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The first season 2010 NABL Season Recap:
The first regular season in the National Athletic Basketball League is officially complete and in the books, and overall the league in season one did a solid job.
The Seattle market has a new ownership group and look to make a great impact immediately with the Seattle Flight. The 'NABL All Star Weekend' event in Portland accomplished itsgoal of having the best players play in a mid season All Star Event. The talent level was incredible, expansion will happen, but according to Compliance Director Nathan Mumm itwill be done in short spurts as opposed to 20 teams in a month.

2010 All Star Selections: *Voted Starters

Washington All Stars

• Chris Weakley - Snohomish County Explosion
• Shawn Wolter - Snohomish County Explosion
• Jason Hicks - Snohomish County Explosion
• Chris Keller - Seattle Mountaineers
• Rashad Powell - Seattle Mountaineers

Jamaal Miller - Seattle Mountaineers
Chris Ferguson - Snohomish County Explosion
Brian Spielman - Seattle Mountaineers
Nate Jackson - Tacoma Thunder
Jason Stromvall - Tacoma Thunder
Brandon Larrieu - Tacoma Thunder

Oregon All Stars

• Chris Hoyt -Tualatin Rainmakers
• Doug Lamb - Tualatin Rainmakers
• Antone Jarrell - Salem Stampede
• Mike Tabb - Salem Stampede
• Mac Hopson - Portland Showtime

Villi Dorsainvil- Tualatin Rainmakers
Terrance TwoTwo- Portland Showtime
Dominic Waters - Portland Showtime
Seth Tarver - Portland Showtime
Jeremiah Dominguez - Salem Stampede
Cameron Mitchell - Salem Stampede
Jeff Dunn - Salem Stampede

Slam Dunk Contest Winner
Shawn Wolter - Snohomish County Explosion

Three Point Contest Winner
Jason Stromvall - Tacoma Thunder

2010 ALL STAR Game MVP
Mac Hopson - Portland Showtime

2010 Post Season Awards

First Team

• F- 6’7” Cameron Mitchell– Salem Stampede
• F- 6’6” Terrance TwoTwo- Portland Showtime
• G- 6’6” Mike Tabb- SalemStampede
• G- 6’3” Chris Weakley- SnohomishCounty Explosion
• G- 6’3” Mac Hopson-Portland Showtime

Second Team

• F- 6’7” AntoneJarrell- Salem Stampede
• F- 6’6” AnthonyLackey- Portland Showtime
• F- 6’5” Shawn Wolter-Snohomish CountyExplosion
• G- 5’10” JasonHicks- Snohomish CountyExplosion
• G- 6’1” DominicWaters- Portland Showtime

Third Team

• F- 6’9” VilliDorsainvil- Tualatin Rainmakers
• F- 6’7” Willie Freeman- Salem Stampede
• F- 6’5” Seth Tarver- Portland Showtime
• G- 6’4” Jason Stromvall- Tacoma Thunder
• G- 6’0” Nate Jackson- Tacoma Thunder

Most Valuable Player of the Year: Mac Hopson- Portland Showtime
Defensive Player of the Year: Mike Tabb- Salem Stampede
Sixth Man of the Year: Chris Ferguson-Snohomish County Explosion
Coach of the Year: Paul Kelly- Portland Showtime
Executive of the Year: Joe Becerra- Salem Stampede

Player of the Month Award:
April 2010 Co-Players of the Month

• Cameron Mitchell – Salem Stampede - 19.2 ppg, and 12.1 rpg.
• Mac Hopson – Portland Showtime - 27.3 ppg, 9.1 assists and 7.3 rpg.

May 2010 Player of the Month

• Jason Stromvall - Tacoma Thunder - 34 ppg, 14 rpg

History

Founded by Courtyard Media Foundation, the league features NBA rules designed to create a league were the top players play before the NBA Summer League.

Complete team list

• Salem Stampede
  Salem Stampede
  The Salem Stampede are a basketball team from Salem, Oregon that played in the International Basketball League from 2005–2007. The Stampede played home games in the Salem Armory, which seats 3,000 for basketball...
  
   (2006–07) (2010–present)
• Seattle Flight (2010–present)
• Seattle Mountaineers
  Seattle Mountaineers
  The Seattle Mountaineers are an International Basketball League and American Basketball Association team based in Auburn, Washington. Home games are played at Green River Community College.The team is a non-profit organization and coached by Don Sims...
  
   (2010) - Team was removed from the league -
• Snohomish County Explosion
  Snohomish County Explosion
  The Snohomish County Explosion are a National Athletic Basketball team. The team was based in Everett, Washington in 2007 and now in Monroe, Washington from 2008 and forward. The Explosion is owned by Courtyard Media Foundation, whose current President Nathan Mumm oversees team operations...
  
   (2008–present), as Everett Explosion (2007)
• Tualatin Rainmakers (2010–present)
• Tacoma Thunder (2010–present)
• Portland Showtime (2010–present)

Joined other leagues

• Seattle Mountaineers
  Seattle Mountaineers
  The Seattle Mountaineers are an International Basketball League and American Basketball Association team based in Auburn, Washington. Home games are played at Green River Community College.The team is a non-profit organization and coached by Don Sims...
  
   (joined the American Basketball Association
  American Basketball Association
  The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976.-League history:...
  
  )

Commissioners

• Nathan Mumm
  Nathan Mumm
  Nathan Mumm was the original owner of the Snohomish County Explosion that play in the National Athletic Basketball League and is currently the President of Courtyard Media Foundation, a non-profit foundation in Snohomish County. Mumm is known as a key leader in Snohomish County regarding business...
  
  - Was the Director of Compliance and Commissioner.

Ty White is the current League Commissioner

Sources

• http://www.willamette.edu/athletics/news/article/2010/05/former_bearcat_mitchell_is_chosen_nabl_coplayer_of_the_month.xml
• http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=127671993895423900
• http://www.topix.com/ncaa-basketball-players/jeremiah-dominguez
• http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=J0&Dato=20100416&Kategori=SPORTS&Lopenr=4170801&Ref=PH
• http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100621/SPORTS/706219887/0/rss06