NSW teams
Sydney Kings
West Sydney Wildcats
Woolongong Hawks
Hunter Pirates
QLD teams
Brisbane Bullets
Townsville Crocs
Cairns Taipans
VIC teams
Victoria Giants
Melbourne Tigers
SA
Adelaide 36ers
WA
Perth Wildcats
NZ
New Zealand Breakers
Out go the Canberra Cannons, replaced by the New Zealand Breakers (i don't think anyone is shocked by this, its been well known for a while now). What did shock me was the move from 11 teams to 12 with the inclusion of a new expansion team called the Hunter Pirates, I assume to be based in Newcastle. Now Newcastle has had a basketball team in the past and it was pretty much a failure in a lot of respects. Do the NBL think a change of name and a fresh start is going to change the luck of basketball in the City of Newcastle? I'm a sceptic. I think they have be a repeat of the Cairns experiment, with the hope that they will 'come good eventually' and the NBL is willing to let 1 or 2 losing seasons go past in order to get the Pirates afloat (pardon the pun).
Thoughts?
Sydney Kings
West Sydney Wildcats
Woolongong Hawks
Hunter Pirates
QLD teams
Brisbane Bullets
Townsville Crocs
Cairns Taipans
VIC teams
Victoria Giants
Melbourne Tigers
SA
Adelaide 36ers
WA
Perth Wildcats
NZ
New Zealand Breakers
Out go the Canberra Cannons, replaced by the New Zealand Breakers (i don't think anyone is shocked by this, its been well known for a while now). What did shock me was the move from 11 teams to 12 with the inclusion of a new expansion team called the Hunter Pirates, I assume to be based in Newcastle. Now Newcastle has had a basketball team in the past and it was pretty much a failure in a lot of respects. Do the NBL think a change of name and a fresh start is going to change the luck of basketball in the City of Newcastle? I'm a sceptic. I think they have be a repeat of the Cairns experiment, with the hope that they will 'come good eventually' and the NBL is willing to let 1 or 2 losing seasons go past in order to get the Pirates afloat (pardon the pun).
Thoughts?