The UK Basketball Hub

Over the last few weeks of hosting The UK Basketball Hub on Sports Tonight Live, we've seen a range of discussions of what people in the media, what BBL players/coaches/commentators and outsiders from the BBL would like to see in order to propel the league and while they may not all be to your fancy we thought we'd list them and set up the debate! IDEA 1: Stadia and Infrastructure:  Put forward by BBLTV commentator Daniel Routledge: BBL Teams need their own facilities in order to have power over tickets, finances and as well as that training and playing time. Pro(s) - Allows the franchises to prosper from a financial point of view and have control of the venues. - Allows players to train and play when it suits rather than when Badminton is not on the court! - Means they don't have to pay an external party Con(s): -  Expensive to implement - Could take a lot of time to introduce IDEA 2: BBL Magazine: Put forward by Sportsbeat's Will Piper  The BBL sho...

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it I’m Daniel  Routledge and for as long as I can remember I’ve been watching British basketball .  I’m n ot quite as old as the league, but its close enough we could be siblings . We pretty much grew up together,  I’ve seen the highs and the lows, the false dawns and the unnoticed successes.  Much has been made in recent days about the future of the game in this country, so much so it’s  got  me think ing  about the past. Whatever your views about the road from here, allow me ten minutes of your time to re-live how we got here. In the beginning The first national league of basketball was formed in 1972, in those early days it was a largely amateur pursuit, played out in small sports halls. It was before I was born, but I’ve seen minutes of AGMs where players were reprimanded for not  personally  selling enough tickets! By the end of the decade, the  s...

We've previewed the new BBL season for every team and now we have the chance to speak to the current voice of the BBL ;  Daniel Routledge. Routledge has commented on the BBL for Sky Sports and will be headed into the new season as the host of BBL TV's game coverage. The commentator and general basketball personality, thinks that this season will be more competitive at the top of the BBL. He said: "[Last season] was a really exciting finish, there wasn't much between the teams, some of the teams at the bottom of the table were beating teams at the top of the season." "It's always hard to judge teams until you see them out of court, having said that, Worcester have strengthened, Glasgow look strong, Newcastle have reloaded, Leicester have brought most of their roster back." "It looks like the teams have got better but obviously until you get out on the court, it is hard to tell what will happen." He also believes that it will b...