There has still been NO formal proposal by the hawks to the administrator regarding a DOCA and with free agency starting on Friday I don't see how the NBL could come out and say there are in. And then how can players be expected to wait around which any decent player agent will be shopping Wollongong players around and so he should. So then how does the Hawks coaching staff assemble a team. NBL just needs to make a decision and move forward. If they cant meet the administrators requirements to exit VA then the league unfortunately for next season needs to move on and maybe the Hawks can get all their ducks in a row for next season. Oh and BTL I am a creditor of the Hawks so I know factually that NO proposal from the club has been put to the creditors.

Cairns are fine, i think u mean Townsville!

its a really weird situation they are in, they could shut it down and try to start again, but they run the risk of complete and utter exodus from the fans and they could plummet even further down, but if they go ahead without putting anything in to help the clubs grow and develop (which will take time) they are doomed to fail

maybe soon every club will become bankrupt and thats when they will close down

I wouldnt think every club is going to go bankrupt. Some of them (Perth and MElbourne) have very wealthy owners (I think in fact Jack Bendat is actually going up in the wealth rankings.. his money isnt tied to iron ore).

I think if they cant get it all sorted by June they should just chuck it in. No point running a half arsed league of shenanigans, just get it right and the crowds will come.

Townsville will be playing NBL this season.

The Advertiser reported this 3 weeks ago (April 24):

"Holmes' Crocs were saved on Thursday when creditors confirmed their acceptance of a new deal, which means a club restructure. But Townsville lives on."

As yet, though, I haven't seen an announcement about this on the NBL site nor on the Townsville Crocs' site. They have put stuff on there about the move back to The Swamp for 2015-16.

As per Gongski's post above, Wollongong have yet to present a plan acceptable to creditors. The deadline for that is ~24 May, if I remember correctly. That's based on the reported outcome of the creditors' meeting on 10 April where a 45 day extension was given. If I've got the dates wrong, happy to be corrected. There's a report on that 10 April meeting on the NBL website, in the news items.

The silence from the Hawks over the past few weeks are really concerning.

Shaping as 7 teams next season, what a joke. Why not get Wellington in to boost numbers, 8 is the bare minimum imo.

Perth Wildcats have let Earnest Ross go, so if any of the other teams are still upset about missing out on their Guam imports then give Earnest a call.

If Ross has been paid for the upcoming season the league/Perth should gift him to the Hawks.

Anyone signing Hamilton? He would be good for marketing reasons also.

And now uu going. Wildcats having a clear out

Neither of these guys were impact players so Wildcats just freshening up their list. Probably find 5 - 6 familiar faces return.

Ben Madgen leaving the Kings to pursue European dreams.

I thought a vote on Kestlemans deal would have been made last friday. Any news on that?