The London Lightning will not play basketball this season. Article content

The Bolts are opting to close up shop rather than compete again in the current structure of the three-year-old Basketball Super League. London helped establish the eight-team hoops circuit on the heels of operating as the most successful franchise in National Basketball League of Canada history – but the club has become disillusioned by the BSL’s recent direction. Article content Article content

“I know they’re still trying (to have a 2025-26 season), but the method they are using to try to complete it, we’re just not comfortable with,” Lightning GM Mark Frijia said. “We’re not playing this year and for us, there’s basically no league to play in.”

The Bolts started in 2011 and won seven championships, includi

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