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  • #16
    Vancouver's not getting one because they're moving the Hornets here.
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    • #17
      "Here are 10 reasons why the new National Basketball League of Canada, unveiled Thursday in Halifax, should be a huge improvement over the various American minor league models that have operated in this market for the past few years:"



      http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1243145.html

      http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.c...rticle/1406042
      Last edited by jbml; Fri May 13, 2011, 01:48 PM.

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      • #18
        Apollo wrote: View Post
        Ok, that would be awesome... Especially if he wrestles a bear at half time.
        If that happens I"LL WRESTLE THE BEAR AT HALF TIME! :P
        "They're going to have to rename the whole conference after us: Toronto Raptors 2014-2015 Northern Conference Champions" ~ ezzbee Dec. 2014

        "I guess I got a little carried away there" ~ ezzbee Apr. 2015

        "We only have one rule on this team. What is that rule? E.L.E. That's right's, E.L.E, and what does E.L.E. stand for? EVERYBODY LOVE EVERYBODY. Right there up on the wall, because this isn't just a basketball team, this is a lifestyle. ~ Jackie Moon

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        • #19
          Tim W. wrote: View Post
          Vancouver's not getting one because they're moving the Hornets here.

          Really? if thats true then thats awesome! we got some more teams to cheer for

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          • #20
            Fiba rules pls. If they try to make it like the NBA it's going to look like the CFL. If we do fiba, at the very least we should be able to present a decent team for Olympics and various games.
            @sweatpantsjer

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            • #21
              if it works, it will be the coolest thing ever after the day Hedo signed here.

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              • #22
                "One Ontario market appears to be out and three others in as the upstart National Basketball League of Canada continues recruiting teams for its inaugural season."

                http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1245524.html

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                • #23
                  http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1248879.html

                  It looks like the National Basketball League of Canada will be an eight-team circuit in its inaugural season.
                  Four Ontario communities — Barrie, Kingston, Oshawa and London — and P.E.I. will now move on the next stage of becoming full members.

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                  • #24
                    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...-join-nbl.html

                    NBA stars invited to join Mill Rats and Rainmen

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                    • #25
                      http://thechronicleherald.ca/Sports/1253000.html

                      The order of the draft was determined at the league’s first owners meeting on June 29 in Toronto. Oshawa will choose first, followed by Charlottetown, London and Moncton, the NBL announced Monday in a release.

                      The Saint John Mill Rats will pick fifth, the Rainmen sixth and the Quebec Kebs seventh. The Rats, Rainmen and Kebs, founding franchises that left the Premier Basketball League in April, are picking in the reverse order of their finish last season in the PBL regular-season standings.

                      The draft will be preceded by a two-day tryout combine Aug. 20-21 at the Seneca College Sports Centre in Toronto, with the first day for free agents and the second for Canadians.

                      NBL teams have to carry at least two Canadians on their roster.

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                      • #26
                        http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...working-class/

                        The newly formed National Basketball League of Canada, after breaking away from something called the Premiere League, recently opened its arms to what it called “Tier 3” NBA players staring at a long lockout.

                        The NBL defines “Tier 3” players as those on the lower side of the NBA salary spectrum, especially young players earning the league minimum.
                        J
                        ackson’s hardscrabble path to an NBA dream makes him uniquely positioned for his latest career move: head coach of the NBL’s Saint John Mill Rats.

                        “Many of these NBA players have decisions to make as the lockout continues,” Jackson said Tuesday. .... these players are going to want opportunities to play.”
                        Jackson believes the geography of the league will have a special appeal to NBA players who grew up or played in the Northeast U.S.

                        “I think there will be some players interested, maybe some Canadian players in the NBA, or any other guys from the East Coast who just want to continue to stay in shape or play while the lockout is going on,” he said.
                        Last edited by jbml; Wed Jul 13, 2011, 07:51 PM.

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                        • #27
                          Mill Rats? For real? Who's naming these teams, six year olds? Next up is the Antigonish Army Ants(not really but ay...), they're a real force to be reckoned with!

                          Haha... I actually hope the team does well, and I guess the names are a little different than the corny Major sports team names these days.

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                          • #28
                            http://durhamregion.com/sports/article/181263

                            OSHAWA -- They don't have an official name, nor have they nailed down a place to play yet, but one of the newest National Basketball League of Canada franchises is putting the pieces together for its debut in Oshawa this fall.

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                            • #29
                              http://www.metronews.ca/halifax/spor...time-storyline

                              Last week, the City of Moncton approved a memorandum of understanding to put a team at Moncton Coliseum for the next three years.

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                              • #30
                                I am going to tryout I think. Shouldn't every over-the-hill, unathletic, injury-prone, tall white dude have his day?

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