snowman
Total gronk
sydney need to poach the hawks scouter... rotnei clarke from butler is their import... jeez, guy can play.
NBL 2013/2014
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Sharky Pete
Great White
Who is going to the Kings v Hawks pre season game at Sutho on September 27th?
snowman
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me!
Sharky Pete
Great White
snowman
Total gronk
where did you get tickets from pete
Sharky Pete
Great White
I had to email the Sutherland Basketball Association as that was I found on the Kings website.
I popped into the stadium after work last Thursday and collected them.
Sharky Pete
Great White
Brisbane back with a bullet next year
August 20, 2013
Justin Chadwick
Glory days: Brisbane Bullets celebrate their 2007 NBL grand final win over Melbourne. Photo: Vince Caligiuri
The NBL will welcome back a team from Brisbane next year, while interim chief executive Steve Dunn hopes the de-merger with Basketball Australia will finally go ahead in the coming weeks.
Brisbane haven't had a team in the NBL since the Bullets folded in 2008.
The brains trust behind the relaunched NBL have identified an urgent need to regain a foothold in the Brisbane market.
Although there won't be time to achieve that ahead of the coming season, which tips off on October 10, it's almost certain to be given the green light for the following year.
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Dunn said places like Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand were among the contenders for a second team down the track.
But Brisbane remained the top priority, with the NBL likely to become a nine-team competition in the 2014/15 season.
"We need a team in Brisbane before anywhere else," said Dunn, who is also co-owner of the Sydney Kings. We need one, we want one, we'll make it happen. That's one of our major objectives.
"I think we'll be spending a lot of time getting Brisbane up and running, and then working out the next market we need to go to."
The de-merger between Basketball Australia and the NBL was meant to go ahead several months ago. But complications in transferring the existing TV rights deal with Channel Ten from BA to the NBL delayed the process.
Dunn hopes the de-merger will go ahead by the end of the month.
Under the existing deal with BA, NBL clubs are required to contribute a $250,000 bank guarantee in order to compete in the competition.
That figure will be reduced to $50,000 once the de-merger is finalised. The pool of money will be used by the NBL to provide assistance to any clubs who fall into financial trouble.
Although clubs will find it much easier to come up with a $50,000 bank guarantee under the de-merger, the reduced payment comes with a catch - they must give the NBL access to their financial accounts throughout the year.
"We will be completely across all clubs on a monthly basis, especially those that we believe may need more financial analysis done," Dunn said. "We'll do this so we won't get to the situation at the end of the year where we see a club is $1 million in debt or has not paid certain bills.
"Each club is now going to be a shareholder of this new league, so if one club does something wrong, it will affect all clubs financially."
The Townsville Crocodiles almost folded last season amidst crippling debts, but have since been saved under a community-owned format.
Wildcats chief executive Nick Marvin, who is also a chairman of the NBL board, said the league would attempt to forge closer ties with Asia and the NBA in the coming years.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketb...t-next-year-20130820-2s8f0.html#ixzz2cgVP8lk5
Bundy Shark
Jaws
We need the teams like the bullets to get some credibility back into the NBL.
Sharky Pete
Great White
Sydney to host NBL curtain-raiser, with Kings opening against Townsville Crocodiles
Amanda Lulham
The Daily Telegraph
August 22, 20137:58AM
Sydney Kings players Kyle Armour and Kevin White training at the Northern Sydney Indoor Sports Centre. Picture: Braden Fastier Source: NewsLocal
Sydney will host the National Basketball League pre-season Blitz tournament, with all eight NBL teams to vie for the inaugural Loggins-Bruton Cup.
Named after two greats of the sport - Leroy Loggins and Cal Bruton - the trophy will be awarded to the winner of the three-day tournament to be played at the Northern Suburbs Indoor Sports Centre in Crows Nest next month.
"The Sydney Kings is proud to be hosting the Loggins-Bruton Cup on the eve of our silver anniversary season in the National Basketball League," Kings general manager Rod Harys said.
"Our team’s founder, Mike Wrublewski, organised one of the league’s first pre-season tournaments way back in 1987 and it’s great to see the Blitz return to Sydney after so many years."
The format of the tournament will see teams playing in pre-arranged games prior to arriving in Sydney for the Blitz on Friday 21 September.
The Sydney Kings will take on the Townsville Crocodiles on September 17 at Penrith Sports Stadium in their opening round game.
The Blitz hosts will then face the defending NBL champion New Zealand Breakers on September 21 and the Cairns Taipans on September 22.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/basket...ville-crocodiles/story-fne5rrau-1226701763459
snowman
Total gronk
lol, i registered my interest for the nbl fantasy league and never got an email, oh well, i would lose interest in that.
the breakers import they replaced cedrick jackson with is all class.
rotnei clarke needs help from the hawks, he started on fire then they just boxed him and no one from the hawks could hit a shot
the breakers import they replaced cedrick jackson with is all class.
rotnei clarke needs help from the hawks, he started on fire then they just boxed him and no one from the hawks could hit a shot
snowman
Total gronk
sydneys imports should be sacked by christmas...
snowman
Total gronk
charles charmouche can play better than that, problem is he wont. no idea why they didnt bite the bullet and sign homocide
snowman
Total gronk
is it official that carmouche has been cut?
Mr Wright
Jaws
Sam Young as in the former Pitt college player/NBA role player?
He will kill it in the NBL.
He will kill it in the NBL.
djhabib
Jaws
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Wow that's huge for the nbl!
snowman
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i like sanders but he cant shoot, and doesnt do much unless he has a week point on him
Mr.Wright, sam young is the guy who dunked all over kevin durant in the finals series a few years back
Mr.Wright, sam young is the guy who dunked all over kevin durant in the finals series a few years back