A few weeks ago, fellow indie music blog No Country for New Nashville introduced us to Nashville’s official ("official") basketball team. Though unrecognized by every official basketball association, Nashville’s lack of a hoops crew leaves a gaping hole in the local sportsball circuit, allowing a perfect opportunity for the Nashville Pioneers to pick up the slack.
The team roster is stacked with a handful of local faces, from shop owners, to magazine masterminds, to musicians. Get to know your local hoopsters:
Adrien "Slingshot" Saporiti – Power Forward [Owner, DCXV]
Otis "Handyman" James – Forward [Fashion designer]
Chancellor "Ball So Hard" Warhol – Power Forward [Hip-hopper]
Dave "El Coyote" Pittman – Point Guard [Founder/Editor of Native Magazine]
Ben "Shaft" Elkins – Post [Musician, Heypenny]
Neil "Bear Hugs" McCormick – Post [Yazoo Brewery]
Jake "Double Dribble" Jones – Shooting Guard [Owner/Founder, Electric Western Records]
Andy "Teen Wolf" Mumma – Shooting Guard [Owner, Barista Parlor]
Evan "Death Laser" Donohue – Center [Musician]
Danny "Pterodactyl" Pujol – Center [Musician, Pujol]
Emil "King" Congdon – Post [Owner, Emil Erwin]
William "Tasty" Tyler – Forward [Musician]
Reno "Nevada" Bo [Musician, producer]
Bob "I Used to be a M***** F*****" Saporiti – Coach [Warner Bros. Records GM, retired]
Joe the Waterboy – Waterboy [Native Magazine]
Also rumored to have made the cut: Sam Palladio [Actor, Nashville]
The first game on the Pioneers’s schedule is v. Rhode Island. If you’re curious about how all of this is going to play out, tune into the live stream of the team’s first press conference today over at No Country for New Nashville at 2:30 pm. –Brianne Turner