The new Brisbane Bullets coach is bringing a love of basketball back to the sunshine state.

Andrej Lemanis has been named as coach for the returning Brisbane Bullets team for the 2016/2017 season.

He hopes the capital city's return to the NBL will renew Queensland's love of basketball and create a stronger sense of community throughout the state.

Currently the head coach of the Australian men's national basketball team, Lemanis previously held the role of New Zealand Breakers head coach for eight seasons taking them to three championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

He was also been named NBL coach of the year twice in 2011 and 2013.

The well-known coach said the opportunity to be involved with an NBL team focussed on creating a strong sense of community inspired him to commit to Brisbane.

"The Brisbane Bullets have been an iconic part of the NBL landscape and the brand is strong still, and that for me was an exciting opportunity and a fantastic challenge," he told 612 ABC Brisbane's Spencer Howson.

"Hopefully [I can] give the people of Brisbane a team they can be proud of and it is something that has got me very excited and I jumped at the opportunity to get involved.

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"It is up to us to ensure that we engage and connect with the community and have a team with values that people can associate with.

"We want to give kids that are playing basketball in Brisbane something to aspire to."

The return of the Brisbane Bullets came on the back of a league-wide revamp of the NBL under the stewardship of millionaire businessman Larry Kestelman, who completed a $6 million takeover of the competition earlier this year.

"I'm really excited about Larry Kestelman and what the new NBL are doing with their new vision and excitement around the competition," Lemanis said.

"It is fantastic for Australian basketball."

"Basketball at grassroots is thriving in the Brisbane area and they are screaming out for more courts."

The Brisbane Bullets will wear new colours, adopting maroon and gold as a nod to Queensland's traditional sporting colours and the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.

Giving Brisbane a club to believe in

Lemanis hoped to take his experience as a head coach at the Breakers and apply what he did in New Zealand to the Bullets and the local sporting community.

"We really went with a values-based organisation and connected with the community and gave them something to be proud of," he said.

"We saw the results of that with fans coming on board and people really believing about us as a club.

"I think we can certainly achieve that here in Brisbane."

He said the support in Brisbane was already building.

"I've only been up here for 24 hours and the ground swell of support, you can just feel it and everyone you speak to is really excited about the Bullets returning to the league," Lemanis said.

"You really feel that people want to get behind it, and support it, which is a great place to start from."