pretty average but it's what we've all come to expect from this league unfortunately.

Media release last Thursday:

"The National Basketball League annual awards will be presented in a new, dynamic format compared to previous years. In order to maximise the recognition of the recipients, the NBL will presenting the awards throughout the NBL Finals. Awards will be presented during the broadcast or at a club event over the next fortnight with media to be notified of details ahead of time."

very poor

Its another one of those little things that make me not want to support the NBL anymore.

The league is so backwards these days, and no sign of improving I'm just about ready to give up on it.

Stagnant 8 team competition with 2 teams battling to stay in the league, no Brisbane team coming in (allegedly), barely any mention of the playoffs on the news, shocking TV deal, poor crowds east of Australia, poor online presence, social media etc etc... And now an embarrassing awards announcement to top it off. Will this league ever get out of the doldrums? Just shut it down. Its run by imbeciles.

Basketball in Aus doesn't get enough lucky breaks that we can afford to shoot ourselves in the foot like this. Sigh.

The NBL has long been a joke with Australian media and this is just the sort of amateur hour nonsense that keeps it that way. You can almost hear the snickering on the very few occasions when the NBL makes any of the sports reports.

Hey, at least the announcement came at a reasonable hour in Perth!

***Breaking News*** NBL management was recently replaced with 3 year olds armed with green crayons. Grand final too be played on Mars where there is just as much media coverages as the Townsvilles Crocs awards dinner.

@Uwe Blab that's gold...

The rest sounds kind of tinny!

In other news, the 2015/16 season launch will be held on the first Tuesday in November, just after lunch. All media welcome.

Will the NBL throw in some shrimps on the barbie?

Seriously though, I know not if I want to laugh or cry from what I am hearing. I don't know what the NBL is going to look like in the future, but I am really keen already for the start of SEABL...

Wouldn't it be perfect if the NBL announced the All-NBL Team from the bottom of the Yarra River !

Gordon G, was that what they did do or should do? Could've worked if they made it really well know in advance. But doesn't sound like they did.

"Gordon G, was that what they did do or should do? Could've worked if they made it really well know in advance. But doesn't sound like they did."

Released to the media via email around midday 26 February. Release contains info on the Coach of the Month, Player of the Month, all finals times/dates/locations, info on the NBL Awards (the para I quoted), and the criteria for the NBL Media Awards.

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Yes, I've joined your board. As an obvious supporter/volunteer/photographer with the Taipans I'm not only clearly biased (who, me? Nah... :) ) but I also have to be careful what I say.

G

Doesn't sound like they drew enough attention to it, or made fans aware. At all.

Fairfax writer Steve Smith:

So the @NBL announces its MVP (Brian Conklin) at 11pm on a Saturday night. Congrats to Brian, well deserved but ... pic.twitter.com/ZtTZqyTgAT

@HoopsForum new dynamic format. Puuulease. #kiddingthemselves

I understand the NBL wanted the award winners to get their awards in front of their own fans etc, but that doesn't mean it couldn't have all been announced previously.

What they came up with was very disappointing and sums up this season for fans of the league, it feels like a real step back after a number of years of slowly moving forward.

I have my doubts about any email being sent to the media at all. If it was, why are so many journo's tweeting about it in surprise? And why wasn't it on the NBL website?

It's amateur hour again. The NBL just continually does things that make it hard to be a fan.

Hey Bear there is one person working with the SEABL now. Don't expect too much just yet.

So the NBL chose to announce it this way so that the player could receive the award at his team function?

WTF comes up with this stuff?

@Nobody, that's just it, I don't expect much so I am rarely disappointed.

'514:

The bottom line is this. The league has no money. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. This 'dynamic format' is just spin to cover up the truth. The NBL is a shambles, from top to bottom. And it's a damn shame because the on court product has been pretty good for the most part. But with no major sponsor, no TV deal on the horizon and a league front office that is borderline incompetent, I fear for the future.

The thing that the league and clubs need to realise is: anyone writing about the NBL is doing so out of charity. It's not front page news and it doesn't rate. People are going out on a limb to try to cover the league.

Yet they still treat journos like shit...