The CBA's tenth team is...

[Chuck the Writer]

The Rio Grande Valley Silverados, who will play in the CBA beginning in the 2007-08 season.

http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3517228

This brings the CBA up to ten franchises for 07-08, the most franchises that have started a CBA season since 2000-01.

[psbf]

to see RGV added, welcome aboard Silverados. But I must be missing a team, if it's at ten. 1) Albany Platoons 2) Butte Daredevils 3) Xplosion 4) Great Falls Explorers 5) Yakama SunKings 6) Oklahoma Cavalry 7) Pikesville Miners 8) Minot Sky Rockets 9) Rio Grand Valley Silverados. Indiana is out this season for purpose of relocation.

[Aaronhere]

"On behalf of all of our member teams I want to welcome the Silverados into the CBA," said CBA Acting Commissioner Jim Coyne. "They give us a regional rival for the Oklahoma Cavalry and let us return to Texas. Art and Kevin are fine owners who will do an outstanding job this season. They have a great building and the fans will be seeing great CBA action all season long."


"Art and Kevin have put together an outstanding ownership group," said CBA Properties CEO and President Ricardo A. Richardson. "This expansion franchise is another important step toward achieving our goal of having CBA teams competing regionally. Rio Grande will also connect the CBA to Mexico as we establish the CBA Mexico league next year. The Silverados are fortunate to be playing in a state-of-the-art arena, which will enable us to bring high-level basketball and first class entertainment to a community that is passionate about its basketball and hungry for quality entertainment. Opening Night will be the place to be in McAllen."

[Minor League Man]

to see RGV added, welcome aboard Silverados. But I must be missing a team, if it's at ten. 1) Albany Platoons 2) Butte Daredevils 3) Xplosion 4) Great Falls Explorers 5) Yakama SunKings 6) Oklahoma Cavalry 7) Pikesville Miners 8) Minot Sky Rockets 9) Rio Grand Valley Silverados. Indiana is out this season for purpose of relocation.
The alignment, as I see it, is:
EAST
Albany Patroons
Atlanta Krunk
East Kentucky Miners
Minot SkyRockets
Pittsburgh Xplosion
WEST
Butte Daredevils
Great Falls Explorers
Oklahoma Cavalry
Rio Grande Valley Silverados
Yakama SunKings

[psbf]

to see the league grow to at least 10 teams. But I have yet to see anything official on Atlanta joining. I hope it comes soon.

[CRUSADERSFAN]

http://cbahoopsonline.com/news.php?read=926

Is that enough?

[psbf]

that release, but I've not seen any press releases that say Atlanta has offically joined. What will satisfy me is when they drop Indiana's link and add Atlanta's on the front page. I've seen that they added Rio Grand valley.

[panchess]

..though they became a "B" member and did not eventually play. The Krunk have been participating in league meetings and presumably are a member in good standing.

Not to be cynical, but 10 teams drafted last season, and only eight played. I won't count the official number for the season until they all play a game.

Indiana is supposed to be on hiatus for a season, so a notation in the directory that they are a 2008-2009 team would be sufficient for me.

[Ken, Steelheads fan]

Right on cue to prove my point. This from a PBL thread:
http://www.oursportscentral.com/boards/showthread.php?t=7521&page=2

was not such a franchise killer, Ken?? I think you're confusing leagues here. The ABA is the one that is losing teams. The CBA is growing stronger.

Growing stronger at what?--should be the question. This one's really TOO obvious considering the situation with Hidalgo and McAllen, so I'll only comment further on this quote from the press release:

"On behalf of all of our member teams I want to welcome the Silverados into the CBA," said CBA Acting Commissioner Jim Coyne. "They give us a regional rival for the Oklahoma Cavalry and let us return to Texas.

I spent more than a few years stationed in central Texas so I didn't need to do a mapquest. The only thing regional about Lawton, OK and the extreme southern Texas gulf coast is that they are both in the same time zone.

[CRUSADERSFAN]

I haven't been to Texas, so I mapquested it. 11 hours, six minutes from Lawton, so it's not close at all.

And yes, I know about the Krunk's history. I'm just saying that the league is putting out releases saying things such as "for the 2007-2008 season," while he says he hasn't seen anything official. If they play, I doubt they'll be the class of the league.

[psbf]

the 'Universalmap, North America Road Atlas', Rio Grande City, which goes along with the name Rio Grande Valley Silverados, is located on the Texas border with Mexico. The city is next to Edinboro, which is where the team is making an appearance at the local 'Children's hospital'. That city is also on the border. That's a pretty long distance from Lawton, Okla. They're almost in Mexico!

[panchess]

A little bit of spin, perhaps. Both them and the Cavalry are in the southwestern United States, after all. It doesn't say that they are around the corner from each other.

It's a long way from some of the BS that the ABA and USBL put out in the last two years, though.

[panchess]

..though I am sure there are plenty of good ABA examples of total fluff and hype, my favorite was the owner of the Jackson Wildcats (or maybe it saying they were going to sell out a 7,000 seat arena that they got locked out of because they never paid the rent.

[Ken, Steelheads fan]

A little bit of spin, perhaps. Both them and the Cavalry are in the southwestern United States, after all. It doesn't say that they are around the corner from each other.

Saying that both are in the southwestern United States is like saying both teams are in Canada. Canada is vast. Southwestern United States is vast.

It's a long way from some of the BS that the ABA and USBL put out in the last two years, though.

Yeah, but we're talking about the CBA at the moment.

..though I am sure there are plenty of good ABA examples of total fluff and hype, my favorite was the owner of the Jackson Wildcats (or maybe it saying they were going to sell out a 7,000 seat arena that they got locked out of because they never paid the rent.

Yeah, but we're still talking about the CBA.

[psbf]

we are talking about the CBA, since this is the forum for it. I also feel that this league is far better than the ABA and I'm glad to see more teams join, even though the distance may be greater. I feel that RGV made a wise choice in switching leagues to come here. They have more of a future here than they did where they were.

[logoguru]

Goood move by both the team and the CBA.
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