The Future of Birmingham Basketball
Birmingham Bullets came to an end in 2006. An attempt by Team Birmingham to claim their history was generally ignored, and the name "Bullets" was never registered by them with England Basketball. The club struggled in Division Four, and in their two year existence they only won one game - a walkover against MK Lions II. They finished joint bottom of the midlands division in 2010/11, failing to fulfill four of their 14 games, and are not included in the published constitution for 2011/12.
With Worcester Wolves stepping up to replace the Birmingham franchise in the BBL in 2006, many former Bullets fans have adopted the Wolves as their new team, but basketball's future in the Midlands took a turn for the better early in 2007. The British Basketball Association, a proposed professional league set to rival the BBL, announced Birmingham Athletics as their second franchise for the 2007-08 season, on February 19, while a month later on March 23, the BBL announced that a new franchise had been awarded to Birmingham, also for the 2007-08 season, called Birmingham Panthers. The Panthers only lasted for one season before folding, and there is currently no team from Birmingham in the top two levels of basketball in England.
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