RICHMOND BUTCHERS

TEAM: Richmond Butchers
CONFERENCE AFFILIATION: World Conference
OWNER: Diana and Ben Edgell
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Richmond Butchers, 07-08 3rd Place
LOCATION: Richmond, Virginia
ARENA: The Joan Dome
MOTTO: "Come On Ya Cleavers!"
MOST-HATED RIVAL(s): Abominables

SEASON OUTLOOK
One of the hardest parts of having your basketball season end in the WFBL is having to start from scratch the next season. For the Richmond Butchers, even with the return of stat-sheet-stuffer Josh Smith, breaking up the "Sensational Slaughterers" was a somber event. For a team that went from last place in 06-07 to knocking off 3-seed Salt Lake before giving in to eventual Champ Zermatt, one of the main goals for the new season was to try and reunite the main players in that miracle run.

Well, by pure luck, Diana and Ben Edgell's Butchers are 2/3 of the way done with the reunion, as starting point guard Jason Kidd fell into their laps. "Hey, I love it here in Richmond," said Kidd after the Draft. "'Virgnia is for Lovers', as the saying goes, and we all know that Jason Kidd is a lover. And a fighter. And I love to fight for Virginia."

Joining Smith and Kidd will be former SnowBee Andre Iguodala, and local resident Antawn Jamison, a favorite of the Edgells. Can this group recreate the excitement that last year's version brought to the lunchpail-toting people of Richmond?

"This group of guys we got here, we fit perfectly together, so I don't see why we can't go all the way. We're just a bunch of hard-workin', blue-collared, highly-paid, lavishly-living, mega superstars," said Smith. "Just like the people of this town."

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