Set-to-take-flight Calgary Surge believe 'city is ready' — finally — for pro basketball yyc
“The city is buzzing. The city is ready.”
“I was eight at the time in 1988, but I remember going to a couple games,” said Calgary basketball guru Eddie Richardson III. “I remember hanging out with the memories around that, being a kid around the sport. Part of the enjoyment of basketball for me was gathering with kids and friends around basketball. So, yeah, I that was the biggest takeaway of the 88’s.Article content
But it was the Pride owner, Michael Monus, who reportedly took the league down. After he was convicted of having embezzled $10 million from a privately owned company he had founded to finance the WBL, the league fell apart.Months after the WBL went down, the National Basketball League picked up the pieces with four of the WBL’s teams joining two expansion teams to form an all-Canadian venture.
And it was another strong representative of Calgary, going unbeaten — 12-0 — in the nine-team Pacific Northwest Division during its inaugural season. The Crush finished with a 26-8 record over three campaigns before a lack of funding reportedly ended its run. The second key cog to long-term success is that Jutt and Ribeiro aren’t just making the Surge experience about basketball, unlike the Calgary ventures before this one.
Calgary Surge players Kylor Kelley, left, Simi Shittu, Mason Bourcier, Trevon Scott and Maurice Calloo pose for a photo at a media meet-and-greet event at WinSport on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.After his time with the Crush, Richardson is on board with all of what the Surge are bringing to both the court and the community.
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