Salt Lake SnowBees

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TEAM: Salt Lake SnowBees
CONFERENCE AFFILIATION: Wasatch Conference
OWNER: Ted "Beekeeper" Barnes
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Salt Lake SnowBees, 05-06 2nd Place, 06-07 9th Place, 07-08 6th Place, 08-09 9th Place
LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah
ARENA: SnowHive Court at Mr. Mac Arena
MOTTO: "A Solid Commitment to Meeting Reasonable Expectations"
MOST-HATED RIVAL(s): Nobody in particular

SEASON OUTLOOK

For the most part, Salt Lake SnowBees fans (those who are left, anyway—the last couple seasons have driven most into extinction and the rest into hiding) are a tame, submissive breed. As long as you talk to them in a quiet voice and never, ever mention the name Shawn Marion, they probably won't hurt you. Even so, for your own safety, it's best not to let the conversation turn to basketball at all—if, that is, the security guards at the state mental institution even let you talk to them.

Season after season of inflated expectations followed by gross underachievement can do that to a fan base. It's taking its toll on the players as well—even the normally cute and cuddly returnees Pau Gasol and Dirk Nowitzki have been a bit testy lately. Talk to them about offshore oil drilling or stem-cell research, and they'll be witty, fair-minded, and pleasant. Ask them how it feels to be brought back for another season in a SnowBees uniform, and they'll start tearing their arm hairs out.

So the upcoming WFBL season, needless to say, is a sore subject. It's kind of a shame, too, because this year's edition of the SnowBees could be one of the best ever. The frontcourt combo of Gasol and Nowitzki is formidable, even without their arm hairs. Jose Calderon gives Salt Lake the point guard they used to only fantasize about. Swingman Josh Smith is versatile and shot-blocky. And the bench includes multiple players who are not as crappy as you might think.

Of course, Ted "Beekeeper" Barnes returns as coach-owner, so you'll have to temper some of that optimism. But this team almost looks good enough to coach itself, which could reduce the Beekeeper to little more than an interesting distraction on the SnowBees' path to—dare we say it?—the 2010 Concludings.

Just don't say it too loudly.


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