The current day NBL under Larry Kestleman is one of the best basketball leagues in the world.

@jjruss8238

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Give it another 5 years. It will overtake Soccer, Cricket and Union soon.

@JamesSant1

Жыл бұрын

@@jjruss8238it already has overtaken soccer

@jjruss8238

Жыл бұрын

@@JamesSant1 I am talking grass roots level and kids participation. Part of the problem is facilities. Every suburb has a soccer field and a cricket pitch. Basketball courts are a lot more scarce although things have improved and will only get better.

@DaRoy71

Жыл бұрын

It won’t take over cricket but it will get close

@jjruss8238

Жыл бұрын

@@DaRoy71 True. I have had my son playing cricket since he was 4 (kanga cricket). Loves it. Indoor during winter. It's a safe sport. I see Basketball as the same. Maybe not as big as cricket, but it'll get close over time.

The title for this video is the worst kind of clickbait. While the NBL had its struggles due to its rapid growth and lack of professionalism in front offices in the 90’s-2000’s, its rebound to success in the last 8 years has been quite remarkable. The premise of this video would be better suited to the A-Leagues dire situation.

@jirikurto3859

Жыл бұрын

The only real thing that exists in Australia is feminism. Why talk about anything else?

@blakezimora4835

Жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. The downfall of the NSL isn’t talked about enough

@htown11465

Жыл бұрын

What are you talking about? This title isn't clickbait, it explains what you are about to watch. This "video" is about the history of the NBL and what caused most of the teams that started in the league to no longer be involved in the league. I'm not sure you understand what clickbait is.

@htown11465

Жыл бұрын

@@iggyblitz8739 But that's not what clickbait is, though. Clickbait is a headline that encourages you to click on something when the content doesn't match the headline. The content of this video matches the headline, you just don't like the content.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@Broken Robot True but that was a while ago, clubs are much better managed now.

Newcastle is a "nearby" city to Canberra?? Compared to Perth, sure. But it's a 5 hour drive. Hardly nearby!

That 2020 Australian Olympic Basketball team was very stacked with 3 players with an NBA Resume. Patty Mills, Joe Ingles and Dante Exum all really impressed me. They gave team USA all they could handle. Imagine if Ben Simmons also played with them damn good chance they finish with a Silver. Sadly by the time the Olympics rolled around Ben Simmons had just finished embarresing himself in the Eastern Conferance Semi Finals by refusing to dunk a basketball when he had the ball under the rim and only player near him was 10 inches shorter than him and famous for how bad his defense is in Trae Young. Instead of dunking it he passed it out to a guy that was double covered.

@flipdewilde8984

Жыл бұрын

Forgot a few there mare Delly, Josh Green, Aron Baynes , Matisse all were in the NBA

This was a tough watch. NBL is currently in the best position it has ever been and with more focus on grass roots ball, will easily become one of the most popular because its safe (among many other reasons) compared to footy. Dare I say it has already overtaken Soccer, Cricket and Union.

The league was huge in the 90s but once the NBA was available on foxtel the popularity declined. To me this was the biggest issue.

@AusDarius

Жыл бұрын

One of the big factors in basketball's struggle during the 2000s was the football codes' dominance of free-to-air. The NBL selling exclusive broadcast rights to Foxtel in the 2000s was a short-term financial boon that has stifled the NBL and basketball over the long term.

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

The league got a big boost because of Terry Stokes, he owned the Channel 7 franchise in several cities, he owned the 6000 seat Entertainment Centre stadium in Perth and owned the Wildcats - He is a basketball fan. He made sure basketball got airplay on Ch 7 in the late 80's to early 90's which really boosted the profile. When Ch 7 eventually gave up the TV rights there was years without network TV, apart from some SBS coverage of some games.

@Prof.Pwnalot

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Used to visit in the 90s with my Aunty. Last time was in the 2010s, seen the old bombers couch, forget his name, red haired guy. Was in melb.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@@AusDarius Yes but it's no longer struggling, that's old news, it's now climbing again with record crowds.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't as simple as that, and a number of NBL fans including myself have expressed they prefer the NBL over the NBA now days anyway, more physical, team orientated, you can support your own city team, harder to score with more gritty defence.

