Look like all the bitching from Cairns fans paid off, Taipans are the new charity case with 9 Friday or Saturday games.

The Sixers and Cairns have the most Saturday night games. NZ has no Saturday night games and Sydney have no Friday night ones.

Somehow NZ ended up with 5 Thursdays and 5 Sundays.

Melbourne are the only team with Monday and Tuesday games.

Perth have the most Friday or Saturday night games with 11 of 14.

Same as illawarra in Perth twice in a fortnight and I'm not a fan playing the same team in a weekend.

KPMG helped out hey?

The NBL fixture has always been like a woman - very difficult to understand.

Just looking at the Adelaide fixture, the first two rounds are double rounds. If the team is not prepared, it could be very easy to be 0-4. Round 5 is a double away game with game 1 in NZ and then game 2 in Melbourne gives the WAGs an opportunity to shop, or the boys to bring them home something from DFO.

We don't play Brisbane until round 8. By that time, Brisbane would have either imploded with injury, or the crafty old buggers are top of the table.

I must admit I do like the Christmas Eve game.

Rounds 15 and 17 are flip-flop rounds. We host Illawarra, then sit next to them on the plane, share a Uber down to Steel City and give them another beating.... In round 17 we fly to Perth, then fly commercially back while the Wildcats fly in the Perth Corporate Jet enjoying fresh lobster caught that morning from Alan Bond's private lobster farm.


However, like all other seasons, I'm sure it is going to be a very tight season with final placings being finalised in the last round.

Dont mind the Sixers fixture but am a little confused about playing Melbourne at home twice within the first two weeks.

Cairns proved last year that the fixture doesn't have to mean all that much if the team is mentally tough, ignores the ladder and focuses on the next game.

Of course I'm only saying that because we didn't get fucked again like last year.

This is the problem the NBL teams face when fixturing.

The venues are shared ones where they're booked way in advance.

The NBL needs long ternm stability and then can book venues more in advance.

Venue scheduling is always going to be a problem, and here in Cairns ours could get a whole lot worse. There is a big expansion planned for the Convention Centre, as many conferences etc want to come here but the venue is just not big enough for them.

Down the track we will have a bigger CCC, which will attract more dates, which will probably impact on availability for home games but generate more income for the city.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't...

If the NBL teams can show true long term stability .. then they can bok venues further ahead than now.

Lets say contracts for some venues aside ( eg Aus Open for Hisense ) that to get a desired date for a game the NBL would need to book a year in advance ( spitballing here) ... then in future if clubs are more secure in long term viability then the NBL could look at booking venues say 18 months or longer in advance, hence getting an overall fixture that is more fan & club friendly.

You don't reckon its 1st in best dressed?

OK. Here's my scenario,...

I want to book Stadium A for Friday night in 2 years time. Lets say its Friday the 5th.

Stadium A has NO bookings for that date & there is no contractual obligation like tennis or the like for that date to be greyed out.

Can the NBL then lock in for that date & be guaranteed that date ?

But thats also the crux of my point.

I know certain dates will always be greyed out ( eg Aus Open etc) .. but if a stadium says that say, Friday the 5th is open, the NBL/NBL team book the stadium, pay what they need to to lock it in.... its locked in.

ok.. so maybe 2 years is ambitious.. but surely the NBL can find a timeline where they can get better dates by booking a little bit further in advance than what they currently do .. even allowing for greyed out dates?

To me ... that would be long term stability of all clubs involved, not expanding the league just becausde of some short term success( a failure that killed the growth of the early 90s), & using that long term stability in future to secure better dates for a more even draw.

Both arguments are correct to a degree.

Yes, if NBL teams are able to request dates further in advance than currently they will get some better dates. No, they won't be able to get all dates they want because they're not at the top the pecking order.

At least its a full explanation.

Only Anon #639112 has put everything into context.

It now makes sense as the arenas don't just make money outta renting the venue.

Simply saying "I don't get it" without a qualifier is not a full expalantion.
Simply saying , " Stop with the 1st in best dressed and any other vague answers is not a full explanation.

Show me who has given as good an explanation as Anon #639112?

I accounted for "greyed out" dates, I accounted for contractual arrangemenst ( such as Aus Open).

Anon #639112 gave a full explanation rather than the vague stuff others did.

If I was stubborn I would've stuck to "my guns" regardless of what Anon #639112 had said.

Uh huh....

So says the person that won't even put a username to their post ....

I like his jokes

ok now I have a name to my posts

I moved up north from Sydney and love teh Kings and tip them in every single game!!!

Now at least you're being entertaining.

well done.

Peace.

The times for the fixture have been released, and by the looks of the weekly 5.30pm Saturday and 3pm Sunday games between capital city teams I'd guess that's where the NBL is looking to be on FTA this year.

Probably smart doing 5.30pm Saturday if true, in a little window before a lot of other evening sports start.

Not so good for some.

My son plays his domestic basketball at either 4.35, 5.25 or 6.15.... so that'd be a game he misses.

7.30 at least gives people who work till 5pm ( ie .. retail) a chance to at least go home, shower, change & get to the venue.

5.30 still clashes with NRL/AFL arvo games.

5.30 still clashes with NRL/AFL arvo games.

No NRL or AFL arvo games when season starts on 5th Oct SJ. AFL GF is 30th Sept and NRL GF 1st Oct.