Lancaster, PA 17603 Ph 1.717.358.4463 Privacy Policy Mitchell Wiggins, who was suspended by the NBA for cocaine use, was one of the first players signed in the CBA under the new rule that was implemented in conjunction with the NBA and NBA Players Association.[13]. The All-Continental League girls basketball first and second teams for the 2019-20 season, as voted on by league coaches, including selections from Regis Jesuit. The Eastern League became a haven for players who wanted to play professionally, but were barred from the NBA because of academic restrictions. During the 1984–85 season, that rule was modified so that victory went to the first team to, During the 1981–82 season, the CBA created a 6 by 5 feet (1.8 m × 1.5 m) "no call box"—an area in front of the baskets in which any contact in the box between offensive and defensive players was to be an automatic defensive foul. After Darryl Dawkins shattered two basketball backboards during his 1979–80 NBA season, the CBA implemented a collapsible hinged rim. Four fans were successful and a tie-breaker determined the winner, who drove home with the new $17,000 personal luxury car. When Thomas graduated from Maryland State in 1965 he had a chance to play in the Continental Football League, but chose not to. Follow the action on NBA scores, schedules, stats, news, Team and Player news. The combined-ownership plan was unsuccessful and by 2001, the CBA had declared bankruptcy and ceased operations (folded on February 8, 2001 without managing to complete the 2000–01 season). [7], Two weeks into the 2010 season, the Steel left the league for the World Basketball Association (WBA)[8] and was replaced by the Birmingham Sabers[9] On 1 June 2010, the Georgia Gwizzlies were removed from the league for failure to meet operating standards, after having missed games against Birmingham and Wilmington[10]. Summer 2000: After 20 years of using the CBA as its developmental league, the NBA announces it will form its own minor-league feeder system, creating the, October 2, 2000: Thomas places the league into a. February 8, 2001: The CBA suspends play midway through the 2000-2001 season. The ABA continued to siphon off NBA and Eastern League players, leaving the Eastern League with only six teams in 1972 and four teams in 1975. The youth basketball program is for boys and girls ages 6-16 years old. [14] In the announcement of the Prowl, the absence of the Carolina Cougarz as a listed team coupled with their removal from the CBL website indicated that they had folded. The league's original name was the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League and it fielded six franchises - five in Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Allentown, Lancaster and Reading… Two of fourteen contestants were successful. [21] While initially the draft was limited to players who were not drafted in the NBA,[20] this later changed, and on several occasions players were drafted by both the NBA and the CBA. The former South Shore League Player of the Year was named a SSL All-Star for a third time and became the first player in program history to score 1,000 career points. In August 1999, the CBA's teams were purchased by an investment group led by former NBA star Isiah Thomas. Below is a timeline of Thomas' ownership of the CBA: In fall 2001, CBA and IBL teams merged with the International Basketball Association and purchased the assets of the defunct CBA (including its name, logo and records) from the bankruptcy trustee and resumed operations as the CBA, assuming the former league's identity and history. A player cannot foul out of the game; after a player's sixth personal foul, the opposing team receives an automatic free throw. View 5A/4A Continental's standings for the 19-20 season. June 28, 2000: Thomas is offered the head coaching job of the NBA's Indiana Pacers. The CBA followed largely the same basketball rules as does the NBA and most other professional leagues. In 1984, the league created the "CBA Sportscaster Contest" to select a color commentator for its weekly game of the week televised on BET. Steve A. Kauffman, currently a basketball agent, succeeded Rudolph as Commissioner in 1975. [6] On March 5, 2010, the Birmingham Steel joined the league. OurSports Central provides coverage of the following Continental Basketball League teams: Birmingham Sabers - Birmingham, Alabama. The contest was won by a NJ high school basketball coach, Bill Lange, who won the Philadelphia regional contest and then went on to win the national tryout. The Wilmington Sea Dawgs and the Cary Invasion announced the formation of the Tobacco Road Basketball League and their membership therein, thus leaving the CBL. The league used this method to calculate division standings from its implementation in 1983 until the league's end in 2009. The Continental League of Professional Baseball Clubs (known as the Continental League or CL) was a proposed third major league for baseball in the United States and Canada, announced