Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Mark Anthony King

I'd like to understand why you singled out and deleted Mark King, a former minor league professional basketball player and Owner of both the Florida Flight (Orlando, FL pro basketball team) and the Florida Basketball Association. FYI - He was a part of the record-setting team (East Kentucky Miners - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Kentucky_Miners) that scored 194 points in a game, the most points ever scored by a member team certified by USA Basketball and FIBA.

King's story is quite inspirational, and he's continued a path towards even more noteriety, guest speaking and lecturing all over the state of Florida, at many middle schools and high schools, as well as guest lecturing for University of Central Florida's DeVos Sports Management School. He's had television interviews as both a player and Owner of the Flight, and had premium media coverage, from Power 95.3, a top 40 radio station in Orlando, the Orlando Sentinel, the Osceola Gazette, Florida Sun, Insight Magazine, etc. He's even been on television with Rick Fox for the recently cancelled A&E Show, The Glades (the entire Florida Flight team was featured).

King's Flight team has played two recent games at the Amway Center (Home of the NBA's Orlando Magic), and they have 2 more games coming as well. They've been operating for going on 6 years, and have played close to 100 games. They've had digital billboards in Orlando, been on 3 different radio station interviews, and had a ton of news coverage.

There are other Florida teams that have barely played a game, and for some reason, the Florida Flight has been deleted when other teams remain that have barely played more than a couple of games. It seems as though there is some sort of vendetta against him and his efforts. And yes, I DO know him, so I am in the know on more things then are published. However, here is just a small portion of references supporting all that I have just stated:

Consider this a request to assist with reinstating the Mark King basketball page, the Florida Flight page, and the pages that have also been deleted for the Florida Basketball Association, which is Commissioned by 2-time NBA Champion Greg Kite (Boston Celtics). It should also be noted that the FBA also features the development team (Miami Midnites) for a mega power house international team, Maccabi Haifa, who has also played 7 NBA teams in the last 2 years of pre-season NBA action.

Mark King continues to become more notable in Orlando and within the entire minor league basketball industry. The FBA is the only minor league outside of the NBA D-League to play 100% of their scheduled games for their entire existence (going on 4 years now). This vendetta should be thwarted. This person is clearly notable enough to be featured on here.

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Floking5 (talk) 07:28, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOGAtibWvqI http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-02-27/news/os-darryl-owens-column-basketball-hopeful20100227_1_hoops-dream-college-basketball-mark-king http://archives.floridasunonline.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6154%3Aflorida-flight-to-play-at-civic-center&Itemid=181 http://archives.floridasunonline.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6716%3Aflight-pulls-out-of-wba-ending-basketball-season&Itemid=181 https://www.facebook.com/TGWritersOffice/photos/a.487667997949070.1073741831.480231305359406/490430757672794/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/Florida-Flight/Holiday-Toy-Drive/prweb11419293.htm http://www.insighteastorlando.com/rollingfeatured/florida-flight-soars-beyond-basketball-in-avalon-community/ http://www.insighteastorlando.com/featured/taking-flight-in-avalon/ Floking5 (talk) 08:24, 7 January 2015 (UTC)