No team has left the NBL in SEVEN YEARS and yet the ABC sees fit to drone on about the old "basket case" narrative, which has long expired now. He says basketball is struggling in Australia. On what level? We have more NBA players than ever. The NBL is packing out stadiums. Ratings have been up consistently every single year since Larry took over. The presenter is tripping...

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you assessment. Even C19 couldn't stop it, but the salary caps were cut in half in 2020. I remember a lot of star players wanting to leave as it was a breach of their contracts, trouble was so many leagues around the world were shutdown there was no place better for them to go.

@Michael-D.-Williams

Жыл бұрын

Seven whole years? That is obviously not long enough for the stink to dissipate. The basket case is not old, and it has not 'long expired.' In industry terms it was yesterday. Supporters are looking to have a team for life, not just a few years. You could pretend it didn't happen, and pat yourself on the back for a short period of relative stability. Methinks it better to ask the tough questions to ensure you never backslide into chaos again.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, it should have been a story about the revival of the game here in Aus, not the other way around.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-D.-Williams If you can't recognise the game is truly on the right trajectory again then you haven't been paying attention, also the way the league takes specific care regarding expansion to mske sure a team/club is completely viable is the big difference.

@Kurz_Weber

Жыл бұрын

​@@iggyblitz8739 it's more an err on the side of caution about where the league (or any league) can go with a downturn in admin and popularity. And also slowly building up the demand.. The Rugby Union over shot itself with VIC and WA... A-League has had teams seeded in small markets come and go... the AFL needs to recognise that some of its forced expansion ventures aren't bearing as much fruit as they would in other markets (GC over TAS?) I'm loving the NBL. It really got a great boost from LaMelo coming here and then its lost that edge of big next young thing as the NBA G-League countered... But seeing quality NBL guys like McCarron, Creek, Goulding and Sobey in the Boomers squad (in minor roles but still great) has also been a big help.

No mention of the successful expansion into New Zealand with the NZ Breakers. Four championships and counting. Not even one snippet in your video footage. Some things have gone right though. Your comments on getting the business model right and fit venues is spot on.

@mbroky

Жыл бұрын

They didn't talk about the success of current clubs at all but that wasn't the point of the video. I listened to a podcast about the league going into disrepair (right around the South Dragons pulling out) and the only clubs that had some level of financial security were the Wildcats, Breakers, Crocodiles (surprisingly not for long), Tigers and Dragons.

@vitiflanagan4907

Жыл бұрын

@@mbroky Agree. It was odd not to see one video clip of the Breakers when the others "with some level of financial security" were shown.

@74_pelicans

Жыл бұрын

No mention of the biggest and best club either. Don't cry poor

@Prof.Pwnalot

Жыл бұрын

Who cares about NZ though. This is an Australian piece, and missing heaps of information. Should be a coverage from the 90s, includiing every bloody thing, to then the year 2023.

@24jake28

Жыл бұрын

you kiwis should feel lucky we let you play in our league. this is more of an australian issue since you kiwis are only represented by 1 team.

I was obsessed with basketball as a kid, and in the early to mid 90's it was insanely popular. We knew everything about just about every single player at national and NBA levels. I lost the spark after having a terrible coach in my teenage years that made me dislike playing anymore, so stopped paying much attention. It's sad to see what came of the league, especially my beloved Melbourne Tigers, but hopefully it sounds like it's on the track to get back to that if not supersede it!

@m4tr1x_jj69

Жыл бұрын

Hi do you know if there’s an nbl draft or something coz I’m curious on how players get in the nbl

@theadventuresofzoomandbettie

Жыл бұрын

@@m4tr1x_jj69 I've tried to figure out how it works these days (I don't remember from when I was a kid) and it seems like a lot of people either get picked up from lower leagues or international leagues through being scouted. Some people will contact clubs directly and train with the clubs as much as they can to build connections that way. Sounds like rather than a draft the clubs just pick up who they can get on contract within the salary restrictions they can spend. Sounds like a race to recruit rather than a ordered draft like AFL, NBA, NFL, etc. Weird.

