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Years ago
Photos - Eastern v Southern
I think people are missing the big picture potential of this idea.
It's clearly based on an in-season EuroLeague or Euro Cup type concept that's likely created to alleviate costs of the NBL season proper (separate broadcast/sponsorship deals in future) by generating hype of a Big Bash type tournament and I suspect the likely long-term goal is to try and get teams from Asia say China etc involved and all the potential outside broadcast/sponsorship contracts from them.
On the face of it it doesn't look like much but the NBL Cup has the potential to both offset the costs of the NBL regular season and if expanded to include club teams from other countries in our region could seriously take off.
