The worst kept secret in Australian basketball can be revealed: Tasmania will be named the home of the 10th NBL club, earmarked for as early as the 2020-21 season.
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"We are on that path and we hope by the end of this year we can announce the team," NBL owner Larry Kestelman told The Examiner.
"There is a lot of work to do between now and then. There's already a lot of work in the background, a lot of different pillars to making it happen, but we're now very confident that it'll happen."
That could give Tasmanian side less than 12 months to prepare for a season tip-off.
"It will be probably tight - we will try. So it will be for the following season or the season after that," he said.
But the NBL could take ownership should Kestelman not find the "right owner".
Andrew Mathieson
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