@paksta

Жыл бұрын

Halfway through your comment, I double-checked to see if I wrote this and forgot. Similar story. Can still name so many of my bullets from the late 80s, early 90s. And yeah, and a certain state level there was a really bad coach who had me going from confident and desperate to make it to the top, to doubting if I really wanted to. To be fair, I lacked a certain resilience, but still.

@theadventuresofzoomandbettie

Жыл бұрын

@@paksta I kid you not, my coach has a heart attack (didn't die obviously) on the sidelines on 3 different occasions because he got so worked up. It was ridiculous.

@m4tr1x_jj69

Жыл бұрын

@@theadventuresofzoomandbettie ty

I think NBL is on the cusp of a major upswing. The success of the boomers and the emergence of talents like giddey making the NBA. The globalisation of the game is making basketball more appealing while the NBA is still the premier league leagues like euroleague and NBL are starting to catch up to the talent levels aswell well as production quality.

@brodieyoutubestuff

Жыл бұрын

Lol

I've lived in Australia the last 3 years and I love the NBL. It's affordable and the quality of play is very good

@24jake28

Жыл бұрын

nah you don't understand the real root problem that Australian's feel towards this issue. buy NBA league pass its a higher caliber of player and most nbl teams are filled with the rejects that can't make the NBL

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Cool, I agree, a very high standard, where are you from ?

@24jake28

Жыл бұрын

@@iggyblitz8739 very high isn't an acknowledgment of how diluted and broken the nbl is. the nbl is WEAK

Here in the Illawarra, hawks have had to deal with mismanagement, owner companies folding, and their home court being in a stadium that offers no parking. Parking's so bad that they can't even give away tickets to get bums in the seats, cause no one wants to come into town only to struggle to find parking that wasn't at the other end of town.

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

Gee, that's bad. I'm a Wildcats member, while Perth parking is an added expense at least it's there, and the game venue is about 500m from the central train and bus stations and all game tickets include travel to and from the game by bus or train and plenty of fans make use of this. (All sporting events in Perth have this bonus arrangement).

@74_pelicans

Жыл бұрын

Car centric why? Can't get the bus? The club/city could have a park and ride, or its only a short walk from the train. Pretty pisspoor excuses imo

@mathewpoole3589

Жыл бұрын

@@peterschmidt1453 train station's only 1.5 Km away from stadium, but still not a popular option due to train schedules.

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

@@74_pelicans If it's not transport, then there still is a fan base problem. I assume the NBL is the only professional sporting code to base a team in Illawarra, the NBL needs to find a way to get the public behind the team before another code moves in.

@PjRjHj

Жыл бұрын

Do the Dragons have the same problem at their Wollongong fixtures nextdoor? Isn't it more an issue that the WIN Entertainment Centre was build in the cheap, poor fan amenity, leaking roof, undersized back of house (loading, kitchens etc and in great need of an overhaul or replacement? *Seating bowl seems fine though.

I was always a North Melbourne Giants fan but as far as I'm concerned, the death of the NBL was when the Melbourne Tigers were rebranded as Melbourne United.

Linking the pre LK era of the league to the post, is like saying the NSL is the same league as the A League. The problems the league had in the past are largely gone. More than half of the teams that folded were suburban teams like you stated, many others were teams in Melbourne and Sydney were there was too many clubs competing against one another. In the current day, the only teams that are in the same area are South East Melbourne and Melbourne. Using Townsville as an example for post LK is also wrong, it was a pre LK team that folded because of issues under the previous ownership. Valutation of the Wildcats and Suns, more showed how undervalued the Wildcats were when they were sold. The valuation seemed low when it was sold, and it was only sold due to the previous owner's ill health. They have revenue of $12.5m a season. The Suns have around $220m. So the Wildcats were sold for less then they bring in each year. The Suns were sold for 18 times what they bring in.

I’d love to see the Cannons back in Canberra. I’d definitely go see them. But the local govt will stuff around with stadium options for years and the momentum to get a team will sadly dry up.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Yep, and they MUST be called the Canberra Cannons !

