No - completely stuffed.

Wasn't there an announcement about the future of the GCB a few weeks ago? Or has this announcement been delayed that long?

That was when the creditors had their meeting and agreed to a certain % payout on the money owing.
When (IF)the club folds tomorrow, that all goes out the door.
The Tomlinsons had to put in $330,000 to cover those pay outs and retain the licence. The date for that was 30th June. Seeing as everyone left got sacked, I guess that meant they weren't putting it in.

"Secret investor meeting in a secret place tonight"...??? What a load of..........

Wortho already saying "they, them etc" and not "we and us".

Making the Tigers look like a well-planned operation.

Wortho on Twitter:

How they can make those people wait another 24 hours on top of what they have already waited is beyond me. At this stage they have to know!!

"I would say everybody will be with the team next season bar Wortho. We wouldn't sign them for one dollar less than what they were on contract for. Those guys loved being here."

Who cares.............The Blaze are a joke - kick them out. Someone from BA needs to be made accountable for not enforcing the $1 miilion bank gtee.

The entire situation is a disgrace. I feel sorry for the players and staff and fans but these owners should not have the option of trying to rebuild

R.I.P Blaze.. Feel sorry for their front office & players

Dead. Like the NBL is heading.

@danielmeers: "Blaze investor was unable to produce the funds. The club now has until July 13 to find a new investor or it will fold #NBL"

The Blaze need a miracle and won't get it. They dont have the community ties to get a community ownership model up and running in 2 weeks - what investor will bail out and organisation that has already burnt $12million and still flat broke ?

If someone does stand up - hopefully its from Brisbane and the license gets transferred back to the Bullets.

Wortho off to Ukraine ?

Wondered if Petrie could be the Sav succession plan at the Hawks?

lol... wrong thread, Anon?

Out of all the players, I'd love Petrie (having to be re-rated down a point to 7, to take over from Silent Bob) in purple and gold to provide more front court depth, but Hammer has confirmed via the twitter that the Kings roster is full up... MOST disappointing that it's been filled with less than stellar players when this was a possibility...

ESPECIALLY when other bottom teams from last season like Adelaide and Melbourne have looked to make big changes and improve, and while it's still up in the air as to exactly how those players will all work together, the injection of one or two of the now out-of-contract Blaze players will most likely pull all that together and solidify the talent base even more, with only one or two teams clearly apart from the rest, at the wrong end...

At least we no longer need to see that underperforming useless Head Coach Joey Wright.

Worthington has said tp people on the Coast that a contract in Italy is almost a done deal. (apparently)
Is there any such thing as an "almost done deal"?
To me it's either signed or not.

Almost done deal would more than likely mean agreed in principal just ironing out a few finer details.

Well if the Blaze fold, in the short-term its not good for the image of the league, but in the long run 3 teams in Queensland outside of Brisbane was always too many.

If investors in Brissie and Melbourne can just get it together, that would take us back up to 10 teams again and I think it would be a nicely balanced league then.

Well with Keneally coming in from outside hopefully she will iron out the politics between bids and get to a point where strong bids can come from both cities. I am more confident about Melbourne though but it seems with the right leadership from BA there is potential in Brisbane.

I also hope KK engages in some meaningful dialogue with the Wellington people to see if there is actually some potential there, and if there is get something moving. A team there would bring more TV coverage which is so valuable.

Yes, thinning out the Tall Breakers would be advantageous... Does anyone know if any of the current Breakers have any Wellington area ties? If not, why would they bother relocating and breaking up a quality team? (just playing devil's advocate)

Isn't part of the problem witht he Brisvegas bids more that there hasn't been a lack of options but more a lack of funds? People say get the investors from Brisbane, but I seem to recall that they have been very thin on the ground with the last few bids...

And even if you CAN get the money, didn't Brisbane have the pre-season tournament last season (with Gold Coast) and have barely anyone turn up?

I agree that we need a team located in that area to service the NBL fans of a wider area even down to NSW (I know some people located in northern NSW that travel to SE QLD to watch games, and did it myself from a similar area when I was in high school) but we're kidding ourselves if getting a team back in Brisbane will be financially viable easily...

whats the problem with the Breakers having a heap of NZ national team players in their squad? as mentioned before NZ are a below average team filled with guys who are NBL role players at best?

Cedric Jackson (MVP calibre Import)
CJ Bruton (an old Man who can shoot a 3)
Darryl Corletto (discarded Tigers bench player)
Thomas Abercrombie (NBL 1st Team and home grown talent)
Dillon Boucher (old role player)
Leon Henry (Crap according to most posters on here)
Mika Vukona (NBL role player)
BJ Anthony (has been described as a scrub on here)
Gary Wilkinson (NBL 2cnd team douchebag Import)
Alex Pledger (hardly rated by many on here compared to other players in his position).

yet back 2 back championships and none of these guys would make the Boomers who are apparently an "above average" International squad. Sydney and Melbourne have comparable populations to the whole of NZ yet neither of their teams seem to be overly stacked with local players nor is anyone wanting to dilute their squads.

Wookie, none of the current Breakers Squad have strong ties to the Wellington Saints.

they don't need to pinch Breakers but then you named 2 of the Breakers development players Anon? Loe grew up in Auckland, I expect him to become a Breaker after College.

Worth off to a weights room?

whats the problem with the Breakers having a heap of NZ national team players in their squad? as mentioned before NZ are a below average team filled with guys who are NBL role players at best?

Well said Wookiee.

Mystro, re-wrote some of your Breakers descriptions:

Cedric Jackson (MVP calibre import)
CJ Bruton (clutch finals performer)
Darryl Corletto (league veteran and team player)
Thomas Abercrombie (NBL 1st Team and home grown talent)
Dillon Boucher (the indispensable vet who Bruton almost refused to come to the Breakers from Brisbane without; age hasn't stopped him doing what he does)
Leon Henry (Hey, I only said he wasn't worth a big contract)
Mika Vukona (ultimate role player)
BJ Anthony (who knows these days)
Gary Wilkinson (strong import)
Alex Pledger (to defend anyone who doesn't overrate him, Lemanis wasn't even starting him; to defend the quality of the Breakers, Lemanis has essentially squeezed out Wilkinson to elevate Pledger)

Not many teams can even list both MVP calibre and strong imports let alone add Abercrombie and so on.

Boucher got props/end thread