The spots on the floor at TECO Arena were familiar to him. The faces weren't. Michael Lewis, who played his college ball for Bobby Knight at Indiana, is one of the few holdovers from last year's Sea Dragons roster. But when the new-look Florida Sea Dragons take the floor for their first game of the season tonight against the Oklahoma Storm under new coach Kevin Mackey, old reliable Lewis will be running the offense at the point. I think we have the talent here to be very competitive.
Every team sets the goal before the season to win the championship.
You take a look at some of the players we have here, and it seems like a very realistic goal. Former NBA forward Henry James, saddled with the flu, was put on injured reserve. Mackey said he will likely go with Lewis as the starting point guard, Jerry Reynolds and H.L. Coleman as the two forwards and Andre Reid as the starting center. He's undecided on whether to start guard DeRon Rutledge or rookie forward Steffon Bradford because Rutledge is still hobbled with a sore ankle. The United States Basketball League confirmed on Thursday that it will enforce proposed NBA rules changes this season that include eliminating illegal defense violations, allowing defenders to initiate more contact and changing the required time to get the ball to midcourt from 10 to 8 seconds.