Erik Novales

The D-League is undergoing quite a bit of turmoil at the moment. The Arsenal have left town, and the Bakersfield Jam’s owner, in one of the more amusing euphemisms I’ve ever seen, has declared that “I wouldn’t say we’re folding. We’re just not going to operate anymore.” The Albuquerque Thunderbirds have laid off all of [...]

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The Arsenal recently finished out their season with an epic 12-game losing streak. As it turns out, this will be their final season — the team announced that the franchise was being transferred to another organization, which will relocate the team to Springfield, MA for next season. I am, naturally, pretty disappointed, although the move [...]

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I haven’t written about the Arsenal yet this season, but me and Sandy are still going to the games. Now that I actually have some time to sit down and write a bit, I figured I would give a bit of a mid-season recap of what we’ve seen so far. Coming into the season, I [...]

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Sam Vincent is the new head coach of the Arsenal.

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The Anaheim Arsenal announced a press conference next Tuesday to introduce their new head coach. In a separate e-mail were some hints about who it is: “The coach that we got was a former head coach in the NBA last year and has won two (2) NBA Development League championships before.” I did a little [...]

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I’ve been a bit remiss in not writing over the last week or so, so I’ll try to catch up on a few things. The Arsenal finished their home games with a pair against the Utah Flash and the Los Angeles D-Fenders, losing 107-101 to Utah but beating the D-Fenders 109-106 in a pretty thrilling [...]

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It’s possible — they’re now on a 5-game winning streak after their impressive victory over the Southwest Division-leading Toros. The Arsenal’s remaining games include three games against the Los Angeles D-Fenders (currently vying with the Idaho Stampede for West Division supremacy) and a game against the Utah Flash, who are still on the edge of [...]

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Over the weekend, the Arsenal took back-to-back games from the Idaho Stampede (93-86 and 113-107), extending their season-best winning streak to 4 games. They were impressive wins, the first being a come-from-behind effort from 16 points down, and the second being a gritty effort in a see-saw battle. Considering that the Stampede were 5-1 in [...]

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With the exception of Kedrick Brown, no Arsenal players remain from the opening day roster. The team recently traded Ivan Johnson, and I have no idea about the whereabouts of Guillermo Diaz these days. Pretty crazy. I also discovered that Steven Smith is now playing in Italy, which is a shame since I felt that [...]

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The 2008 D-League All-Stars have been announced, and there are no players from the Arsenal on the rosters. It’s disappointing — having an All-Star representative would at least give Arsenal fans something to cheer about, but that’s not going to happen. The only other team without a representative is Albuquerque. (Rio Grande Valley’s representative, CJ [...]

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