@insertnamehere5809

Жыл бұрын

Hobart has shown that it can be done, so why not bring the Cannons back.

Can anyone please tell me how people get into the nbl is there a draft?

Most of those Teams mentioned not in the NBL play in some lower local leagues. Its Called the NBL1 great research mate and its going massive

@insertnamehere5809

Жыл бұрын

Nunawading, Geelong, Coburg & even the Melbourne Tigers are still in the NBL1

This is surprising since Australia can still produce top tier teams on global level. Yet there are countries that are far more basketball crazy yet can't still compete squarely in the world cup.

In Larry, we trust.

Phoenix not Pheonix. (16:40)

When the Supercats come back to the league, I'll start watching it again. The big factor in the league's decline was it was not on free to air tv. They took the money, thinking short term from Foxtel. And if it wasn't for LK it would have ended there. Lucky the comp had a white knight.

@PjRjHj

Жыл бұрын

Would be cool but Geelong would need a new arena. Don't count out the AFL pressuring for a name change.

@tucoramirez6058

Жыл бұрын

@@PjRjHj What we need is some Geelong rich bloke prepared to lose money. Ohh, and a stadium that holds at least 6,000. Unfortunately Geelong does not have both. But I'm working on it.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@@PjRjHj The Geelong Supercars existed before so why didn't the AFL have an issue with their name then ?

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Are you aware there are two free games every Sunday on 10 Peach ?

@Basetornado

Жыл бұрын

@@PjRjHj The name has already been changed. They were founded as The Geelong Cats and changed to the Supercats because of the AFL team.

Brisbane Local here. MAJOR issues we have in our sport locally. 1. The trickle down effect from clubs, I have been playing social basketball at Brisbane's major central stadium since 1992, in the 30 odd years of weekly games I cannot recall a time that the Brisbane Bullets had any Branding or introduction. Zero. That is a huge missed opportunity. Everybody I play with and against are avid NBA fans but have little knowledge of the NBL. This is the NBL's fault as they do little in the way of cross promotion. 2. This is a big one, NBL commentators and talking heads. Shane Heal and Derek Rucker have had careers marred by scandal and fraud, yet the NBL has no problem associating with them time and again. The play by play stuff has improved recently (we no longer seem to have converted cricket commentators) but it's still grim. 3. Live game entertainment, the soundtrack, promotions, lighting, contests at live NBL games miss the mark significantly. It's cringeworthy, actually thats a fairly standard problem in NBL circles, they don't know when enough cringe is enough. 4. The NBL talent, association with NBA leagues, NBA money etc is at an all time high, but they need to get real with their marketing, social media and their public persona. The NBL is one big Dad Joke and nobody is finding it funny..Make the NBL cool again.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

That's a pretty harsh assessment considering how far the NBL has come from when it was on it's knees before Larry K took over, it's moving in a great direction it just needs Canberra and possibly Darwin to get on board in the next few years. The marketing has improved considerably, but of course it can always improve.

@lukegilbert7985

Жыл бұрын

Yet here we are, still with a bunch of players and fans with no clue about the NBL. It has improved hugely, that much is for certain. But the in game and on TV product is still substandard. The on court action is excellent. Also the referees could perhaps be talked into calling the game in a more “free flowing” manor!

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@@lukegilbert7985 So which players have no clue about the NBL ?, because it's becoming widely recognised as one of the top leagues in the world. Yes I agree the presentation can always improve, particularly with some of the cringe court announcers over doing it, less is more, and can we have less court advertising and constant promotion of products during a game ?. As for free flowing if you mean for the referees to not call.fouls when they should be called and turn the league into soft foul non physical NBA, no thanks, that's one of the things I love about the NBL, it's more gritty and has proper defence.

@a-dot-s-dot

Жыл бұрын

Here, here. I totally agree and don't think you're being harsh at all. Finally went to a game the shed masquerading as an arena at Macgregor and while my family enjoyed it, they also haven't been to NBA games like I have. Totally agree with the OTT PA announcers always urging people with the "louder" and repetitive "defense" chants. Dialing it back would be great. There's also way too much advertising and logos on everything, particularly the court and the jerseys. The jerseys cheap screen printed things. For some reason, Nissan Arena has no scoreboard--relying in end line screens. All in all, the game experience really misses the mark. I don't expect the NBA of course, but the G-League should be an achievable goal. Plus, the price paid for NBL tickets is very similar to most NBA tickets--they just do a better job with everything.

