The Trenton Colonials were a minor league basketball team that played for eight seasons in the Eastern Professional Basketball League. The EPBL was the highest level of pro basketball beneath the NBA and the fledgling American Basketball Association during the 1960’s. Read more…
The Allentown Jets were a minor league basketball powerhouse in the 1960’s and 1970’s, winning eight championships between 1962 and 1976. During these years, the Jets had a special but informal relationship with the New York Knicks of the NBA. The Knicks used the Jets as a training ground for prospects and high draft picks such as Tom Riker, Mike Riordan and Harthorne Wingo who helped fuel Allentown’s success in the Eastern league.
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