In the latest installment of an ongoing saga, Premier Peter Gutwein stated that deals with North Melbourne and Hawthorn will cease after this year if a decision on Tasmania's own team isn't reached soon.

The push comes after a year of silence on a 267-page Tasmanian AFL taskforce report was submitted to the league for review.

Gutwein said AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan would give a reply to his letter in a week. Meanwhile, the state is bracing itself to receive a national team in the form of the JackJumpers.

Like football, basketball has a 'proud history' in Tasmania, which made it an enticing location to establish a new NBL team according to JackJumper chief executive Simon Brookhouse.

"Ultimately as a sport, we're synonymous with Tasmania ... I think it was an easy decision to bring a team here but it was also a bold decision to be that first national-based team," he said.

While upcoming Tasmanian football talent leave for the mainland to pursue a career, the JackJumpers plan to keep basketball's rising stars in-house.

"It's imperative for us now to make sure that every aspiring Tasmanian gets that opportunity to play for a team that's based in their state," Brookhouse said.

"It's one of our main goals to make sure that no NBL-quality kid plays for another team in Australia - we want them playing for the JackJumpers and we'll hold steadfast on that."

The joint partnership between the NBL and the state government has seen both parties invest in major projects, most notable is the co-funded $41 million revamp of the Derwent Entertainment Centre.

"They're of the full belief that the journey of the JackJumpers and development of the DEC are the best things possible for the state, when you're given the opportunity to have a team on a national scale for all of Tasmania," Brookhouse said.