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...

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Surrey United - previously Surrey Heat - have gone through multiple changes this summer, including a change of owner, name, coach and various players. The 2012/13 season was largely a success with the team finishing in fourth place and getting to the play-off semi-finals. Now a new man is in charge; Jack Majewski, who was part of London United's BBL exploits which are confined to recent history. He is keen to dispel any fears that Surrey's stay in the BBL may be shortened by the takeover and thinks the future can be bright. He said: "I don't believe in a program which isn't run on integrity and financial transparency and at London United we were misled that the borough would pump money into basketball and we are paid for our mistakes." "The main difference between then and now will be stability, we will use local young players and we can use Surrey Sports Park and Surrey University as a base, so players can come in for three years." ...