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San Jose Jammers Continental Basketball Association

San Jose Jammers

October 11, 2015

Short-lived Bay Area minor league basketball outfit in the Continental Basketball Association. The San Jose Jammers were formed in the spring of 1989 as part of an ill-fated California expansion effort by the CBA.  The CBA, at the time, was the Official Developmental League of the NBA. Both the Jammers and their expansion partner, the Santa Barbara Islanders, would be out of business within two years. The Jammers’ biggest name player was probably Pearl Washington, the former Syracuse star and #1 draft pick of the New Jersey Nets in 1986.

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Jennifer Azzi San Jose Lasers

San Jose Lasers

July 7, 2013

The San Jose Lasers were a franchise in the women’s American Basketball League, which debuted in October 1996 and briefly competed against the NBA-backed Women’s National Basketball Association. The Lasers split their home games between the San Jose Event Center, where they held the majority of their games, and occasional dates at the larger San Jose Arena. The Lasers posted losing records during both full ABL seasons, but still managed to sneak into the playoffs both years.

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