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The Flame battle the visiting Las Vegas Stars
at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix
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About the Arizona Flame
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About the 2007 Flame (9-10)—The Flame (in 2007 known as the Phoenix Flame) finished their inaugural IBL season just under .500 with 9 wins to 10 losses. Owner Stephen Moss-Kelley was a steady contributor on the court for the Flame averaging over 12 points per contest. New recruit Devin Greene had a promising debut, averaging 27.5 points per game in his first two games for Phoenix. The Arizona Flame top scorers were as follows: Devin Greene 27.5 points per game (2 games played), Jamal Livingston 22.4 points per game (10), Larry Morinia 16.7 (14), James Singleton 16.5 (14), Del Summers 15.1 (15) and Quincy Shannon 15 (15). The All-Stars from that 2007 inaugural season were Jamal Livingston and Larry Morinia. After the 2007 season was complete, the team dissolved. In 2008, a down year, the now Arizona Flame played 2 IBL games (official games) in Los Angeles (see game results section, for box scores- game result # 181 and game result #185). In 2009, the Arizona Flame will play in the IBL but again in 2009, the Flame will play a small schedule in another rebuilding year. The 2009 Arizona Flame will play 2 games at Las Vegas, 2 games at Los Angeles and the Flame will play 1 home game as well, for a total of 5 games played in 2009. That home game in 2009 will be played on Thursday May 21st at 7:00pm versus the visiting Seattle Mountaineers.
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2010 Schedule
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| Friday |
May 21st |
7:30PM |
Arizona Raptors |
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Los Angeles Lightning |
124 - 134 L
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| Saturday |
May 22nd |
7:30PM |
Arizona Raptors |
@ |
Los Angeles Lightning |
115 - 130 L
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| Friday |
June 18th |
7:30PM |
Arizona Raptors |
@ |
Los Angeles Lightning |
99 - 114 L
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| Saturday |
June 19th |
7:30PM |
Arizona Raptors |
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Los Angeles Lightning |
123 - 133 L
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2010 Roster
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| Player Name |
Height |
College |
Position |
Games |
Points |
Rebounds |
Assists |
| Monte Jones |
6'2" |
Mount Olive |
Guard |
2 |
21.0 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
| Tremain Dalton |
6'2" |
St Mary |
Guard |
4 |
19.0 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
| Rob Porter |
0'0" |
Not Applicable |
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2 |
18.5 |
6.0 |
8.0 |
| Bryson Krueger |
6'5" |
Arizona State |
Guard |
2 |
17.0 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
| Del Sommers |
6'6" |
Grand Canyon |
Guard |
4 |
16.0 |
4.7 |
2.0 |
| Dubois Williams |
6'5" |
Cal State |
Forward |
3 |
13.0 |
3.3 |
3.3 |
| Dan Peterson |
6'7" |
Mid American Nazareen University |
Forward |
4 |
12.2 |
5.2 |
3.0 |
| James Singleton |
6'6" |
St.Bonaventure |
Guard |
1 |
12.0 |
8.0 |
7.0 |
| John Plenty |
6'6" |
St Francis (PA) |
Forward |
4 |
9.2 |
8.7 |
2.2 |
| Devon Smith |
6'9" |
Kakankee CC |
Forward |
2 |
5.5 |
4.5 |
1.0 |
| Jason Carter |
6'10" |
San Francisco |
Center |
3 |
2.6 |
6.6 |
1.6 |
| Derrick Graham |
6'3" |
Fort Hays State |
Guard |
0 |
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| Jamal Livingston |
6'9" |
California St-Barksdale |
Forward |
0 |
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Quincy Shannon |
Jon Smith |
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2007 Roster
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Steve Moss-Kelley
Owner
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Cedric Ceballos
6'8" F
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Sascha Stafford
6'4" G/F
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James Singleton
6'6" F
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Matt Caldwell
6'9" F
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Robert Keil
6'1" PG
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Jamal Livingston
6'9" F/C
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Larry Morinia
5'11" G
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Gabriel Sandoval
6'6" G/F
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Brandon Bardwell
6'2" G
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Monte Jones
6'2" G
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Quincy Shannon
6'5" G
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Ticket Prices
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Single Game
Adult $8
Youth (12 & under) $4
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Season Pass
Adult $75
Youth $35
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Sponsors
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Team Photos
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| Flame players sign autographs at a toy drive to benefit orphans of sickle cell anemia. |
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Branding teams fall into two categories: 1) old teams maintaining their brand (former teams in good standing that are planning to return to the IBL) and 2) new teams that made a down payment to the IBL to play a full season but they are not allowed to play a full season until they are fully accepted and fully ready to go. Both types of teams are called 'branding teams'—because their goal is to maintain a brand or to start a brand. A branding team is entitled to play multiple away games and typically 1 home game in their 'branding year'. Games played by branding teams do indeed count as regular games for the IBL teams who play against them (normal wins and losses, real IBL games, not exhibitions). Some branding teams may stay in that branding mode for years. The job of an owner is complex in that the new owner handles media relations, promotions, sales, partnerships, venues, contracts, businesses operations; as well, the new owner deals with the actual operations of the basketball team but even more difficult—this team owner is expected to do all of this in an efficient manner (relying on a lot of volunteerism and community support—typically gathered over time); so to give these team owners the experience that they need, the IBL gives a 'branding team' a much tinier basketball schedule- so that the branding team owner can try different things—but with so few games, the new team will survive mistakes; when the branding team fails in an aspect of their season, they will fail on a small scale. This 'branding year' program allows the team owner to learn and grow- but in a reasonable way, at a reasonable cost; therefore, the education gained from a branding year (or years) will be thorough enough, so that- when that new team owner finally does join the IBL for a full season, that new owner will be well prepared.
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