All star w/e should be state of origin

I agree with State of Origin plus 2 imports max per team,

West(WA/SA/NT/Vic) vs East(QLD/NSW/ACT/TAS,NZ)plus 2 imports from the club they are currently playing for example Kevin Lisch would play for West because he plays for Perth.

I wouldn't suggest an All-Star format until the league develops more under FTA TV.

You might get sellouts in Challenge Stadium or the Dome, but wouldn't assume that the Cage or SEC would fill up instantly for an NBL all-star game.

I'd give that format another year and see how one season on FTA would work for the league.

Agree in point with needing the likes of Hodge/Homicide in the league as they do push the level of the game up; but you'll be hard pressed finding a coach willing to take them on and designing their offensive around either of them. That's the only let down. Most coaches seem to want a balanced offense, not a "HE decides where the ball goes" offense.

If an All-Star game costs the league money or considerable effort, I wouldn't bother with it. Rarely as highlight filled as the NBA equivalent (when I think NBL All Star game, I think of Tony Ronaldson jacking threes), a bit flat in terms of crowd atmosphere, etc. If One will cover it and ticket sales cover player flights/accommodation and so on, then sure, but otherwise I think it could be a distraction from things the league could work on otherwise.

My main point is that if it costs them money, it needs to bring serious results or it could be used towards something that might bring the league more attention.

One thing that worked about HSH was that the prizemoney meant that players were competing fairly seriously rather than trotting up and down to jack shots and fumble alley oops.

I think the State of origin concept needs some more work!

You can't have a state of origin where both QLD and NSW are on the same team as well as VIC and SA.

I've always wondered how an Old vs Young (Vets vs Up and comers). In the NBA it would remove the East vs West and allow guys like Pierce and Kobe to be on the same team. Imagine Kobe, Pierce, Duncan, Dirk, Nash, Kidd vs LeBron, Howard, CP3, Melo, Durant, Rose etc.
That would be fun to watch.

Now, that could be interesting. Can't tell me that Goulding wouldn't want to show up Harvey, or Webster vs Bruton, or Wagstaff vs Redhage, and so on. Both sides would have a real point to prove.

Above 28 vs 28 and under (or something).... There's some merit there for the players to enjoy it, and it would also split the supporters fairly well.

Agree with Isaac though, it has to be a break even event at minimum, if it costs anything to produce, then I agree it's probably money better spent anywhere.

Big Marty - sell out at the dome, >7.5k, vs not sell out at the cage, <4k. Why would you even consider Melb as a place to host, when their stadium is that small. For what it's worth, I don't think you'd sell out the Dome though....

I think you'd get under 3k at the Dome to be honest. Could make tickets heavily subsidised for 36ers members or something to provide them with some incentive to go.

I don't know how many we got to the last all-star game at the dome, but it was certainly not a big crowd, by any stretch.

Great post anon. Get yourself an alias so we can keep an eye out for your posts in the future!

When you post, where it says "Name", just enter an alias there and (if cookies are enabled in your browsers) it'll remember it.

To touch on one part of the above anon post - "sustainable teams" is all that is needed. Let's forget the hype for a couple of years, make sure that the existing teams are going to be around for more than a couple of seasons, build some rivalries from the on court performances, and that gives the forgotten fans something to identify with.

I am so concerned that CH10 is going to screw it up again. If they promote the game as a crazy, funky, rap-music, street-talking highlights reel, then we won't have advanced at all from the mid-90's.

For three minutes in each half, when the backboard lights up green, I'll give you four points for each element of punctuation you use in your posts. ;)

Hey anon, sorry you didn't like the joke.

No All-Star Game. I went to the one in Adelaide in either 2005 or 2006 and I can't remember a single thing about it.

I remember Farley at the Dunk comp jumping over some kid, that's about it.

He jumped alongside the kid rather than over him.

Ahhh, it was all in the angles!

Hey Isaac,
Dont worry, anonymous will be back.

Geez Anon u are sensetive. Bring the bat & ball back & harden up a little bit! Its all fun!