2014-2015 Lorain Firestorm season

Lorain Firestorm
RL GM	Shasta Otter
RL HC	kresblain
Arena	The Fireplace - Lorain, OH
Owner(s)	Stanley Lowther (male Common Genet)
General Manager	Anthony Morrison (male American Kestrel)
Head coach	Delenna Dresden (female Ferret)
Results
Record	24-56
Place	Division: 4th (Central)
	Conference: 11th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
2013-14	2015-16

The 2014-2015 Lorain Firestorm season is the 46th season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

• 07/25/14 Start of Free Agency
• 08/31/14 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Summary

While the gathering of international talent got them a divisional title, the team wants to make it back to the Finals.

Draft Picks

Main article: 2014 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	15	Edwin Griega	Canada Goose	F
2	39	Valentin Montenegro	Llama/Vicuna	G

Roster

Name	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG
Aisha Melbourne	70	1992.3	405	792	0	0	158	198	104	532	137	66	0	91	117	968	28.5	0.511	---	0.798	7.6	2.0	0.9	0.0	1.3	1.7	13.8
Andrew West	29	412.8	46	138	0	0	21	27	9	63	23	16	15	3	25	113	14.2	0.333	---	0.778	2.2	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.9	3.9
Edwin Griega	75	1850	317	701	79	209	105	123	45	359	175	69	19	37	105	818	24.7	0.452	0.378	0.854	4.8	2.3	0.9	0.3	0.5	1.4	10.9
Erich Haber	75	1897.8	284	683	0	0	150	214	89	527	19	80	0	69	119	718	25.3	0.416	---	0.701	7.0	0.3	1.1	0.0	0.9	1.6	9.6
Gorge Pappamalous	48	513.7	61	185	0	1	35	60	25	175	71	40	2	31	35	157	10.7	0.330	0.000	0.583	3.6	1.5	0.8	0.0	0.6	0.7	3.3
Ian Histon	52	1112.2	172	427	29	84	72	73	25	113	225	51	34	1	57	445	21.4	0.403	0.345	0.986	2.2	4.3	1.0	0.7	0.0	1.1	8.6
Jacob McLee	80	2514.2	375	771	3	20	164	168	48	328	447	59	47	9	109	917	31.4	0.486	0.150	0.976	4.1	5.6	0.7	0.6	0.1	1.4	11.5
Jerry Ratillian Michaels	59	1408.6	246	509	59	149	79	81	23	143	256	64	37	1	82	630	23.9	0.483	0.396	0.975	2.4	4.3	1.1	0.6	0.0	1.4	10.7
Kang-Dae Nabi	70	614.4	66	194	1	6	36	36	9	122	58	42	10	5	30	169	8.8	0.340	0.167	1.000	1.7	0.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.4	2.4
Kyle McLeod	59	938.7	191	416	21	60	31	34	18	116	192	69	38	1	77	434	15.9	0.459	0.350	0.912	2.0	3.3	1.2	0.6	0.0	1.3	7.4
Leonardo De Hugo	78	2338.2	471	950	194	415	147	148	29	248	234	68	76	31	130	1283	30.0	0.496	0.467	0.993	3.2	3.0	0.9	1.0	0.4	1.7	16.4
Phoebus Corvus	55	1586.2	258	542	0	0	93	107	39	330	15	45	7	49	70	609	28.8	0.476	---	0.869	6.0	0.3	0.8	0.1	0.9	1.3	11.1
Renard Antouille	54	1004	101	283	0	0	55	73	31	234	2	40	2	20	89	257	18.6	0.357	---	0.753	4.3	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.4	1.6	4.8
Sofía Kikian	58	517.9	100	201	29	66	15	16	8	47	118	35	22	1	20	244	8.9	0.498	0.439	0.938	0.8	2.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.3	4.2
Valentin Montenegro	36	655.1	94	224	7	36	34	35	7	59	147	38	29	6	43	229	18.2	0.420	0.194	0.971	1.6	4.1	1.1	0.8	0.2	1.2	6.4
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Depth Chart

Lorain Firestorm Roster
Starters 3 Leonardo De Hugo 5 Jacob McLee 25 Edwin Griega 23 Phoebus Corvus 26 Aisha Melbourne		Bench 12 Erich Haber 75 Kyle McLeod 13 Ian Histon 11 Sofía Kikian 97 Kang-Dae Nabi		Reserves 6 Valentin Montenegro 71 Gorge Pappamalous Deep Reserves 14 Andrew West 17 Jerry Ratillian Michaels 22 Renard Antouille

Pre-season

Lorain Firestorm 2014 Pre-season

• Mon 10/13/14: ALK 77 @LOR 87 (boxscore)
• Wed 10/15/14: WPG 80 @LOR 95 (boxscore)

Regular Season

Main article: 2015 Schedule

The regular season opener was held on Saturday November 1st visiting the Huntsville Mayors.

