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Should NZ Breakers or Auckland Breakers?

I think we should have 3-4 team in nz in the long run.

Trouble,is,getting Walsh to,agree, he won’t just let all of his market get split

Christchurch and Auckland would be great, a team in the north and South Island.

Maybe it’s Christchurch then!

Walsh probably thought he will have the rights for the whole of nz. I can’t see Wellington getting a team.

Freo is a harbour so doubt it's not on the coast!

They actually never said that.

New nbl team incoming, the Australian Roos. No one will have a problem with that?

Larry Kestelman will not give Wellington an NBL team - unless Larry goes or Wellington hastily builds a 7,000+ seat arena (good luck with that), the argument will be (as its always been) that there's not enough revenue for it. Sigh.

I prefer shorter names.

Auckland Breakers is shorter then “New Zealand Breakers”

Once Wellington join they have to consider it.

What a fkn idiot... since when was west coast all of WA.

Should Perth Wildcats or Perth Bandits?

Noob...
It’s not the west Australian eagles, it’s west coast eagles representing the perth area.
Nz breakers should definatley change name timsuckland since they are situated in Auckland as is Wellington in Wellington.

Yes, since the nz team is pretty much the tall blacks, it would be good to split it and have more young kiwis and aussies ver there.
Lots of kiwis in Europe, aus and in college that are nbl calibre.

Wellington Saints would be a great addition.

For Wellington saints team to come in, yes Auckland breakers.

Typo :(

A friend of mine closely involved in the league makes the argument that the minimum player salary in the NBL is too high. I don't know the exact number these days - $37k or so?

Their argument goes that the final roster positions (9th, 10th, 11th men) don't usually have as much of an impact on the team, yet their wage compares favourably with the guy one step up the pecking order who might play decent minutes for a real impact.

Let's say that Pero Vasiljevic (3.9 MPG) or Luke Martin (7.5 MPG) or Dan Jackson (10.4 MPG) get that minimum for very limited minutes while other players get potentially 20-30% more in salary for 2-3 times the impact.

Could a reduced wage for the cheapest player and an understanding that they won't always be able to make every training due to part-time work commitments (or even work within the club) either allow for more money to be channeled towards showcase players or reduce the costs slightly for owners?

Obviously clubs would still have the option to pay players more than the minimum if they could and might be involved in helping find part-time work with sponsors and adjusting training schedules where appropriate.

Surely there is a middle ground between what we have now and the occasional call for a return to a semi-pro league?