Yes, there is a chance of anything happening. Or are you asking if something is likely to happen?

Adelaide
Perth
Melbourne
Sydney
Country NSW
Brisbane
New Zealand
Townsville

come one isaac thats a bit harsh - a thread like this has been started for at least a couple of days

2 teams in melbourne. NSW cant support teams, specially metro so i would think only one there, the rest look ok.

NZ definatly...the day will come when they win the lot too..then there will be more money from over there

Take NZ out and I doubt you could guarantee 8 teams going forward. They'd be one of the most reliable in the league IMO.

Anon '889, a Brisbane group are working on a bid. Few seem overly confident about a Sydney bid.

The way i see it is that there are 6 definites...

Adelaide
Perth
Townsville
Melbourne
South
NZ

then the struggling clubs:
Wollongong
Gold Coast
these teams are happy just to finish this season!

THEN cities that Basketball Australia WANT to have teams in:
Brisbane
Sydney

For these 2, firstly, there needs to be someone (actually 4 or more people) willing to invest and buy the license + the $1.5m.

Then BA needs to decide if GC & Brisbane can co-exist and if Wollongong & Sydney can co-exist.

The main thing here is for none of this crap that is going on now will happen next year because that will be the end of the sport in Australia!

Why the hell should we bother giving Sydney a team?

What have they done at all for the league?

The league was at it strongest before deciding to stack the Kings and still they never supported them.

Another thread on this topic- don't be surprised if many regulars don't respond due to much more detail discussed already.
(maybe use the search function to find them?)
Bris are trying to get something sorted via a couple of disorganised amateurs who are more hindrance than help- nothing has been done for preparation, just tail chasing and wasting peoples' interest.
The league said many times they want a team back in Bris, but ofcourse they're not paying for it, so the city's pinned hopes on numbnuts.

Sydney don't get "given" a team - it's based on people applying and funding it themselves.

friend from bendigo heard on there radio station about a potential Newbl team playing 5 home games out of Bendigo next year.

he seemed pretty confident in the source.

no team was named that would play the games out of there, but apprently the local government of bendigo is pushing hard for it as well

And, AIS Canberra Cannons.
If I'm reading correctly a post re Uni. newBL.

If you know its know its all been discussed already too many times, why start another topic!? What do you think its going to achieve, the same teams get named every week. Are you looking for some controversial inclusion from someone like a tassie Team???

Not sure that Bendigo or AIS have been mentioned previously.

how about a second NZ team and base it on the south Island, re-name the Breakers the Northern Breakers or Auckland Breakers. Theres good support over there and it would help broaden the league

The NZ NBL are having their own problems. I would stick to just the one team from over there.

Isnt Bendigo where the "original" spirit live?