Standings

Central Division Team Record Conf. Div. GB y-Pittsburgh Keystones 56-24 39-17 15-9 --- x-Williamsburg Minutemen 37-43 27-29 14-10 19 x-Baltimore Spirits 33-47 28-28 13-11 23 Lorain Firestorm 24-56 16-40 6-18 32 Notes z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs y – Clinched division title x – Clinched playoff spot †teams that are banned from post-season play for violating major rules

# Eastern Conference Team Record Conf. GB 1 c-Huntsville Mayors 57-23 42-14 --- 2 y-Pittsburgh Keystones 56-24 39-17 1 3 y-Plymouth Taproots 54-26 33-23 3 4 x-Albany Alphas 53-27 38-18 4 5 x-Tallahassee Typhoons 44-36 33-23 13 6 x-Bangor Tides 42-38 26-30 15 7 x-Williamsburg Minutemen 37-43 27-29 20 8 x-Baltimore Spirits 33-47 28-28 24 9 Newark Pride 32-48 19-37 25 10 Biloxi Voodoo 30-50 24-32 27 11 Lorain Firestorm 24-56 16-40 33 12 Tennessee Moonshiners 20-60 11-45 37

Game Log

November

• Sat 11/01/14: LOR 94, HNT 106 (boxscore)
• Mon 11/03/14: BAL 96, LOR 99 (boxscore)
• Wed 11/05/14: LOR 103, PLY 94 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/07/14: LOR 92, BGR 98 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/09/14: LOR 86, WPG 89 (boxscore)
• Tue 11/11/14: WIL 99, LOR 101 (boxscore)
• Thu 11/13/14: EDM 113, LOR 111 (boxscore)
• Sat 11/15/14: LVG 105, LOR 96 (boxscore)
• Mon 11/17/14: SEA 88, LOR 82 (boxscore)
• Wed 11/19/14: MON 114, LOR 107 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/21/14: LOR 111, HWI 98 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/23/14: LOR 113, PIT 102 (boxscore)
• Tue 11/25/14: ALB 116, LOR 106 (boxscore)
• Fri 11/28/14: LOR 99, TAL 102 (boxscore)
• Sun 11/30/14: HNT 110, LOR 105 (boxscore)

December

• Tue 12/02/14: LOR 101, SFW 104 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/04/14: WIL 106, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/11/14:TEN 94, LOR 106 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/13/14: LOR 94, BAL 99 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/15/14: PIT 98, LOR 100 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/17/14: LOR 88, BLV 93 (boxscore)
• Fri 12/19/14: LOR 106, ALB 110 (boxscore)
• Sun 12/21/14: TAL 108, LOR 103 (boxscore)
• Tue 12/23/14: LOR 96, TEN 110 (boxscore)
• Thu 12/25/14: PLY 128, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Sat 12/27/14: SJT 92, LOR 103 (boxscore)
• Mon 12/29/14: SAS 124, LOR 106 (boxscore)
• Wed 12/31/14: LOR 101, PIT 111 (boxscore)

January

• Fri 01/02/15: LOR 93, TXS 106 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/04/15: NWK 107, LOR 109 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/06/15: BGR 106, LOR 91 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/08/15: BAL 111, LOR 98 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/10/15: LOR 101, WIL 116 (boxscore)
• Mon 01/12/15: LOR 95, DAK 111 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/14/15: LOR 106, ALK 104 (boxscore)
• Wed 01/21/15: BLV 103, LOR 98 (boxscore)
• Fri 01/23/15: LOR 98, NWK 109 (boxscore)
• Sun 01/25/15: LOR 100, BAL 103 (boxscore)
• Tue 01/27/15: PIT 116, LOR 101 (boxscore)
• Thu 01/29/15: LOR 87, WIL 109 (boxscore)
• Sat 01/31/15: LOR 96, ALB 107 (boxscore)

February

• Mon 02/02/15: HNT 105, LOR 97 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/04/15: LOR 86, SJT 111 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/06/15: LOR 100, MON 106 (boxscore)
• Sun 02/08/15: HWI 86, LOR 94 (boxscore)
• Tue 02/10/15: NWK 102, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Thu 02/12/15: BLV 100, LOR 108 (boxscore)
• Sat 02/14/15: LOR 105, TEN 92 (boxscore)
• Mon 02/16/15: TAL 101,LOR 103 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/18/15: LOR 97, LVG 87 (boxscore)
• Wed 02/25/15: ALK 97, LOR 112 (boxscore)
• Fri 02/27/15: LOR 102, EDM 109 (boxscore)

