Yeah, I was listening to ABC grandstand on Saturday and In between the mind numbing horseracing guff that passes for sport they were talking about how many defunct teams there have been in the past 30 years. The guy started to list them then ran out of breath.

Woohoo - NBL mainstream media coverage! :p

We want defunct! Bring back defunct!!

I didnt even realise that that Sydney Kings of all teams went bust in 2008 for the 2009 season. Wowsers. I know they are back now, but I cannot even remember it happening.

I sorta skipped the Noughties for Basketball to be honest. I really only got back into it in 2011.

and I probably have early onsent Dementia.

Hah I forgot the Kings were out too... hence the dismal lack of advertising during that era. I remember now, but surprised its not common knowledge for the amount of others pointless NBL stuff I remember.

Hunter Pirates had mad ass negros

Ah, the stories I could tell about my adventures with the famed Mr. Dogg. Like the time Mal Cooper stopped a game for three minutes to argue with him. Or the time he went off at me on his website because I had the hide to suggest that it wasn't such a good idea to play certain pieces of music. And he got even worse after the team moved to Singapore!

Bring back the Tigers.

He was hired before I started working for them so I'm not sure on the details. I do know how he kept the job, though - he worked cheap.

Would love the Tigers to come back once there is another Melbourne team in the league.

Every time there was a merger or full rebrand/rename, fans were lost, pity.

Well, we all know what happened with Clint and Centrelink...

Not really involved with the Slingers anymore, but Michael Johnson is still up there as GM. Sadly the ASEAN league has its own lengthy rollcall of departed franchises, but the Slingers have stuck around and have a new 3000 seat stadium.

I think initially the problem was far too many teams from Victoria. Then the rapid succession of "mergers" and rebrandings simply alienated fans.
It would be great to see another Melbourne team back in the league, but I don't know enough to really say which one.
The Magic were big in the 90's and there seemed to be a healthy "cross-town" rivalry with the Tigers. But even they were a merged team.

It will be good to see Brissy return, and I'd also love to see the Falcons make a come back.

Need to know how the licenses work though, I hope United can somehow release the previous Tigers license or even just bloody "unbrand" back into the Tigers.

Brand history so important, if they can get another one of the old Melbourne team names back, would be good.

So much harder to align yourself with a new team, e.g. Sydney Spirit.

You'd get more buzz ala Bullets bringing back old team names.

Need to know how the licenses work though, I hope United can somehow release the previous Tigers license or even just bloody "unbrand" back into the Tigers.

Brand history so important, if they can get another one of the old Melbourne team names back, would be good.

#556257 Basketball is insanely popular in large parts of Asia. Hong Kong, mainland China, Philippines amongst others.

The problem was we put a team in Singapore, a country who's national sport is shopping and has never had a tradition of supporting a domestic club side.

Was definatley a expirement worth trying, and basketball is growing as a sport in Singapore so the Slingers, just by the very fact they still exist and are helping grow the sport are a success of some sort, but it was far from a basketball hot bed.