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Centennial's Great Season

18 December 2009
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The Frisco Centennial Titans are having a great basketball season under coach Michael Scarbrough.  They remain at 10-3 and have a big game coming up this Friday against the Colony. 

 

 

Frisco Centennial has a team of guys who have been there before, and after chatting with coach Scarbrough this is what he had to say.  " Centennial is 10-3 on the season so far.  We have a tough game with the Colony coming up on Friday. "

 

 

Chris Tecco was last year's district newcomer of the year, Brandon Jolivette and Zach Lambert are returning all-district players.  Murray Kastner, Jared Edwards and Brandon Washington and Garett Vascil are returning lettermen".  

 

 

This team seems to have it together and could go far.  

 

 

We will follow the Titans over the next couple of months to see how they progress and what players really standout above the rest.

Last Updated on Saturday, 19 December 2009 14:41

Frisco's Newest Sporting Addition

11 December 2009
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Texas D league Management  LLC has officially purchased the Colorado 14Er's , and will be relocating the team to Frisco, TX for the 2010-2011 season.  
A city that already has the Frisco Rough Riders, Texas Tornadoes, and the FC Dallas Soccer team. This city will be put on the map as a minor league city for spectators all over the world. 
The Team is co-owned by Donnie Nelson and Evan Wyly, and will be coached by Nancy Lieberman. Spud Webb will be the head of basketball operations, and Del Harris will be the General Manager, who presently took a GM job for the struggling New Jersey Nets. 
The team name, color and logo along with the rest of the coaching staff will be announced at a later date. 
When the league begins in 2010, It will be associated with up to 3 NBA teams, and will be able to fill the roster with second or third year players three times during the season. Frisco coach Nancy Lieberman, who is also an ESPN television analyst, will be the first woman to ever coach in D league basketball.  
The D League sent more than 20 players to the NBA last year, and is noted as the biggest scouted league in the world, outside of the NBA.  What this is going to bring to Frisco is enormous. The city is already getting bigger than ever,and put that with the Rough Riders and the Tornadoes, and we are talking traffic.  
On a positive note, this will make the Mavericks even better, knowing that they have a minor basketball team at their disposal.  
This will give NBA teams like the Mavericks a chance to monitor these players as they mature into young adults and into NBA stars. Several High School players have the opportunity to play in the D-league, since the rule says, you have to have had your 19Th birthday in order to play in the NBA. 
Even though they wont get nearly as much money in the NBA,it is still an opportunity to be watched and coached by someone in the NBA, and likely a team one could be playing for. 

NBA Team Comes to Frisco

18 June 2009
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Texas D-League Management, LLC, has purchased the Colorado 14ers and will relocate the team to Frisco, Texas, it was announced today by NBA Development League President Dan Reed.  The team will begin play in Frisco at the Dr. Pepper Arena for the 2010-11 season, but will not play during 2009-10 in order to transition.

Donnie Nelson, Dallas Mavericks President of Basketball Operations and General Manager, will be the principal owner and operator of the team. Nelson brings 23 years of NBA experience with him to the team in Frisco, including 11 years in Dallas' front office, along with coaching stints with the Mavericks, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, and Phoenix Suns.   Nelson's ownership group includes Evan Wyly, a Dallas native and the Chairman of Green Mountain Energy, the nation's leading provider of cleaner electricity and carbon offset solutions.  Colorado 14ers owner Tim Wiens will retain a minority ownership stake in the team.  Nelson, Wyly and Frisco Mayor Maher Maso joined Reed at today's announcement, which was held at the Mavericks' practice facility located inside American Airlines Center.

"We're very excited to be in Frisco, an area with deep fan support and a history of successful sports teams," said Reed.  "We're thrilled to welcome such a well-respected and experienced group to the NBA D-League ownership ranks.  Not only are Donnie Nelson's basketball credentials terrific, but he has assembled a group with impressive business credentials as well.  Donnie's investment in an NBA D-League team is a great validation of both our league's past success and future growth prospects."

The Frisco team's new name, colors and logo, along with the coaching staff, will be announced at a later date.

"Texas is one of the hottest basketball markets in the world. We plan to bring an exciting, high octane brand of basketball that's both affordable and fun for the entire family," said Nelson.  "Our team will have a chance to hone their skills in the newly renovated Dr. Pepper center in Frisco. The NBA D-League continues to provide high level competition and excellent opportunities for both its fans and players."

When the team begins play in 2010, it will be directly affiliated with up to three NBA teams, which will be able to assign first and second year players to the club up to three times during a season.

The NBA Development League, founded in 2001, is the NBA's official minor league and featured 16 teams with direct affiliations to NBA teams during the 2008-09 season.  This Fall, two new NBA D-League teams will begin play in Portland, Maine and Springfield, Mass.-- the birthplace of basketball. Eighty-four former NBA Development League players were on 2008-09 NBA end-of-season rosters, amounting to almost 20 percent of NBA players, and the league continues to develop coaches, referees, and front office staff for the NBA and its teams.  In fostering the league's connection to the community, its teams, players and staff promote health and wellness, support local needs and interests, and assist in educational development through NBA D-League Cares programs.  The NBA D-League also advances the game of basketball as the research and development arm of the NBA.
Throughout the season fans can watch all NBA D-League games on NBA Futurecast, the free live Web-streaming initiative found at nba.com/futurecastnba.com/futurecast.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2009 15:24

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