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Years ago

New NBL TV ad

Far from a terrible ad. It annoys me when people have the attitude that the only thing that makes basketball good is dunks.

The ad needs to be short and sharp, and some of the highlights whilst good might have been a bit too long to keep the ad interesting and at the right pace.

I think it works quite well as a teaser to leave people wanting more.

Maybe a bit too heavy on the cheerleader to game footage ration though.

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Jack Toft

Years ago

"The Curse of the Rusty Piecart" LOL

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Beantown

Years ago

Yeah, pretty average really. Madgen screaming his t*ts off was good, but you've gotta get some great dunks and spectacular plays in there. What happened to Lucas Walker's behind the back dunk from early last season? Didn't Ira Clark have a spectacular dunk? No Gary Ervin breaking someone's ankles or Penney nailing a turnaround?

They should get Coopz to put together something. He would have to do a better job than that!

Also, what about some brief storylines? Play up rivalries like the AFL do in their adverts. Let casual fans know who the good teams are and who the underdogs are.

Off the top of my head:
- Can the Breakers young guns carry their team to a second title without Penney?
- Will Patty Mills blaze a trail back to the top for the Tigers?
- Can veteran Redhage return from a serious injury to help his 'Cats reclaim the title?
- Is it time to put up or shut up for the talented Blaze?
- Can the Sixers finally overcome The Curse of the Rusty Piecart? (ok not serious about that one)

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Jack Toft

Years ago

Good points people.

The "strategic advantage" of NRL are muscle bound brutes spear tackling some poor soul or some guy running the full length of the field then sliding in a try, in AFL it is the big leap mark or banana bending kick and cricket the speccy one handed catch, the hook shot six, or the clean bowled yorker.

When you see adverts for these sports, they always show this stuff.

What is the "strategic advantage" of basketball in the marketing arena? The dunk? the fade away 3 point buzzer? the alley-oop? the hype of the crowd?

Ads like these will always be a little Sydney centric just like AFL ads always have the Collingwood player taking the screamer. That's a part of life just like a union official misusing a credit card.

The crowd atmosphere is the seller. Gotta show fans going mental after a Ballinger swish seals the game on a buzzer.

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JOaRiDrAN

Years ago

Yes me and the boys got a mention in the dying stages of the ad. Three crazy sixer fans @ the cage earlier this year

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Big Marty

Years ago

Honestly, that's pretty bad considering the number of highlights from last season.

I can think of at least 6 game winning 3's that could have been put in there; a few alley-oop plays etc. etc.

And while I can handle the tag line; didn't the league "Go Off" last season? Can't they think of anything new?

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MACDUB

Years ago

Could have been much better.

I only saw one dunk in there..

Don't know why they played Hinder getting blocked at 14 seconds..looked crap.

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