NBL managing director Larry Kestelman says his league will enter new discussions with the NBA about future events, including potential games.
Following the NBL hosting the NBA Basketball Without Borders camp in Melbourne and Geelong last week, NBA officials have invited Kestelman and his NBL team to meet over future events. These meetings are expected to cover a range of possible events and Kestelman is confident the successful camp, which the NBL played a major role in organising, has improved the chances of bringing events to Australia. 
"We've been invited to the next round of discussions, we are going to meet with more senior officials to discuss how we can work together in the future," Kestelman said.
"They are now proposing that we sit down and go through all the opportunities available to us from club-to-club activations through to potential NBA trips to Australia through to academies. They see us as a real partner and they want to work much closer with us to explore those ideas," he added.
Despite constant lobbying from NBA players Andrew Bogut and Patty Mills, the league has been hesitant to bring games to Australia due to the travel distance and the bigger audiences in Asia. But Kestelman believes the camp made a strong impression.
"I truly believe this first stage will give them the comfort to look at it and start planning for it [games]," Kestelman said.
"We've talked around that and now they have done it and they found the logistics are not that hard. It's a long way away but with how we looked after them between the flights and hotel and the logistics on the ground - they are used to being looked after and I think that's what we did.
"I don't think the logistics will be the show stopper. The scheduling is probably the most challenging thing."
Meanwhile, the NBA and the NBA players' association are ramping up talks for the league's next collective bargaining agreement. Their negotiations in 2011 led to a lockout and the league not starting until Christmas.