I think its fantastic. The NBL needs to re-establish links to the past and to the fans. I really feel like they are starting to get it. Its amazing what can happen when you get some good administrators on board. Well done NBL! I can't wait for the season to get started.

Should be, the NBL is "reintroducing" heritage round. It did this for a couple of seasons in the mid-late 90's.

The question is whether or not the "former" players are interested at all in getting involved with their former clubs or not.

It's one thing to wear a different uniform for a little nostalgia, but I think an important thing will be for the retired players to get included.

Obviously we know Mahersy, Davis and Al Green are all solid in that respect for Adelaide. Lanard and Gaze are always there for the Tigers and certainly you could get Vlahov, perhaps Ricky Grace and/or Scott Fisher to pop-in for Perth.

Hopefully the heritage" round gets beyond a uniform change.

Good opportunity to produce some retro jerseys for fans to buy. Could run a fan poll as to the 3 or 4 jerseys the club should produce for sale.

Limit the production to create the 'rareness' quality, give away/auction a signed and framed jersey of each player at the game.

I'd buy a Davis jersey. Definitely buy a Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssss jersey!

cantbuyabasket.com has shown how the teams may look.

How teams might look.

Good idea Doc.

If they were to select either the blue Pura milk, the red eagle super, or the 80's west end jerseys, they could probably get Pura or Westend to chip in for manufacturing, and therefore keep the price down for fans.

It would be free advertising for them, right?

The cheaper they are, the more they'll sell that night. (still keeping them rare, by never selling them after that game) it would be like a "i was there" souvenir.

Imagine a full dome in retro Red uniforms! We'd be unbeatable that night.

Coopz - that approach might offend the new major sponsors. Could be a major hurdle to producing 'authentic' looking retro jerseys

Had it been a round where the Sixers played two away games we could have seen the Adelaide City uniform one game, West Adelaide uniform the other.

Then again, mostly likely not!

I'm a little disappointed by the timing of the heritage round - only from a Townsville perspective.

This season is our 20th in the NBL and we have a lot planned with Suns v Crocs games featuring players form the past who have played for Suns & Crocs, our 600th game, our 300th home game, 20th season Breakfast, 20th season Dinner, naming of team of the 20 seasons etc...

The problem being that Round 7 we are ON THE ROAD in the Gold Coast! GC aren't a team we have any history with really, only playing them once in the payoffs.

Bring back West Adelaide for the warm-up game, along with the Forestville team- Green, Ali, Maddiford, Richardson-- might be a slow game but what recognition for the "Pioneers" from SA

Retro jerseys is an awesome idea. Crawford, Vlahov, Grace in Perth, Green, Maher, Davis in Adelaide, Gaze, Copeland and Bradtke in Melbourne, Overton, M Thomas and Hubbard in Wollongong, La Fluer, Mitchell and Daniel Joyce on the Gold Coast etc etc.

Bring them out mid-season once people have already bought this year's jersey. You could even just make it one or two each year and do a different lot each year to create anticipation and demand.

You could only do it once a season or it loses it edge.

Coopz sponsors would have to be current especially given the focus that this round would get it would be unfair to current sponsors if they were not on there in a round that will get so much exposure.

Should not sell them all the time, must keep it special or unique which is why once a season works and really every other week we should be in blue helping the dome woops sorry Arena become more intimidating.

I know this is covering old territory, but do you think it might be worth revisiting the idea of retiring a few more numbers for the Sixers ala Al Green or Darryl Pearce.

I know Pearce probably isn't all that likely, however Green played a good number of years AND has been ivovled with Basketball clinics and club events for a number of years.

Granted the likes of Davis and Maher are staples who had the longevity with the club, but I would think the heritage round could take advantage of using the round for events like this.

Rod, sorry to hear about the situation with the Heritage round. Is it worth the club putting an appeal in to get the schedule changed?

Old school G, Terry Dozier taking it to the rack