Genius. You should apply for the new Marketing position at the Sixers.

Do you watch the Disney channel alot?

"People like pretty colours"... Are you serious?

I agree with the ugly Courts. About half of the courts in the NBL look terrible and are poor standard. But Uniforms and TV presentation really isnt that bad.

I agree annon. Some of the team names could go an update as well. Has anyone really been impressed with 'the 36ers' as a team name? Surely we could do better!

I actually thought most of the uniforms and courts took a major leap forward last season. Particularly the uniforms with And1 coming on board to provide uniforms for all clubs.

Change the team name? you serious? do you even know why we are named the 36ers???

Uniforms are sweet.
What makes a pretty court? One your team wins on or one with "pretty colours" everywhere?
Changing club names is a joke, history is more important than bandwagon fans who will come and go regardless

I think Phil might be trolling there True Blue =)

The TV product looks fine. Uniforms are only ugly because of the need for sponsor logos, which are an unfortunate but necessary part of the game.

The main problem with the NBL is not branding, it's visibility. Basketball is not a highly popular entertainment sport in this country, and the solutions to make it more popular involve time such as increasing junior participation and retention, more visibility on FTA, school visits by teams etc.

These things all take time to bear fruit, and remember that culturally AFL, cricket and to some extent soccer have more roots in Australian life than basketball.

For God's sake FIX THE HALF TIME ENTERTAINMENT!

It is beyond God awful in Perth and very rarely has anything to do with Basketball.

Also, bring back the awesome player intros where the whole stadium is pitch black apart from the spotlight on the starting five.

I agree with the OP I've been saying this for years. We all understand the need for sponsors but they make the product look cheap and ugly. AFL has it right, one samll front sponsor, one on back, one on field (nbl should have keys done only) and nicer sponsoring around courts boundaries. Having 100's of different sponsors everywhere looks so ugly oTV.

The 36ers name relates to our state's heritage and should be something for SA to be proud of.
How many clubs have changed names and lost all tradition and heritage?
What do suggest to improve the "ugly courts"?
Perhaps artificial grass or a print of Julius Hodge's head at top of keyway so that every player going for a dunk stomps on the idiot first?
What pretty colour would you like? The Pixies folded years ago, so the Pink singlets are now available.

Be Proud & Positive!

Now putting political correctness aside, what about taking a leaf out of the NFL and consider lingerie basketball at half time?

The last team to change there name was the West Sydney Razorbacks to the Sydney Spirit. They folded after 1 season as the Sydney Spirit and only had 900 for a few games.

Agreed about the court and the spectacle, but even the AFL's Auskick spectacle and whatever else is lame.

I actually think the NBL could attract more fans with gimmicky things during breaks, a bit like in the film semi-pro.

At a GS V Spurs game I saw a dominos pizza guy ran around giving out free pizzas to the craziest fans - free publicity, free food....Yay.

Sydney Spirit was a bad name to start with, changing the name is not the issue, what you change it to is important. From Spectres to Dragons, that club always enjoyed the biggest supporter base in Victoria. They had many incarnations but always a good uniform, logo and marketing.

so how many people decide whether or not to go to an NBL game because of the uniforms?

NBL unis are pretty atrocious, but they're not half as bad as they visual pollution that is modern NRL jerseys: and they aren't doing too bad.