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Play It Again Sports Grand Rapids

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American professional basketball game team of the NBA 1000 League

G Rapids Gold
Grand Rapids Gold logo
League NBA Thousand League
Founded 2006
History Anaheim Arsenal
2006–2009
Springfield Armor
2009–2014
Grand Rapids Drive
2014–2021
Grand Rapids Gilt
2021–present
Arena DeltaPlex Arena
Location Walker, Michigan
Team colors Midnight blueish, sunshine yellowish, Flatirons ruby-red, white[1] [2] [3]
President Ben Wallace
Head coach Jason Terry
Ownership SSJ Group
Affiliation(s) Denver Nuggets
Championships 0
Conference titles 0
Division titles 1 (2018–19)
Website grandrapids.gleague.nba.com

The Grand Rapids Gilded are an American professional person basketball game team of the NBA G League and is an affiliate of the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise began as the Anaheim Armory in 2006, before relocating to Springfield, Massachusetts, in 2009, becoming the Springfield Armor. After five seasons in Springfield, the franchise moved to Grand Rapids in 2014 and were afterwards renamed the Grand Rapids Drive, before changing their proper name over again to the Gilt in 2021. They play their abode games at the DeltaPlex Arena in Walker, Michigan.

Franchise history [edit]

2006–2009: Anaheim Arsenal [edit]

The franchise began in 2006 every bit the Anaheim Arsenal as an expansion team in the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). Based in Anaheim, California, and playing at the Anaheim Convention Centre, the Armory were an affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, Orlando Magic and Portland Trail Blazers.[4] [five] [6] However, the Arsenal era was mainly marked by futility, never having a winning flavour or a playoff berth. On March 31, 2009, the Arsenal appear that they would relocate to Springfield, Massachusetts.[v] [seven]

2009–2014: Springfield Armor [edit]

On July 29, 2009, it was announced that Dee Brown would become the head coach.[8] On September 2, the Armor picked start in the 2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft, selecting center Marcus Campbell.[9] The team ended their inaugural 2009–10 season with a record of 7–43, the worst record in D-League history.

During the 2010–11 season, the Armor started by picking fifth in the D-League Draft, and selected La Salle'southward Vernon Goodridge.[x] The Armor would cease up finishing with a tape of thirteen–37, sixth in the seven-team Eastern Conference. After the flavor, head motorcoach Dee Brown opted to leave the team to bring together the Detroit Pistons.[11] Dark-brown was replaced soon afterward by Bob MacKinnon Jr.[12] During the 2010–eleven season, the team was an chapter of the New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers.[13]

For the 2011–12 flavor, the Armor entered into a single amalgamation partnership with the Brooklyn Nets, giving the Nets full control over the basketball operations of and making them the sole affiliate for the Armor. The Nets became the second NBA team to enter into a single affiliation with an NBA D-League team, joining the Houston Rockets and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[fourteen] [fifteen]

2014–2021: Grand Rapids Drive [edit]

On April 15, 2014, it was announced that the SSJ Group purchased the Springfield Armor and would relocate the team to Grand Rapids, Michigan for the 2014–fifteen season. The Grand Rapids franchise would exist locally endemic and established a single-franchise "hybrid" affiliation with the Detroit Pistons.[sixteen] The affiliation between the Pistons and the Drive was the third betwixt the two cities as the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the Thousand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League as well share an affiliation, as practice the Detroit Tigers of the American League and the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League.[17]

The team launched a proper name-the-squad contest shortly after the formal announcement. The contest produced 4 finalists: Drive, Chairmen, Horsepower, and Blue Racers. The customs was encouraged to vote online in order to determine which of the four names would become the official team name.[18] Out of those names, the Grand Rapids Drive was selected.[19] [20]

On July 29, 2020, the Pistons announced that the system had officially purchased the Northern Arizona Suns from the Phoenix Suns and were relocating the franchise to Detroit for the 2021–22 season. Information technology was also appear that the affiliation between the Pistons and Drive would finish after the 2020–21 season. The ownership of the Drive were stated every bit looking for an pick to continue operations one time the affiliation was set to terminate of after the 2020–21 season.[21] The Drive would be one of several G League teams to opt out of the single-site shortened season held in Orlando. On January 8, 2021, the Drive stated they were negotiating with a new affiliate and could include a new proper name and logo.[22]

