High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2012–13 season will be the 26th campaign of the British Basketball League since the league`s establishment in 1987. The season will feature 12 teams from across England and Scotland including a new entrant, the reformed Manchester Giants, who are based on the original franchise of the same name that folded in 2001.East London Royals were due to become the 13th member of the League, but after their financial backing fell through weeks before the start of the season, the League deferred their entry until the 2013–14 season. The pre-season also saw long-time member franchise Milton Keynes Lions relocate to London and rebranded itself as the London Lions, whilst Cheshire Jets - encountering severe financial difficulties and threatened with the franchise being dissolved - were saved by campaigning local fans and businessmen and renamed as Cheshire Phoenix midway through the season.