Brisbane one i find interesting, as nobody has put there hand up to say they are funding it.Unfortunately monopoly money doesnt count these days....

2nd Melbourne team will take Crocs licence
Bullets still not up off the ground.

I doubt we'll hear about next year's TV deal until the current one has expired, particularly if they're going to a different network. Doesn't mean nothing is being done, though.

The Bullets, on the other hand, really should be further along than they are.

By the same argument then, so should the second melbourne team.

The second Melbourne team won't be playing in ten months.

CJ coaching Brisbane SEABL team could be a good indication.

Dont think the Brisbane team is happening.

It was all talk, no .. well.. anything.

So no new teams next season?

Hard to say.
The NBL have "committed" to an Brisbane team next season, but I suspect they are holding off trying to generate some local impetus. Ideally they need some locals to step up and "make it happen." That's also going to work better for fan support too, if the locals feel the return is down to them, rather than something imposed by the NBL.

I think the bigger problem is Marvin's membership in the Illuminati.

So you 'most knowledgeable' fans go on about how Marvin chairs the NBL Board is in conflict with being the Wildcats chief, now suddenly have no problem with Nick being chair on THREE boards?

Wow...

If Marvin does anything to Brisbane or any other club then it should be as a consultant!

He has learnt a lot about what works and what doesn't so him being the NBL chair then surely he should be able to give advice to any and all other NBL clubs to be more professional and prosperous and if he can help at all get better stadium deals for rival clubs then I don't think any team in the league should be complaining.

I just hope he takes the NBL chair position as seriously as his Wildcats job

... And is it too much to bloody ask for a league sponsor?

Have we had a decent since the Mitsubishi Challenge

Oh and the Uncle Toby's all-star game... Can't help but smile over that

No need to get rude.
I'd personally like to see the Bullets return, and I can understand the desire to put a team in Brissy for TV reasons, but if there's "Zero local Interest," then it's a fools errand by the NBL.

Sad thread, until I read Koberulz' post, hilarious...

Total hypothetical here, but what you're saying is if a high roller in Brisbane come in with millions of $$ and said I want to get a team running in Brisbane again the Melb team would block it and the NBL would be powerless to do anything about it?

I'm going with it would get over the line. The problem with my story is there isn't anyone willing to put up $Millions.

How do we know for sure there is "zero local interest"?

Has anyone done any market research?

"Set up 8-10 franchises like the Indian Premier League in big markets"

And where do we find these "big markets"?
NBL has struggled in the country's biggest city (although the Kings SEEM to be going ok now.)
The biggest basketball market (Melbourne) can't get their act together to support their team (or teams)
and Brisbane (the subject of this thread) IS the 3rd largest market in Australia.

There was a thread earlier about why the Wildcats have been successful, and one of the factors is that the people of Perth are exceptional in their support for the Cats. We don't bitch and moan about who owns the team, or about what suburb they play in, or demand our "own team" from the Eastern/Southern/Northern suburbs.

When entering the NSL, Perth Glory was a completely new construct. Every existing Soccer fan in Perth had their existing allegiances, to European teams and their local clubs (predominately ethnic in origin). Soccer in Perth (as elsewhere) was incredibly divided, yet fans put that aside to support THEIR Perth team.

I STILL support East Perth "Royals," as I have done for 40+ years, but in the AFL I support The Eagles.

I don't mind the idea of two NBL teams in Melbourne, but my point is that the people need to get behind them. If Perth can sell out the Arena, Melbourne should be able to sell out Rod Laver.
Maybe marketing and branding is the answer, but whatever the NBL needs to generate much greater crowd support. If they can't get that support in Brisbane, then the team will fail.

"If the NBL are going into this blind and not doing any market research after years of interest, where is the problem?"

I hope that is a bit of sarcasm there! Any business venture started without a proper marketing plan is like trying to scaling Mt Everest and only packing budgie smugglers and your McGyver pocketknife in your knapsack.

#698, BTW the former CEO's last name is Neill.

People who whinge about supposed "Conflict of Interest" often don't really understand what it means, nor that there is no real alternative.
The NBL has to represent the best interests of the teams, so obviously board members are going to come from interested parties. What's the alternative? Hire some "professional board members" with no interest in Australian Basketball?

And lets face it, if your goal is to (re)start a NBL team (basically from scratch) in a major capital city, who's the best person to ask how? Unlike some of the pipe-dreamers who have crashed and burned over the years (and almost destroyed the NBL in the process,) Marvin KNOWS what is required.
He's not going to run the team, but he understands the resources, management, and money it will require to be successful.

I am not particularly fussed with perceived conflicts of interest. The bottom line is the Brisbane team needs to be on the ball from Day 1. That involves getting sponsors on board, having a great front office, working the social media right, and getting some high profile players to showcase the brand and getting out to schools to build the brand. Get a business plan in place and work to it.

Talking of social media, the Wildcats do it very nicely. Their IG account is updated daily and they create excitement. 12,600 followers is impressive! Their FB account is pretty active. I am not too sure, but it looks like they have a Snapchat account too.

Snapchat is pretty much an U25 thing, FB has degenerated to middle aged women posting selfies and telling each other they look "gawjus".

The U25 demographic is something a team wants to lock in, so any team without a Snapchat account might do so at their own peril.

So many opinions and such little information.

No other network is jumping out of the trees to grab the NBL (Tim Gossage) which sounds to me it will likely to stay on Ten despite some people on here claiming 7mate will get the rights.