November 2009
3 posts
The Line Up: Notorious Characters of Hoop
Some recent news on ESPN got me to thinking of the various interesting players I came into contact with during my time as a Stampede GM and owner. So here is All Time “Notorious Lineup” during my 5-year tenure in the CBA and NBADL. Honorees are from various teams we faced at home and on the road: Head Coach: Michael Ray Richardson
Assistant Coach: Billy Bayno
Oliver Miller
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August 2008
13 posts
Best By Position
In the four seasons I was GM we had a lot of good players on the team. I came up with an All Star team from among the players we signed during my tenure. This list hasn’t been shared with B.Gates and will no doubt be challenged once he sees it, since he is the player personnel savant.
Point Guard - Randy Livingston is an easy choice. Other good ones were Jermaine Boyette, David Bailey and...
A Story from a Stampede Fan:
“I was at a Stampede game at the Idaho Center during the 2003 season. I went into the men’s room and there was a guy in there pouring beer into a water bottle. It was weird, just looked like he had bought a large beer but wanted to hide the fact that he was drinking. So he filled his blue water bottle and went back into the arena. Pretty big guy, dark hair, levis. Anyway, later when I...
Fiberpipe & Me: First to Webcast Professional...
In fall of 2003 I met with Ken Birch and Doug Chapman at Fiberpipe to explore webcasting of Idaho Stampede basketball. Later that year we had our first webcast, and then continued working together in early 2004. By the 2004-05 season we put together a full season deal. The Idaho Stampede was the first professional basketball team in the world to webcast all of its home games live and make them...
