Monday, March 4, 2013

Buffalo Warriors, New Minor League Hoops Team

by Steve

Evidently there is a new minor league basketball team in Buffalo.  From the Buffalo Warriors official website:

The Buffalo Warriors professional basketball team made several announcements in the past week, including news about the 2013 season and plans to bring an NBA Development League team to Western New York.
The Warrior were set to begin play in the newly formed IBA-PBL basketball league this season, but scheduling delays caused the team to change focus and create a schedule consisting of international opponents beginning with the home opener on March 27 at the Event Center at the Hamburg Fairgrounds. Warriors players and management agreed that the international concept would provide the players with more opportunities to continue their careers with professional teams overseas.
According to team owner Edward Bednarz, the Warriors will play a total of 15 home games against international teams from destinations such as England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Bermuda, Mexico, Canada and the Ivory Coast.
Season and individual game tickets — including a limited number of courtside seats — are now for sale on the team’s website at www.buffalowarriors.com and at the Event Center Box Office.
Following the successful completion of this season, the Warriors will aggressively pursue bringing an NBA D-League team to Buffalo, according to Bednarz. Founded in 2001, the D-League currently has teams in 16 cities across the U.S.
The Warriors are scheduled to open training camp on Feb. 25. After a week of closed practices, team practices will be opened up to the public.
The idea of a D-League team being in Buffalo is intriguing. The team playing at the Hamburg Fair Grounds is not.  And a review of the roster has players that are basically ungoogleable:
ANTHONY COX 6’9”
DELONTE GREY 6’6”
JAMAL NICHOLS 6’9”
TERENCE DILL 6’7
JOSHUA JONES 6’5”
MOUSSA SECK 7’4”
TREVONN CAMPBELL 6’1”
JOSH CRAWFORD 7’0”
ALI RAMADAN 6’4”
GLENROY CARR JR 6’6”
CHARLES JEFFERSON 6’0”
ZACH MOORE 6’3”
RON MALECKI 6’5”

Zack Moore played at St Bonaventure, Ron Malecki played somewhere called Pitt Greensburg and I couldn't find much else.  At least the logo sorta looks like the old Buffalo Braves logo:
Wait, is that a good thing?  I couldn't even find much about the owner Edward Bednarz.  According to his linkedin page he went to Buffalo State and is the owner of CLICKeTIX, albeit I have no idea what that is and the website has no information.

Yeah obviously the D-League isn't very glamorous and most of these minor league basketball leagues tend to fail miserably but it could be interesting if Buffalo were to get a team.  According to nba.com 116 current players have D-League experience.  Buffalo would be one of the biggest cities to have a team besides LA and where ever "Texas" plays.  Plus we could start a rivalry with Erie PA!  I won't hold my breath.

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