Springfield Armorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Springfield Armor is a basketball team located in Springfield, Massachusetts, which plays in the NBA Development League. The Armor plays its home games at the MassMutual Center in Springfield's Metro Center neighborhood. The team is owned by HWS Basketball, LLC which is principally owned by Michael Savit, previously the Senior Vice President of International Management Group. (His HWS Baseball group owns and operates four minor-league baseball teams; the Southern League's Mobile BayBears, the California League's Modesto Nuts, the New York-Penn League's Mahoning Valley Scrappers, and the Coastal Plain League's Columbia Blowfish.) As of the 2011-2012 season, the Springfield Armor will become the official and exclusive affiliate of the NBA's New Jersey Nets, making them the second team to opt for the D-League's "hybrid affiliation." Local ownership will maintain control over business, marketing, and day-to-day operations in Springfield. (Currently, the only other D-League "hybrid affiliation" is between the D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers and the NBA's Houston Rockets.) According to America Online, "The hybrid model has been very well received by GMs and owners, and considering the massive success the Rockets have had with the model, both in winning D-League games and developing NBA-caliber talent (many of whom received the call from the Rockets for stints last season), it's no surprise that the Nets elected for this version of ownership."