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koberulz

Years ago

Is the time right for an NBA game in Australia?

Football is played on Etihad. Football players are the same size (human sized (slightly smaller than bball players)) as basketballers. In football you often would watch play occur in certain areas for prolonged periods of time, i.e: 3 minutes of the ball being congested in the centre square, or in one teams forward 50, and this doesn't really present a live viewing problem. For example you can clearly see the contest of a centre bounce from all areas of the MCG

The problem isn't the size of the playing area or the players, it's all the seats on the ground having to be on the same level, rather than tiered, with the game taking place on that same level rather than being elevated like a concert would be.

The game at Cowboys Stadium had the giant length-of-the-floor big screen directly above the court, and I'd wager that's all the people on the field further than a four or five rows back could actually watch.

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Bear

Years ago

So, it is much harder for us here to entice the NBA to play a game with us as hosts, sure I get it, still if the time isn't fast approaching for us to at least try again I would be quite disappointed...

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Bear

Years ago

That's true Isaac, but recently two EPL teams played here and it seemed to go quite well!

It depends on what we and the NBA want from such an event, surely it isn't about just getting the biggest crowd and most money, not for the NBA at least?

Africa, Asia and Europe are all good markets for the NBA, but how many Asians are currently playing in the NBA, not as many as we have here from Aus and NZ combined...!

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Bear

Years ago

So our thinking here is that because we love the NBA so much, the NBA won't come because they don't need to promote the game here?

I don't see it this way, but also I don't see Etihad as the right venue either, sell it as a spectacle and hold it at something like Rod Laver Arena but have it on FTA TV and across the nation, live!

Surely there can only be winners, including the NBA, because apparently the NBA cares...

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Dave

Years ago

I think the problem is that as a market we are nearly tapped out. its pretty common knowledge that we have the highest subscriptions for international league pass and NBA store sales are relatively high.

From the NBA's point of view they want to spend money where they are going to get the most return, Unfortunately Asia is where there is the most potential for them ATM and Africa looks good as a "goodwill" thing...

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Bear

Years ago

Time is always right, all of the other things you need to make it happen may not be right, but the time certainly is...

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Years ago

'The Cairns Taipans are in financial trouble again less than twelve months after the NBL team was put into voluntary administration.'

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