March

• Sun 03/01/15: LOR 98, SEA 107 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/03/15: DAK 113, LOR 111 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/05/15: TXS 97, LOR 104 (boxscore)
• Sat 03/07/15: WPG 100, LOR 107 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/09/15: LOR 99, BGR 97 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/11/15: ALB 110, LOR 115 (boxscore)
• Fri 03/13/15: LOR 94, PLY 117 (boxscore)
• Sun 03/15/15: LOR 95, SAS 104 (boxscore)
• Tue 03/17/15: LOR 89, HNT 107 (boxscore)
• Thu 03/19/15: PIT 102, LOR 98 (boxscore)
• Sat 03/21/15: LOR 103, WIL 101 (boxscore)
• Mon 03/23/15: BAL 97, LOR 93 (boxscore)
• Wed 03/25/15: SFW 107, LOR 105 (boxscore)

April

• Wed 04/01/15: LOR 101, TAL 105 (boxscore)
• Fri 04/03/15: WIL 95, LOR 94 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/05/15: TEN 93, LOR 91 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/07/15: LOR 92, BAL 100 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/09/15: LOR 98, PIT 113 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/11/15: LOR 104, NWK 100 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/13/15: BAL 105, LOR 94 (boxscore)
• Wed 04/15/15: WIL 81, LOR 83 (boxscore)
• Fri 04/17/15: LOR 106, PIT 112 (boxscore)
• Sun 04/19/15: LOR 100, BLV 104 (boxscore)
• Tue 04/21/15: LOR 93, WIL 105 (boxscore)
• Thu 04/23/15: LOR 88, BAL 91 (boxscore)
• Sat 04/25/15: PIT 115, LOR 96 (boxscore)
• Mon 04/27/15: BGR 108, LOR 93 (boxscore)
• Wed 04/29/15: PLY 113, LOR 101 (boxscore)

Playoffs

Main article: 2015 FBA Playoffs

The team did not qualify for the post-season.

Awards, records and milestones

Records

Record	Value	Player	Date of record
Minutes Played	40.2	Jacob McLee (Gray Wolf, F/G)	Dec 27, 2014
Field Goals Made	11	Leonardo De Hugo (Lion, G)	Apr 13, 2015
3 Pointers Made	6*	Leonardo De Hugo (Lion, G)	Nov 13, 2014
Free Throws Made	5	Jerry Ratillian Michaels (Fancy Rat, G)	Nov 5, 2015
Offensive Rebounds	7	Aisha Melbourne (Mink, F/C)	Mar 7, 2015
Total Rebounds	14	Aisha Melbourne (Mink, F/C)	Mar 7, 2015
Assists	10	Jerry Ratillian Michaels (Fancy Rat, G)	Jan 6, 2015
Turn Overs	4	Erich Haber (Mink, C)	Nov 30, 2014
Steals	3	Ian Histon (Leopard, G)	Dec 31, 2015
Blocks	4	Erich Haber (Mink, C)	Jan 27, 2015
Points	28	Leonardo De Hugo (Lion, G)	Nov 13, 2014

* = Overall League Record

Double-doubles

• Aisha Melbourne: 19 - (11/15/14), (11/19/14), (11/21/14), (11/23/14), (11/25/14), (12/17/14), (12/19/14), (12/21/14), (02/14/15), (02/25/15), (03/03/15), (03/07/15), (03/13/15), (03/19/15), (04/01/15), (04/07/15), (04/11/15), (04/13/15), (04/17/15)
  
• Edwin Griega: 1 - (11/03/14)
  
• Erich Haber: 8 - (11/03/14), (11/07/14), (11/28/14), (12/02/14), (12/23/14), (01/02/15), (01/04/15), (04/23/15)
  
• Jacob McLee: 2 - (12/11/14), (04/11/15)
  
• Phoebus Corvus: 2 - (02/10/15), (02/18/15)
  

Transactions

Main article: 2015 Transactions

Overview

Lorain Firestorm

Players Added Via Draft Edwin Griega (Canada Goose, F) Valentin Montenegro (Llama/Vicuna, G) Via Free Agency Sofía Kikian (Sand Cat, G) Gorge Pappamalous (Sperm Whale, C) Jacob McLee (Gray Wolf, F/G) Renard Antouille (Boar, F) Via Trade Kyle McLeod (Tasmanian Tiger, G) (Arctics)

Players Lost Waivers/Buyouts Barry Aldran (Rhinoceros, C) Via Free Agency Bill Bent (Armadillo, G) Via Trade (none) (yet)

Trades

09/22/13

To Firestorm Kyle McLeod

To Arctics $1m Cap Space (Current)

Free Agents

Additions

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Player	Signed	Former Team
Sofía Kikian (Sand Cat, G)	1yr - $1m	Rookie
Gorge Pappamalous (Sperm Whale, C)	1yr - $1m	Rookie
Jacob McLee (Gray Wolf, F/G)	4yr - $32m	Contract Extension
Renard Antouille (Boar, F)	2yr - $8m	Contract Extension

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	Team if applicable
Bill Bent (Armadillo, G)	Free Agent	RETIRED
Barry Aldran (Rhinoceros, C)	Bought Out	Unsigned