Flint Fuze
January 13, 2021
Continental Basketball Association (2001-2002) Born: August 2001 – CBA expansion franchise Moved: September 4, 2002 (Great Lakes Storm) First Game: December 1, 2001 (L 107-106
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Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets
January 3, 2021
This Iowa minor league basketball team took its name from a corporate sponsorship with Coors Light beer, which used the ‘Silver Bullet” theme in its national advertising campaigns. The Silver Bullets great success story was former Oklahoma State guard John Starks. The 24-year old led the Silver Bullets in scoring during the 1989-90 CBA season until February 1990 confrontation with a referee led to a season-ending suspension. Starks signed with the New York Knicks later that year and developed into an All-Star during his 12-season NBA career.
Capital Region Pontiacs
December 15, 2020
Continental Basketball Association (1992-1993) Born: October 2, 1992 – Re-branded from Albany Patroons Moved: May 26, 1993 (Hartford Hellcats) First Game: November 21, 1992 (W 97-94
Wilkes-Barre Barons / Pennsylvania Barons
September 2, 2020
Eastern Professional Basketball League (1946-1947) American Basketball League (1947-1953) Eastern Professional Basketball League (1954-1970) Eastern Basketball Association (1958-1978) Continental Basketball Association (1978-1980) Born: 1946 –
Puerto Rico Coquis
July 21, 2020
Professional basketball came to the island of Puerto Rico in the winter of 1983, when local insurance man Walter Fournier acquired an expansion franchise in the Continental Basketball Association. Fournier dubbed his team the Coquis, named after the tiny tree frogs native to Puerto Rico and the surrounding islands of the Caribbean.