Hoops

Should Wellington Saints be team 11?

Who cares if there are part owners now. Those stupid part owners have paid way over the odds and at the end of the day LK is still a part owner of all these teams AND runs the league. Get it? Of course there is no Board he needs to be accountable to.

I assume they're talking about the Bogut/Homicide thing.

Who?

No idea what or who you are talking about but it's time for Kestleman to get this ship back on course it will be on the rocks very shortly.

Illawarra won’t be owned by the nbl if the deal of Ball and Lavalle goes through.

Does it matter who owns what?

You really like basketball, right?

Get behind your team, somehow.

You're right about it being whackie that one bloke owns most of the teams. If he didn't, we'd have a 4 or 5 team comp. Well, we actually wouldn't cos those owners would more than likely pull the plug on such a league.

So, if he ends up owning all the NBL clubs, and the NBL 1 clubs too, so-be-it.

As close as you are to the truth, who cares. Look at this forum and the passion most of us display. For all intents and purposes, these teams/clubs are as independant as they need-to-be/have-to-be-to-survive to deliver what we have.

I hope that this all changes soon and I'm sure that it will.

I just can't see LK being a hoarder of non-profitable basketball teams and that he will have sold his "other" licenses..and I'm sure that he will.

We all know who setup Phoenix, United and the Bullets. It's public knowledge that the NBL owns the Hawks licence and may allow Tassie in. No need for proof what so ever. It's all in the public forum.

and shareholders.

You could do a bunch of paid company searches and find out who the directors are if you were really serious.

None of that is proof, I have not seen anything you say confirmed, it’s hear say, I’m looking for actual proof. I’m also not saying you are right or wrong just like some hard evidence other than rumours.

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Any proof of all this or you just making shit up.

What idiot will pay $10mill. for one of LK's licences. They used to be worth about $1mill under BA

Fraser Neill? Graeme Wade?

"The Saints owner (Mills??) was keen for a long time, but got no love from the NBL."

Mills talked the talk publicly to get some time in the press, but made no effort to actually put a bid together and lobby the NBL.

It was the guy who came in after the demerger. Fraser something, I think?

AFAIK Wellington have not been approached for a new NBL bid either.

As much as I would love to see a new team, we don't have an indoor arena that would do the NBL justice. But combine it with the NZBA and it'd definitely alter the NZ basketball landscape (especially at high school level, where the North Shore high schools own the national comps).

The rise of kiwi players is a good thing - perfect for a second team. More $$$ to bring those marquee NZers back home.

Those options for a 12 team are all pretty average. Newcastle would they be appropriately supported? Canberra?

GC, Townsville would be no.

Geelong not sure about.

My mind would be a third Melbourne team focussing North or West.

Bring it. I don't care if my team wins or loses, just so long as we beat New Zealand

Wellington is an easy call for team 11 if the nz breakers allow it and change there name to Auckland.

Team 12 is the tough one...
Could be Canberra, Newcastle, Geelong, Townsville, Gold Coast or western Sydney.

Nick Mills has stated on the record he won't pay for a licence fee, and that was when they were cheap pre-LK.

Would be good to have a second NZ team but it won't have anything to do with the Saints.

TSB arena?

I believe so generally. Really capture that NZ bball market with a good rivalry

Any players on the current asean team left from the nbl roster?

Went to their game last week and there were maybe 4000 there, good crowd!

Had an import also...

Could they return to nbl? Or perhaps cba?
is asean good?