@lukegilbert7985

Жыл бұрын

Brisbane is the worst i’m afraid. Johnny Drama and “here comes the hotstepper” does not make for an elite experience. The NBL needs to heavily invest in a production quality consultant, to seriously look at their in game and TV product. Next time you see a highlight in the NBL on TV count how many replays you get? Don’t be surprised if the answer is zero.

I’m a new fans of NBL, I like NBL as it’s more physical than NBA.

I don’t get this video. It talks about the early days, up to the demise of the Cannons, then skips the era when the NBL was in real dire straights, where turnover of clubs was rife (such as the Hunter Pirates moving to Singapore before the Singapore Slingers opted to compete in more local comps, South Dragons coming and going in a blink, the expulsion of the Sydney Kings Mk. 1) and the disastrous TV deal with 10 where matches were shown at midnight before talking about the revival in recent years.

Since when is Newcastle a nearby city to Canberra? As a Canberra Cannons supporter I'd like the club to be resurrected and return to the NBL, but it isn't cheap to build a major sporting facility. They may have mentioned how many spectators such a facility is supposed to seat to make a franchise financially viable.

This would be relevant 20 years ago, not today as the league is flourishing

How much do the layers make average

The NBL thrived in the 90's when it wasn't really possible to watch the NBA, so people watched that instead. Once streaming became a thing, people voted with their feet to watch the highest level competition in the world and the NBL became an afterthrought.

The NBL has been on an upswing in recent years & having Tasmania back in the league has been great

I’d like to see one about the Women’s National Basketball League! (WNBL) It’s the longest running women’s sport in Australia and is still way behind other sports like AFLW and Netball

@joycey89

Жыл бұрын

the wnbl dont even promote results of games on social media, only in stories

@jirikurto3859

Жыл бұрын

I mean, we are talking Australia here, where men lack testosterone and women are girlbosses amirite?

@marnuscoreyempanadaslooseb6760

Жыл бұрын

No one cares about women’s basketball.

Wow AFL rescheduled games to kill off NBL is brutal. Didn't realise they would do that. There was a time in the 90s the tv rights holder purposely did not televised the games live. I remember having to watch replays at like 11pm even for popular games like the wildcats. I wonder if there was some collusion there with afl While the NBL is doing well now, I would be hesitant to expand quickly again. There's a simple reason why WA sports teams mostly do exceptionally well and it's because the state is flushed with money. When there is money going around there's more sponsorships and more people who can pay for the games. Smaller town teams like the supercats, devils, crocs, falcons etc just do not have enough people nor the big industry sponsor backing them. I hope the league will continue to improve and have more players in the NBA which will improve exposure.

@PjRjHj

Жыл бұрын

Isn't it the reason the league switched from a winter season to a summer season in the late 90s?

You could have put the high light of the league, the wildcats comeback to half time being only 8pts down against the Houston rockets, come on that's pretty good for the NBL. PS don't worry about the full time score, it's just there team was like 2 starting 5s in the same team, the wildcats just needed a better bench

ABC trying the youtube sport doco format and failing. This was a doco about the cannons. No mention of Bullets collapse and revival. If you had of dedicated it to just cannons it could have been interesting. the way it is is half baked. Canberra should look to the Nissan Arena as a perfect size for Bball in Australia. Great atmosphere.

@PjRjHj

Жыл бұрын

Need to aim higher. Just look at the investment put into Hobart's Derwent Centre before the league was ready to return there. Now there's discussions of expanding. Canberra needs a new high standard centrally located arena of around 6-8000 capacity. Then a revived Cannons. Brisbane Live can't come fast enough. It's the shot in the arm the Bullets need to return to their rightful place as an iconic Australian sporting brand. They should be able to challenge the Wildcats.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Although I do think if Brisbane make Finals in future they should have the games at Boondall.

