Springfield Armor
| Springfield Armor | ||
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| founding | 2006 | |
| history |
Anaheim Arsenal 2006–2009 Springfield Armor 2009–2014 Grand Rapids Drive from 2014 |
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| Stadion | MassMutual Center | |
| Location | Springfield , Massachusetts | |
| Club colors | Red, blue, black, silver, orange | |
| Head coach | Bob MacKinnon, Jr. | |
| owner | SSJ Group | |
| Championships | no | |
| Conference title | no | |
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The Springfield Armor are a former basketball franchise from Springfield , Massachusetts that played in the NBA Development League . The team played their home games in the MassMutual Center . The team was owned by HWS Basketball, LLC until 2014, owned by Michael Savit. This also includes four minor league baseball teams: the Mobile BayBears, the Modesto Nuts, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, and Columbia Blowship. For the 2011/12 season they became the exclusive farm team of the Brooklyn Nets (known at the time as the New Jersey Nets).
Since basketball was invented in Springfield, the city is also known as the Birthplace of Basketball (German birthplace of basketball ).
The team's name comes from the Springfield Armory , which was founded by George Washington in 1777 . On June 30, 2009, the team officially announced their logo and name.
In the 2011/12 D-League season, the team managed to take part in the play-offs for the first time in team history , where they had to admit defeat to the Canton Charge in the first round .
In April 2014, the league announced that the Springfield Armor had been sold to the SSJ Group under majority owner Steve Jbara and would be relocated to Grand Rapids for the 2014/15 season . There the team will act as the exclusive D-League team for the Detroit Pistons . A new name for the team has not yet been announced at this time. Until then, it will act as the Grand Rapids NBA D-League team.
On June 17, 2014, the D-League and the team announced the new name and team logo, since then the "Grand Rapids NBA D-League Team" has been renamed Grand Rapids Drive .
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Individual evidence
- ^ NBA Development League Team Comes To Springfield, Massachusetts ( Memento April 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Springfield's NBA Development League Team Unveils Name and Logo. NBA Development League, June 30, 2009, archived from the original on July 3, 2009 ; accessed on June 18, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Relocation of the Springfield Armor to Michigan ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Name and logo presented on June 17, 2014 ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
