to asians and southern hemisphere players, make it the asian superleague it should be:

sydney1
sydney2/NZ team
ais/canberra - aussie players under 21
wollongong
adelaide
melbourne1
melbourne2
tasmania
gold coast
brisbane
townsville
cairns
perth
darwin
jakarta
singapore

i pity the fool who doesnt have high ambitions for the 'NBL'

there is no way that australia would join asian league, this would then mean the National Teams would have to qualify for the olympics via Asia. This is not the preferred option of BA, they prefer Oceania.


Secondly there is no chance the GC will be going anywhere as its a growth area and there crowds. Teams facing the axe would be, hawks or breakers.

The 6ers could if they dont find an owner.

How strong is ball in NZ?
I would've thought an OZ vs NZ set up moreso than vs China!

'playa' cannot be Mr. T.

There is too much Jibber Jabber from the crazy fool......

The NBL to join with the chinese or Asian comps?

Baaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahah..cough...weeze..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahah!

What could we bring to the table apart from players, of which they will pinch from us anyways? Sponsorship? Dollars? Expertise in running the NBL? An emerging economy? A huge population surge?

Big phat NO to all of the above.

The NBL is a dead duck.

How long do the sixers have to find a buyer?
What are the reasons for the sale- is it Groves' issues also, and if so, why do you guys get more time than us- shouldn't it have only been until 30th June?

More time than who? Sydney or Brisbane? Maybe because he's not actually saying that he'll give up the license if no buyer is found, as was said in the case of Brisbane. At the moment, it is nothing to do with the NBL.