2008-09 Alignment announced

[toad455]

CENTRAL DIVISION
Erie
Fort Wayne
Iowa
Sioux Falls

NORTHWEST DIVISION
Colorado
Dakota
Idaho
Utah

SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Albuquerque
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
Tulsa

WEST DIVISION
Anaheim
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Reno

[DakotaWizardsFan]

Wow D-League. Take away our only rivalry. We'll probably play Sioux Falls 3 or 4 times this season now. I guess I see why that had to happen, but I'm still not happy with it.

[DakotaWizardsFan]

2008-09 NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TEAM AFFILIATIONS

Albuquerque Thunderbirds
Dallas Mavericks: None
Miami Heat: Blake Ahearn, Joel Anthony, Daequan Cook, Stephane Lasme, Kasib Powell
Anaheim Arsenal
Atlanta Hawks: Al Horford, Acie Law, Mario West
Los Angeles Clippers: Nick Fazekas, Al Thornton, Marcus Williams
Austin Toros
San Antonio Spurs: Ian Mahinmi
Bakersfield Jam
Golden State Warriors: Marco Belinelli, Kosta Perovic, C.J. Watson, Brandan Wright
Orlando Magic: Marcin Gortat
Colorado 14ers
Denver Nuggets: Taurean Green
New Jersey Nets: Sean Williams
Dakota Wizards
Memphis Grizzlies: Mike Conley, Javaris Crittenton, Juan Carlos Navarro
Washington Wizards: Dominic McGuire, Oleksiy Pecherov
Erie BayHawks
Cleveland Cavaliers: Lance Allred
Philadelphia 76ers: Herbert Hill, Jason Smith, Thaddeus Young
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Detroit Pistons: Arron Afflalo, Cheikh Samb, Rodney Stuckey
Indiana Pacers: None
Idaho Stampede
Portland Trail Blazers: Josh McRoberts, Greg Oden
Toronto Raptors: Jamario Moon
Iowa Energy
Chicago Bulls: JamesOn Curry, Aaron Gray, Demetris Nichols, Joakim Noah
Phoenix Suns: D.J. Strawberry, Alando Tucker
Los Angeles D-Fenders
Los Angeles Lakers: Coby Karl
Reno
New York Knicks: Wilson Chandler
Sacramento Kings: Spencer Hawes
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
Houston Rockets: Aaron Brooks, Mike Harris, Carl Landry, Luis Scola
New Orleans Hornets: Julian Wright
Sioux Falls Skyforce
Charlotte Bobcats: Jermareo Davidson, Jared Dudley
Minnesota Timberwolves: Corey Brewer, Chris Richard
Tulsa 66ers
Milwaukee Bucks: Ramon Sessions, Yi Jianlan
Seattle SuperSonics: Kevin Durant, Jeff Green
Utah Flash
Boston Celtics: Glen Davis, Gabe Pruitt
Utah Jazz: Morris Almond, Kyrylo Fesenko

[DakotaWizardsFan]

I wish our affiliates would have been changed. Washington has been our affiliate for two seasons and they haven't sent down a single player and Memphis has been our affiliate for one season and they haven't sent down anyone either.

[Minor League Man]

[quote=""toad455""]CENTRAL DIVISION
Erie
Fort Wayne
Iowa
Sioux Falls

NORTHWEST DIVISION
Colorado
Dakota
Idaho
Utah

SOUTHWEST DIVISION
Albuquerque
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
Tulsa

WEST DIVISION
Anaheim
Bakersfield
Los Angeles
Reno[/quote]
Link or it isn't the alignment.

[abie10]

that sucks. I'm a BIG PHX and the Birds are no longer associated with the Suns...

Sorta glad I haven't renewed my season tickets yet :/

decisions, decisions...

[jjbballfan]

man some of the decisions I liked, some I didn't..... Why is PHX no longer with Albuquerque and why isn't Dallas with Tulsa? Tulsa is closer to Dallas and they seemed to have a working relationship and PHX is closer to Albuquerque then Des Moines and seemed to again have a working relationship, unless maybe the teams wanted different teams or the league thought that it didn't matter......

I like Sioux Falls still being with Charlotte and the T-Wolves..... It isn't so much the players as the fact that when a player is sent down there GM's come and visit.

but yeah some question marks in the system,

[bectond]

[quote=""jjbballfan""]man some of the decisions I liked, some I didn't..... Why is PHX no longer with Albuquerque,[/quote]

Kerr got upset with the Southwest basketball group (They own Albuquerque and Tulsa) They don't stay in contact with the parent clubs and I read that last year that Albuquerque went three weeks without a trainer, dudes had to tape themselves (Bush league).

[quote=""jjbballfan""]and why isn't Dallas with Tulsa? Tulsa is closer to Dallas and they seemed to have a working relationship and PHX is closer to Albuquerque then Des Moines and seemed to again have a working relationship, unless maybe the teams wanted different teams or the league thought that it didn't matter......,[/quote]

See above

[quote=""jjbballfan""]
I like Sioux Falls still being with Charlotte and the T-Wolves..... It isn't so much the players as the fact that when a player is sent down there GM's come and visit.

but yeah some question marks in the system,[/quote]

Yeah it's kind of wacky right now, but after the next CBA they should have everything straight.

[HKF]

Still three divisions. Reno will be in the Western division.

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/art ... /-1/SPORTS

Central
Erie *expansion*
Sioux Falls
Fort Wayne
Iowa
Dakota

Southwest
Colorado
Tulsa
Albuquerque
Austin
Rio Grande Valley

West
Los Angeles
Reno *expansion*
Bakersfield
Anaheim
Utah
Idaho

[DakotaWizardsFan]

That's better. That alignment makes a lot more sense. And now the Dakota-Sioux Falls rivalry can continue on.