The Richmond Rhythm were a men’s minor league basketball team that competed for two seasons in the short-lived International Basketball League (IBL) from 1999 until 2001. Former University of Virginia star Ralph Sampson was the team’s general manager and head coach. Both the Rhythm and the IBL itself went out of business after the league’s second season concluded in 2001.
American Basketball Association (1967-1974) Born: 1967 – ABA founding franchise Re-Branded: 1974 (Denver Nuggets) First Game: October 15, 1967 (W 110-105 vs. Anaheim Amigos) Last
The Vancouver Nighthawks were a dead-on-arrival minor league basketball promotion that set up shop at the gargantuan B.C. Place stadium in the summer of 1988. Team owner Don Burns abandoned the club early in the season. The Nighthawks finished in last place in the six-team World Basketball League and quietly folded. The World Basketball League had one peculiar rule: eligible players were allowed to be no taller than 6′ 5″ tall!
Continental Basketball Association (1992-1993) Capital Region Pontiacs Born: October 2, 1992 – Re-branded from Albany Patroons Moved: May 26, 1993 (Hartford Hellcats) First Game: November 21,
The Jersey Shore Bullets were an roaming minor league hoops outfit that found its final resting place in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The franchise originally set up shop in 1972 in tiny Hamburg, PA (pop. 4,114 circa 2000) in Berks County between the larger cities of Reading and Pottsville. The Bullets were originally a member of the Eastern Basketball Association, a weekends-only league based in Pennsylvania and neighboring states. Read more…
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