NBL needs more exciting plays than 3 pointers and layups...

@JMEAUS22

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that 99% of the game, though?

@jarradhurley4866

Жыл бұрын

^ guy clearly doesnt watch the league

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

@@JMEAUS22 I think he's making the point that more plays should be run with some of the teams to get a good shot( variety of shots including mid-range) rather than just jacking up 3's and attacking the rim with a rushed iso style trying to become more like the NBA, when the NBL waa known for team basketball and moving the ball through hands before a shot.

@JMEAUS22

Жыл бұрын

@@iggyblitz8739 I could go with that

Basketball looks weird when you are throwing the ball into the underside of the hoop.

The NBL used to be awesome.. espically in the 80s , 90s and early 2000s.. As a Jnr i went to alot of basketball camps held by the East Side Melbourne Spectres ( When Brian Goorjian was the coach) & Melbourne Tigers ( Lindsay Gaze coach, Brett Brown Assistant,). When the Melbourne Tigers lost there Historical Name to Melbourne United... I was done with the NBL.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Well check it out again, it's time to move on from that, I hated it too at first but then realised how much Larry K has done for the league, you can also still follow the Tigers at the national second tier competition NBL1.

Not a single word about the NZ Breakers even though they've won multiple championships, attractive awesome talent, have an former NBA player as co-owner and an awesome example for a great club model! Must be salty kiwis are doing it the best :)

Lovely work @13:20 I dips me lid to the person who thought of it.

I remember Townsville Crocodiles

Cost of game day tickets, When I was a member. When the Kings got re-admitted into the comp until I stopped being a member in the first Bogut playing season, the season ticket kept going up and up. Final season before Bogut, season ticket cost $390, Bogut signing jumps to $465 and $510 for his final playing season. As a concession card holder, this was way too much with the over the top increases for long standing members. Plenty of other members walked at the same time due to the price increases way above inflation

@lordjayvideos

Жыл бұрын

The Kings have had record attendance this season due to their success and will continue into the future. There is a market for their product and their price point

@bozwhite

Жыл бұрын

@@lordjayvideos agree to disagree, if they had a tiered membership pricing scheme, they would have many like myself still members, rather than keep upping pricing year on year above the rate of inflation. Like less than 5 years continous membership - highest price 6-10 years - 10-15% cheaper 11-15 years - 15-20% cheaper 15 years+ - 25% cheaper

@lordjayvideos

Жыл бұрын

Obviously it’s sad that you’re no longer a member however as I mentioned above it hasn’t stopped the Kings from drawing their best crowd numbers in club history. And if the on-court success continues, I’d expect the membership to continue to grow and more casual fans/non-members to buy tickets. With the NBL Finals around the corner I’d expect over 16k crowds at Qudos Bank Arena and it’s a great sign for the Kings and the game in Sydney.

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

@@lordjayvideos The crowd will probably be lower for the minor finals. I'm a Wildcats member and have attended several finals series, my season membership does not cover any finals games so after paying over $600 for the season many members won't fork over another $60 per game for a minor final (Grand final game, yes). A friend of mine is a WACA (cricket) member and his membership covers every game played, including finals if the team makes it.

The problem is there are no scouts travelling around the country to look for potential players on the street, you will need to pay and join a basketball club in order for you to have a chance to be selected to play in NBL. Some good players like me can't afford to pay a fee to join a club and therefore miss out on the opportunity

@ChineseKiwi

Жыл бұрын

or the NBL clubs fund grassroots properly so it isn't 'pay to play'.

@peterschmidt1453

Жыл бұрын

Cricket is the same, who ever heard of someone making a state squad that was not part of a suburban team. AFL and Rugby appear to be only organisations that look for talent outside of clubs, especially from indigenous backgrounds.

@74_pelicans

Жыл бұрын

Pay what? It's hardly anything $140 a season for a local comp, then register for your leagues representative team, then you'll get noticed if you're good enough.

@ChineseKiwi

Жыл бұрын

@@74_pelicans it is still pay to play. Many sporting talents come from poor families. Think about it.

