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MACDUB

Years ago

A league vs Man U, why cant NBL do this?

Unfortunately, it is all about the Benjamins.

NBA teams travel and play exhibition games, pre-season games in basketball-dominant countries or a populous country where basketball is starting to really take off.

It is clear that this year they are expanding to Asia/South America..but there are strong reasons to go here which Australia don't have yet:

- Phillipines: 4-5 x the population of Australia (they are basketball mad - national sport?)

- Taiwan (The Houston Rockets are scheduled to play her on Oct. 13. Lin's parents are from Taiwan. NBA Jersey sales in Taiwan are very high -- potential for the Rockets to dramatically increase jersey sales)

-Manchester, England = 21k stadium. Plus basketball is developing at a crazy rate in the UK.

-China: populous. Crazy about Basketball.

-Rio - Brazil: Wizards play there = Nene will attract heaps of fans/attention for the team

Shaking off the sterotype is hard for Australia. When Americans etc. probably think of Aus, they think Aussie Rules, Cricket, Rugby, Football.

Bogut came back a few weeks ago..he did a few appearances in Melbourne etc.

If Nene had gone back to Brazil, Lin to Taiwan, Yao to China (in his prime), the turn out would have been ridicolous. They are national heros.

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PlaymakerMo

Years ago

"A league vs Man U, why cant NBL do this?"

Not sure how many would come out to see the NBL Allstars play a soccer match against Man U, or a basketball match for that matter.

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Natwhereyouat

Years ago

All Phones holds 17k in basketball mode, I'm sure that's the highest. But still wouldn't be enough.

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Natwhereyouat

Years ago

YouknowME: You say it would be good for the NBL if an NBA team played an All-NBL team. But then say they would lose by 30.

Tell me, how does this benefit the NBL if you think they will just get smashed by 30 odd. How is this going to help the NBL's credibility with Aussie NBA fans who haven't made the switch to the NBL?

FYI: Australian promoters won't touch it because it's a high risk low gain job. Lots of money has to be paid up front and the game/s would need to sell out to make a very small amount of money.

FM said it, 12,000 people v 83,000 people. No contest.

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proud

Years ago

Isn't that what the All NBL first team and second team and third team is all about?

Why are we not playing an Asian champions league competition with say New Zealand and Perth competing this season (or maybe our top 4) and when would be the best time of year to play this ?

If it was during the NBL off season then it would encourage clubs to finalize their teams earlier which may not be a good thing in regards to finding imports but its better than relying on state league results to track how players are doing!

Is there much competition in the Asian leagues outside of China?

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