Sport: Basketball (Men's)

1988-89 Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets Program from the Continental Basketball Association

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.

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Richmond Rhythm

December 23, 2020

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.

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1972 Denver Rockets program from the American Basketball Association

Denver Rockets

December 19, 2020

American Basketball Association (1967-1974) Born: February 2, 1967 (ABA founding franchise) Re-Branded: August 7, 1974 (Denver Nuggets) First Game: October 15, 1967 (W 110-105 vs. Anaheim

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Nighthawks

Vancouver Nighthawks

December 19, 2020

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!

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Capital Region Pontiacs Continental Basketball Association

Capital Region Pontiacs

December 15, 2020

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,

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