@charlibravo371

Жыл бұрын

Complainer, it's not exactly golf with it's multi-thousand dollar equipment and playing fees. If your really good enough use social media to get noticed by millions instead of relying on the luck of one person to hopefully discover you.

For NBL to be successful on TV, the broadcaster needs the NBA on the same network to complement the fans. The same goes with the A-League needing the English Premier League or UEFA Champions League to complement its fans.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily, the NBA is not what it used to be, I only watch NBL anyway.

Wonder why lawn bowls in Victoria is struggling with women participation in this great game of ours us men need to promote the game better to barefoot bowler females and to social bowls female players too Just being nice with good sportsmanship and telling them not to fear anything is a start

I love basketball with a passion but never watch NBL when the NBA is a much better product with the best players in the world, majority of people who like basketball in Australia strictly watch NBA.

I remember in the mid 2000s when the West Sydney Razorbacks were around loved watching them play. The NBL currently is in a better growing stage as of late the Boomers are really fun to watch to

I was huge fan of the wildcats in the 90s but then after watching nba games all the epic players during the Jordan era nbl was boring and it still is

@Basetornado

Жыл бұрын

NBA is boring in comparision now. skill level is higher, but the entertainment is not.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

​@@Basetornado 100% agree

You must be a Victorian, who doesn't know much about sports in Australia. Rugby isn't competitive with any mainstream sport. Rugby league is. 2 totally different games.

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Basketball in Australia has not struggled in Australia, participation is high also informal participation is really high... as a person of colour I would never play organised ball because it was annoying white people who acted snarky and there was always nepotism with the coaches son.

I stopped watching the NBL when you could only watch the sydney kings, didnt matter what state you were in or what team you wanted to watch, they only ever broadcast sydney games so i just stopped watching

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Just check the schedule before watching, if there's no Sydney then watch.

I was a massive S.E.M Magic fan, never watched or attended after they merge with the N.M Giants, it wasn't my team anymore. The Phoenix should have been branded the Magic, it would have brought so many old fans like myself back.

@JesusManera

Жыл бұрын

I agree. There also really wasn't much benefit in renaming the Melbourne Tigers to Melbourne United, because I think one of the problems with the league had been instability, a revolving door of short lived teams with no history. The Melbourne Tigers had some of the richest history in the league. Ideally, they would have remained the Tigers and retained their history, and when the expansion of a second Melbourne team occurred - especially one called South East Melbourne - the Magic who had a huge rivalry with the Tigers and would sell out Rod Laver would have been the best choice.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I never understood why they didn't revive the Sound East Melbourne Magic name, but do you live in the South East ?, at the end of the day there's a team in your area and get behind them, although they need a new coach IMO.

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Interesting mini doc. For normal speaking voice speed of host x 1.5.

@trav17n

Жыл бұрын

Are you saying he speaks slow?

@daniellamcgee4251

Жыл бұрын

@trav17n Either he speaks slowly, or there is a problem with speed of his segments. Either way, it's much easier to watch/ listen to him at x 1.5, as that is a standard speaking speed.

@notoriousFDS

Жыл бұрын

He's doing perfect ABC radio voice-over. It's trained well and sounds great. It's off-putting when it has a face.

@carloregalado7751

Жыл бұрын

I had it at 1.25 lol

@russe19642

Жыл бұрын

Nah .5

What?

Not sure how the host is able to slow time down to a crawl everytime he speaks. Also, why do people think it's ok to have a microphone the size of a loaf of bread in front of their face?

AFL acting like spoiled scared children? Who would have thought.

@russe19642

Жыл бұрын

I remember channel 7 buying the rights off of channel ten after ten had built up a tv audience showing live games,7 ran them at 11pm at night

@benjaminrowley

Жыл бұрын

I mean it’s brutal lmao taking advantage of inexperienced heads in the NBL at the time

It's just not a very good sport. It's like soccer. Lots of falling over and complaining etc.

@iggyblitz8739

Жыл бұрын

Not much compared to soccer and there are technical fouls given for flops in the NBL anyway, in the NBA it's lame AF, the NBL is more physical, and basketball is the second.most popular sport in the world for a reason.

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