FORMER Mildura Mavericks basketball star and local hoops icon “Jumping” Joe Hurst says a team back in Tasmania in the National Basketball League is an exciting prospect.

The NBL is planning a return to Tasmania for the 2021-22 season, dependent on issues surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time since the Hobart Devils had their licence revoked in 1996 due to financial difficultie...