2021–present: Thousand Rapids Gold [edit]

On April 27, 2021, the Drive announced a new affiliation understanding with the Denver Nuggets.[23] As part of the new affiliation, the Drive were rebranded every bit the Grand Rapids Gold, with the name, logo and color scheme announced on July seven.[1] The organization operates under a hybrid model with the Nuggets controlling the basketball operations and SSJ Group, with Steve Jbara as owner and president, controlling the team's business concern operations and customs engagement.[24] On August nineteen, the Gold named Jason Terry equally its new caput coach.[25]

Season-by-season [edit]

Season Division Regular season Postseason results
Stop Wins Losses Percentage.
Anaheim Arsenal
2006–07 Western fourth 23 27 .460
2007–08 Western quaternary 23 27 .460
2008–09 Western 6th xv 35 .300
Springfield Armor
2009–ten Eastern 7th 7 43 .140
2010–11 Eastern sixth 13 37 .260
2011–12 Eastern 1st 29 21 .580 Lost Kickoff Round (Canton) 1–two
2012–thirteen Eastern 5th xviii 32 .360
2013–xiv Eastern 3rd 22 28 .440
Grand Rapids Drive
2014–xv Central quaternary 23 27 .460
2015–16 Central fourth 21 29 .420
2016–17 Central 4th 26 24 .520
2017–18 Central 2nd 29 21 .580 Lost First Round (Raptors) 88–92
2018–xix Central 1st 28 22 .560 Lost Starting time Round (Raptors) xc–91
2019–xx Central third 25 xviii .581 Season cancelled by COVID-nineteen pandemic
2020–21 Opted out of single-site season
G Rapids Gilded
Regular season record 302 391 .436 2006–present
Playoff record 1 4 .200 2006–present

Electric current roster [edit]

K Rapids Gold roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Proper name Tiptop Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
G four Bandoo, Devonte 6 ft 3 in (ane.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1996-09-12 Baylor
F 42 Baxter Jr., Troy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1996-03-05 Morgan Land
F/C 7 Bezhanishvili, Giorgi half dozen ft ix in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1998–11–16 Illinois
Yard 14 Burk, Marcus vi ft three in (one.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997–09–27 IUPUI
SF 13 Camper, Manny half dozen ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1999–05–18 Siena
PF 21 Cornelie, Petr 6 ft eleven in (2.xi k) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–07–26 France
Grand 2 Duval, Trevon half-dozen ft ii in (i.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1998-08–03 Duke
F/C 24 Faried, Kenneth six ft eight in (2.03 thou) 230 lb (104 kg) 1989–11–nineteen Morehead Country
Thou xv Green, Quade half dozen ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1998-05-12 Washington
G 00 Howard, Markus(TW) 5 ft ten in (1.78 one thousand) 175 lb (79 kg) 1999–03–03 Marquette
F 3 Jones, Terrence 6 ft 9 in (two.06 chiliad) 255 lb (116 kg) 1992-01-09 Kentucky
Yard 9 Reed, Davon(TW) half dozen ft 5 in (one.96 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1995–06-eleven Miami (FL)
Head coach
  • Jason Terry
Assistant coach(es)
  • Travess Armenta
  • Tamisha Augustin
  • Nathan Babcock
  • Jim Lyman
Legend
  • (C) Team helm
  • (DP) Unsigned draft option
  • (FA) Free amanuensis
  • (S) Suspended
  • (NBA) On assignment from NBA affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate histrion
  • (I) Inactive
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: Feb fifteen, 2022

Caput coaches [edit]

# Head coach Term Regular season Playoffs Achievements
G W L Win% M Due west L Win%
1 Reggie Geary 2006–2008 100 46 54 .460 — — — —
ii Sam Vincent 2008–2009 fifty 15 35 .300 — — — —
iii Dee Brown 2009–2011 100 twenty 80 .200 — — — —
4 Bob MacKinnon Jr. 2011–2013 100 47 53 .470 3 1 two .333
v Doug Overton 2013–2014 50 22 28 .440 — — — —
6 Otis Smith 2014–2016 100 44 56 .440 — — — —
7 King Walters 2016–2017 50 26 24 .520 — — — —
8 Robert Werdann 2017 12 iv 8 .333 — — — —
9 Ryan Krueger 2017–2019 88 53 35 .602 ii 0 two .000
10 Donnie Tyndall 2019–2020 43 25 18 .581 — — — —

