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Broomfield losing the 14'ers to Dallas

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The Denver Nuggets will have to find a new minor league team. From the Article by Chris Dempsey of the Denver Post: The Colorado 14ers of the NBA Development League will be bought by the Dallas Mavericks and moved to the Dallas area by 2010, a source said Wednesday. An official announcement is expected today at a news conference at Dallas' American Airlines Center. 14ers coach Bob MacKinnon confirmed the team was moving, but declined to talk about where. "It will be moving from Broomfield," MacKinnon said. MacKinnon's 14ers, who won the D-League title this past season, couldn't get enough fans to attend their home games. Neither could the Rocky Mountain Rage, a Central Hockey League team that also called the 6,000-seat facility home. -------------------------------------- As for the Nuggets, they will have to latch on to a new D-League team. There were 16 teams last season. Though the 14ers will not be a part of the league next season, it will grow to 17 teams because of expansion teams in Springfield, Mass., and Portland, Maine.