Also, the NBL league as a whole is sponsored, and one season the sponsor was Hummer. This led to a funny exchange during the NBL All-Star game, when the winner of the three-point shoot-out was being presented with their prize. The shoot-out was pretty uninspiring with more misses than makes, and the award presenter was finding it difficult to speak with any enthusiasm about the contest as he handed over the trophy to the winner. Then he looked down at his running sheet, did a double-take, looked up at the nearby cheergirls holding the final part of the prize, grinned, and said with some gusto, "And now, here's a couple of cheergirls to give you a little hummer!" at which point they gave him the toy car they were holding.