NBA affiliates [edit]

Anaheim Arsenal [edit]

  • Atlanta Hawks (2006–2009)
  • Los Angeles Clippers (2006–2009)
  • Orlando Magic (2006–2008)
  • Portland Trail Blazers (2006–2007)

Springfield Armor [edit]

  • New Bailiwick of jersey / Brooklyn Nets (2009–2014)
  • New York Knicks (2009–2011)
  • Philadelphia 76ers (2009–2011)

Grand Rapids Bulldoze [edit]

  • Detroit Pistons (2014–2021)

G Rapids Golden [edit]

  • Denver Nuggets (2021–present)

References [edit]

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  2. ^ "Grand Rapids Gilt Unveil Official Jerseys for 2021-22 NBA G League Season". NBAGrandRapids.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. October 25, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Dwelling house jerseys are navy with yellow lettering and burgundy trim. Away jerseys are white with blueish numbers, xanthous lettering, and burgundy trim. {{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
  3. ^ "Grand Rapids Gold Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sail". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved August ix, 2021. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
  4. ^ Calhoun, Damian (June xvi, 2006). "Anaheim basketball development team is 'Armory'". The Orange County Register . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Springfield gets NBA D-League team". ESPN.com. March 31, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Courtside close". The Orange Canton Annals. September 8, 2006. Retrieved April one, 2019.
  7. ^ Finn, Chad (March 31, 2009). "Springfield lands NBDL franchise". Boston.com . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  8. ^ Chimelis, Ron (July 29, 2009). "Springfield Armor of NBA D-League name one-time Boston Celtics player Dee Brown head coach". Springfield Republican . Retrieved Baronial 21, 2013.
  9. ^ "NBA Development League: 2009 Expansion Draft Lath". Nba.com. Archived from the original on November eighteen, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
  10. ^ Thomas, Jeff (Nov 2, 2010). "Armor select La Salle's Goodridge with get-go pick in D-League Draft". Springfield Republican . Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  11. ^ Thomas, Jeff (September 12, 2011). "Dee Brown out equally Springfield Armor jitney; Bob MacKinnon in?". Springfield Republican . Retrieved September xiv, 2011.
  12. ^ Thomas, Jeff (September 14, 2011). "Springfield Armor introduce Bob MacKinnon, Jr. as their new head passenger vehicle". Springfield Republican . Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  13. ^ "Nets To Run Basketball Ops of D-League's Springfield Armor". nba.com. Retrieved 2019-03-xxx .
  14. ^ New Jersey Nets To Run Basketball game Operations Of Springfield Armor In 2011-12 Archived 2016-06-x at the Wayback Automobile
  15. ^ Nets to Run Basketball Ops of D-League's Springfield Armor
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  17. ^ Mayo, David (March 26, 2014). "Grand Rapids to get NBA D-League team, volition affiliate with Detroit Pistons". MLive . Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  18. ^ Wallner, Peter (May 1, 2014). "Thou Rapids NBA D-League squad announces 4 name finalists". Mlive.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved Mar i, 2014.
  19. ^ "Detroit Pistons NBA D-League Affiliate Reveals Name: Yard Rapids Drive". June 17, 2014. Archived from the original on July fourteen, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  20. ^ Wallner, Peter (June 17, 2014). "Thou Rapids NBA D-League squad gets a nickname, and vote wasn't even shut". Mlive.com. Retrieved June 17, 2014.
  21. ^ Beard, Rod (July 29, 2020). "Pistons buy M League team to play in Detroit for 2021-22; Grand Rapids Drive mull options". The Detroit News . Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  22. ^ "Turning Our Attending to the 2021-22 Season". G Rapids Bulldoze. January 8, 2021.
  23. ^ "M Rapids Drive to serve as Nuggets' affiliate starting in 2021-22". NBA.com (Printing release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. April 27, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021. {{cite printing release}}: CS1 maint: url-condition (link)
  24. ^ Nelson, Danielle (2022-02-04). "Basketball's return to GR non a slam dunk". Grand Rapids Concern Journal . Retrieved 2022-02-19 .
  25. ^ "Grand Rapids Gold Name Jason Terry Head Coach". OurSports Central. August 19, 2021.

External links [edit]

  • Official team website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids_Gold

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