Ahh OK, sounds good.

I loved the concept and in all honesty can see it taking off globally..

I guess similar to what the And1 tour has been like, but with out the "Ohh Baby!" every 3 seconds....:)

I hope so, was not on side with it to start with but i really warmed to it. With a few key changes it could build a nice following.

It was designed to be in Adelaide because that's where Eddy owns a stadium. It will be there as a first choice, not to mention Adelaide is fairly central.

I would think they would like the crowds to be bigger tho...which i think will happen..

did the HSH break even on this?

Mor publicity. I had no idea when i could catch games & still don't fully understand the 4 point rule.

Bring it to Perth babyy!
Would love to have it in Perth so I had the ability to go watch the games :(

Its a good recruiting show for the NBL coaches, I'd like to see more usa college players over here that have the potential to become NBL players.

HSH would've broken even. It will be done agen next year and on OneHD. (Groves made the venue available here). Early April ( NBL free-agency period) I think

Yeah I think the TV deal would have gotten HSH a buck or two...business decision so would it have been a tax write off as a failed venture if it didn't make money?

I agree with the timing, it helps out NBL teams that's for sure, recruiting is made semi easy....but it needs to get college boys too..

Love to see it stay in Adelaide, and I guess if they didn't have to pay too much for the powerhouse then all the better for the venue..

orbit - 4 point rule. When the team asks for their "game breaker," a 3 minute clock starts during which all three pointers count as four. Simple.

Not during work hours please!

Yeah if it were held over the Easter weekend or even as some say at nights it would potentially bring more people to the games. Any long weekend would be better to be honest!

I think they could create more interest in having the teams linked to regions;

SA Fleet
VIC Rush
QLD Reef
WA Rays
TAS Coasters
NSW Pythons
NT Cyclones
ACT Monarchs


This will give people a reason to follow a certain team, both here and interstate.

I'd like to see the game-breaker every quarter and 3 points for a dunk. Incentives for viewers to win prizes, game balls, etc.

I totally agree with Sam, especially like the region team idea.

Also think 3 points for a dunk could be very exciting.

All up I loved the tournament, business hours sucked but with One's AFL commitments on weekends I dont think a time shift will happen.

Play it in Tassy or Darwin IMO

Really enjoyed it and really appreciated the can-do attitude that made it a reality. Definitely a good idea that needs to be refined and built up with more publicity.

I hope it does stay in Adelaide, but I don't know that it is guaranteed, since you'd think Groves will almost certainly be forced to hand over the Dome to the bank or sell it before the next HSH. A change of ownership might not make the Dome quite so financially attractive to the HSH group.

Obviously would be good to have the games on in the evenings if you want to get more people there, but I think it will be entirely dependent on what ONE wants. Perhaps they could ensure one game per day is on late enough for people to get to after work.

As Sam has said, you need to help people identify with a team, so probably go with the State connection.

I'd be up for 3 point dunks too. Would certainly encourage players to go for the spectacular play, make teams more likely to recruit guys who can throw it down and sharpen the double edged sword thrown up by the 4 point game breakers.

Would be good to run another 3 point comp and dunk comp as well alongside the games.

I've said this before, but in the long run, I'd love to see this made an international tournament. Bring 4 teams from Asian leagues over to compete with the Aussie teams. Taps into the Asian sponsorship dollars and adds to the excitement for local fans, seeing their team go up against the best of China, the Phillipines, etc. Could either stick with the current HSH franchises, or eventually make it NBL sides, with say the top 4 qualifying for the tournament each year.

A few things to consider in hindsight.

1: Venue - the BMC is a Basketball stadium first and therefore ready to play at all times with minimum set up. As such it is usually available for an extended block of time. The fact that Eddie Groves owns the BMC and is looking for $$$ also makes it available. To hold the event anywhere else would not have the same advantages.

2: Time of week and days - the HSH was a made for TV event, therefore OneHD would determine when it was held to suit their broadcasting. They would be paying the major bills so they call the shots.

3: Spectators - poor promotion and high admission fees may have led to low spectator numbers. I am sure that this will be reviewed for the next event. However, it was a made for TV event so perhaps $$$ from spectators were only a bonus. Add to that additional paid staff required to cater for them, ie tickets, concession stands, security,etc would mean that a much larger crowd would be required to make it worthwhile. Perhaps it was a deliberate measure to have poor spectator promotion and high admission to keep onsite costs down. Although it was fun playing spot the spectator or NBL coach in the sparse crowd, it was the games I was watching.

4: Team names - the basic idea is a take off of the IPL twenty twenty concept with business and celebrity owners. As they are paying the licence fee, it would be up to them to stroke their egos by selecting the best players possible. Therefore to have state based names may be good in some ways but it is the players that people are more likely to follow. The Brett Maher team with a number of SA players was the adopted team by locals, but if they were named the Perth Fleet, I dont think it would have made any difference. It would be very hard to restrict players on a state of origin basis without compromising the team makeups. There is also the issue of someone being the NT Cyclones but owned by a Melbourne identity. There may also be issues with copyright on names so that can be a problem as well.

Why not sell team naming rights to Corporations (eg 'AGL Power' 'CBA Investors' 'Tripplezero Bloggers' etc. May be a cheap way of getting them to focus their sponsorship dollars on basketball and may lead to more lucrative sponsers for NBL teams.

Another suggestions is that during the "game breaker" period any shooting foul is two shots plus pocession (like tech foul). If this was couple with a 3 point dunk rule might lead to some exciting action in the keyway.