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Any Updates in Future Expansion?

"Doesn't mean using "Asean" to refer to the continent of Asia is correct"
I don't think anyone has said that.

The Asean area is classified (afaik) as locals, Aussies. So no biggie.

"Doesn't mean using "Asean" to refer to the continent of Asia is correct"
I don't think anyone has said that.

ASEAN= Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

It’s a trans national body of countries in a geographic region. a bit like the EU for European nations.

I don’t doubt that ASEAN is also the name of a basketball comp. Might even be that the basketball comp’s teams are from each of the countries in the other ASEAN.

kr is correct. I posted the link to back him up and for the n00bs to brush up on their nomenclature. LOL at thinking otherwise. It's "ASEAN League" or "ASEAN Basketball League" for the basketball competition name and Asia/Asian to reference geography not all of those other WTF terms used above.

Hopefully tassie, then Canberra, then either welly or the good coast or Townsville.

Yes, it's a league consisting of the ASEAN countries. Doesn't mean using "Asean" to refer to the continent of Asia is correct.

Oh no Kobethinksherulez is wrong!
So many posts so much shit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASEAN_Basketball_League

Asia. Asian. Not Asai, or Asaian, or Asain, or Asean.

ASEAN is the name of an intergovernmental organisation which does not include Australia. Asai is a type of moonsault. The others are just invalid.

This thread is painful.

The Asean area is classified (afaik) as locals, Aussies. So no biggie.

Who knows, 3 or 4 top performers (in Asain league) may actually want to play in a tougher/better league not too far from home.

Or, would the NBL allow a full, or nearly full national roster for say 3 or 4 Asain teams? Would not want to be known as national team ("saving face" losing to "club" teams) so, like the NZ Breakers, let these national teams have "club" names.

For FIBA events, we send NBL players as Boomers to get us through qualifying rounds. As our NBL Boomer's reps are spread across the NBL, the Asain "national" teams would have awesome experience and their standard would have to be better than actual club teams (from Asia) and more than like very competitive. Should improve their qualifying results. We (& BA) may not like that too much! Helping direct competitors.

Our tactical advantage is that for the whole season, we get to scout each of them as a team whereas they would have to scout our individuals and try to paste them together. There's your pound of flesh!

It will be hard with the ASEAN League gaining a lot of traction but I would never write off LK.

“Nowra”

Surely a joke. The stadium’s at Bomaderry, the Shoalhaven population is about 1000 000 now. 1 hr south of Wollongong, which struggles supporting a team.

What happened when they fielded a team in the state league way back when. Import with legal/financial issues, almost bankrupted the association???

The Asian teams already hate the fact that the Oceania teams are now part of FIBA Asia and have dominated. I'd highly doubt that the Asean League would want the same thing to occur at club level.

ASEAN leagues wouldn’t want good Aussie teams playing because they’d dominate (except when playing under Chinese refs).

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Always enjoyed the seabl, not that impressed with nbl1 last season, standard had dropped.

Years down the track...
Geelong will be the third vic nbl team.
Newcastle or western Sydney will be the third nsw team.
Gold Coast the third qld team
A third nz team will be viable in 10 years.

Canberra will come in likely team 11 or 12 with a 6000 seat stadium already available.
Wellington will come in when nz breakers become Auckland. Team 11 or 12.
Hobart/tas will be in year 21 or 22 I reckon. Team 10.


16 team league within next 10-20 years

Bendigo got nice club house, restaurant and bar as well. I’ve always enjoyed my time when I’ve been there for basketball.

Heard from someone today who should know, and where he got this info from I don't know was "the deal is a go". (Tassie)
Time will tell.

ASEAN Basketball League just expanded with another two teams taking their total to 10 across eight countries. NBL missed the boat with this one, the Asia option is done.

"Expect Asian teams in the future of the NBL."

Honestly, that would be the end of financial woes in the NBL. I believe they will pay huge sums to get Asain competitors in non-Asain markets then they punt the shit out of it. The TV rights will then be worth anything! (I am aware that the Slingers failed. Strange choice that, then, but it was what we had).

The longer Tasmanian decision takes the less likely you would think.

Tassie, Wellington, Canberra.

Adelaide supports 1 team reasonably well*

Adelaide could not support a second team.

I’d be willing to jump ship to a second ADELAIDE team, if they played out of the powerhouse. That nostalgia will never die.

GWS not a bad idea, if you split Sydney's roster into two NBL teams you'd have two top 4 teams

I seriously reckon the GWS Giants will get an NBL licence one way or the other and play at least some of their games out of Canberra in the next 2-3 years.

I've heard Norfolk Island have approached LK.

The Norfolk Island Naked Mole-Rats.