Savannah Spirits
March 8, 2014
Continental Basketball Association (1986-1988) Born: April 1986 – The Detroit Spirits relocate to Savannah, GA Moved: June 24, 1988 (Tulsa Fast Breakers) First Game: December 4, 1986 (L
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Toronto Tornados
December 14, 2013
During the 1982-83 NBA season, despised Cleveland Cavaliers owner Ted Stepien threatened to move his woeful club to Toronto. It was one of the final missteps in a four-year marathon of civic humiliations that began with a 1979 Rave Magazine interview where Stepien opined that the Cavaliers had “too many black players”. The gaffes spanned his disastrous three-year reign as Cavs’ owner from 1980 to 1983. The Cavs’ move to Toronto never came to pass and Stepien mercifully divested himself of the Cavaliers in the spring of 1983. But oddly, the reviled owner ended up with his Toronto hoops team anyway.
Quad City Thunder
October 20, 2013
The Quad City Thunder were a durable and popular minor league basketball club in the corner of Illinois and Iowa known as the Quad Cities. The Thunder played their first six seasons at historic Wharton Field House in Moline before moving to the MARK of the Quad Cities upon the new arena’s opening in 1993. The Thunder captured the CBA championship twice, winning in 1994 and 1998.
Ohio Mixers
August 6, 2013
The Ohio Mixers were a short-lived minor league basketball team in the Continental Basketball Association, the NBA’s developmental league during the 1980’s. The team was based in Lima, Ohio (pop. 40,000), the second smallest city in the nationwide league after Bangor, Maine. The Mixers played their home games at a local high school gym between 1982 and 1984.
Wyoming Wildcatters
August 5, 2013
Continental Basketball Association (1982-1988) Born: 1982 – CBA expansion franchise Folded: April 30, 1988 First Game: December 3, 1982 (W 117-111 @ Billings Volcanos) Last Game: April 30,