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NBL Court Design

Companies were already paying for those spots, without insisting each keyway be its own color. Now teams have to find somewhere else to put those logos, which those sponsors probably aren't too happy about that.

And it looks absolutely awful.

no really? say it isn't so. that's bs i hate it when companies want to give the league money

So the Breakers just posted a photo from the stadium tonight...with a bloody Europcar-sponsored keyway, same as Sydney and Brisbane had. Despite the Breakers having had Skycity in the keyways in past years, and Skycity still being a sponsor.

The Wildcats posted a photo earlier in the week of training from the arena, keyways were empty and the alcoholthinkagain decals had been moved to the baseline.

I think it's safe to conclude now that the NBL has taken over the keyways as well as the centre circle, and is now mandating non-matching keyways while further marginalising team sponsorship opportunities.

Garbage.

Team branding as a whole, really. Logos aren't a huge issue for most teams, but jersey and court designs are severely lacking.

Unfortunately, the league is actually a part of the problem when it comes to courts, taking the centre circle away from teams and mandating non-matching keyways in clubs without keyway sponsors, so I'm not sure we should hope that they'll ever solve it.

Well, looks like the NBL is keeping the centre circle to themselves again.

Brisbane have different colours in each keyway, as well, which never looks good.

They have the money for two of their own decals, but they're stuck near the sidelines because of the NBL promotion in the middle of the floor. It should be the other way around.

Updated Perth's:

When I put these together I basically worked under the assumption the NBL had become reasonable and decided to have its logo elsewhere (because otherwise the whole exercise is pointless), but outside of that all logos from last season are in exactly the same place, at exactly the same size, as reality. I've just changed what's around them.

Minor alteration to the Breakers design:

The NBL specifies what areas on the court can be used for club branding, club sponsors and what needs to be left for league sponsors.

Yes, team reps do read here occasionally. I don't think any would disagree that having the team colour and branding outside the court looks better.

Key ways and center circle get the most TV air time so this is where the most sponsor dollars come from.

Some or most teams use courts that are owned by the venue. If that venue is used by other sports such as netball the decals need to be pulled up and then reapplied which is costly. Melbourne in the past used to have these applied each game.

The NBL specifies what areas on the court can be used for club branding, club sponsors and what needs to be left for league sponsors.

Some stadiums demand their name is prominent on the court.

so much more professional and thought out

I love how the Wildcats logo looks formidable on the floor as your dribbling your way up the court, sadly that forthright isn't being applied and nor is flipping the logo and having it under each basket.

Well done on the designs, feels so much more professional and thought out than the crap we had last season

The NSEC floor is what it is (given the community arena status) - I just wish at some point in the last 10 years they could've re-done the court.

Someone said its because they sell the baseline as advertising space, well have the advertising as a bumper sticker with different background colour like on the jerseys then.

I'd rather have no outside paint than the inch gap between the line and the paint they have at Hisense. I think it actually causes players to step out of bounds because they think they have their extra inch.



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That Perth one looks great, you should send it on to the club!

It irks me for no reason really that the Wildcats dont at least just wrap the outside of the whole court with red.

Someone said its because they sell the baseline as advertising space, well have the advertising as a bumper sticker with different background colour like on the jerseys then.

So, yes please! I think you can still accommodate the sponsors and achieve a more aesthetically pleasing court design. Your mock ups are definitely the right idea.

Vic had their 1st try out session yesterday. A few names missing. Have SA started try outs yet?