in 1959 and scheduled to begin play in the 1961 season. We are excited to offer multiple league programs to accommodate county and state guidelines in 2021. How it all went wrong when Larry Lavin mixed minor-league basketball and cocaine in West Philadelphia by Frank Fitzpatrick , Updated: February 16, 2020 Larry Lavin, shown here incarcerated in a Minnesota medical facility in 2002, tried to make minor-league basketball viable in Philadelphia. [21] However, the 2012 season was never played. In 2011, the league once again played just a championship game, this time between the winner of the North Division, the Cary Invasion and the South runner-up, the Florida Flight, which was won by the Invasion, 131-101. The winner was Don Mattingly (no relation to the New York Yankee baseball player), representing the Evansville (Indiana) Thunder. The salary cap was adjusted to reflect the increased games. In that contest, 14 contestants were selected (one from each city), and the person making the longest shot was awarded a $1,000,000 zero-coupon bond. In 1987 the CBA announced that they would allow teams to sign players banned for drug use by the NBA. [11] In September 2010, the Miami Stars and Palm Beach Titans joined. If the NBA team liked the player, the team could re-sign him to a second 10-day contract. Shortly after this announcement, the CBL announced the addition of the Port City Sharks as a replacement for the Wildcats in Savannah, Georgia. [34], This article is about the league known as the Continental Basketball Association after 1978. November 2001: The CBA reorganizes for the 2001-02 season as former CBA franchises in Rockford, Gary, Grand Rapids and Sioux Falls merge with the smaller International Basketball Association (IBA), which has franchises in Bismarck (Dakota Wizards), Fargo (Fargo-Moorhead Beez) and Saskatoon (Saskatchewan Hawks). After the league's 1985 All-Star Game in Casper, Wyoming, the CBA invited fans to make a paper airplane from the centerfold of their game program (each identified with a unique serial number) and attempt to throw the paper airplane through the moon roof of a new Ford Thunderbird parked mid-court. Thomas embarked on a 30-year career as a special education teacher. In an era where the typical basketball halftime promotion, even in NCAA Division I and the NBA, would feature a winning prize worth less than $100, the CBA's Supershot (created in 1983) offered a grand prize of $1 million if a randomly selected fan could hit one shot from the far foul line, 69.75 feet (21.26 m). Allentown Jets (20-21) - Roster | Statistics. The Eastern League also signed 7-foot center Bill Spivey, the former University of Kentucky standout who was accused of point-shaving (although Spivey was acquitted of all charges, the NBA still banned him from the league for life). For the 1970-71 season the league rebranded itself the Eastern Basketball Association, operating both as a professional northeastern regional league and as an unofficial feeder system to the NBA and ABA. The Port City Sharks failed to play the complete schedule and were replaced in later games by travel teams. Some examples include Nick Van Exel (1993, Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA and Rapid City Thrillers of the CBA),[22][23] Dontonio Wingfield (1994, Seattle SuperSonics and Rapid City Thrillers),[24][25] Stephen Jackson (1997, Phoenix Suns and La Crosse Bobcats),[26][27] Jason Hart (2000, Milwaukee Bucks and Idaho Stampede);[28][29] and several others. Background For most of the 1980′s and 1990′s, the Continental Basketball Association was … October 1985: A contest was held by the CBA to find a fan to be a, October 21, 1985: The CBA announced they would keep statistics on. [3] On February 16, 2010, the Carolina Cougarz became the second team to join the CBL. All three rims broke away from the backboard and snapped back in place. Even though Ray Scott had left the University of Portland two months after his matriculation, the NBA could not sign Scott to a contract until Scott's class graduated. In July 2010 the Florida Flight moved from the WBA to the CBL. The CBA teams, in turn, would receive compensation for each 10-day contract. 10 Continental at Hol During the 2006-07 season no players were called up from the CBA to the NBA, ending a streak of over 30 seasons of at least one call-up per year. Because the 1961-63 American Basketball League used a three-point scoring line, the Eastern League added a three-point line for its 1964-65 season. Also during this time, the CBA created a series of halftime promotions. From the section Women's Football S ertoma Off-Street Basketball League, of Frederick, is a non-profit volunteer-based organization dedicated to providing the youth of our community a quality basketball program. A variation of this rule (using an arc rather than a box) would be adopted by the NBA in 2002, however, and later adopted by the, For a few years in the early 1980s the CBA offered a. Drucker also created a series of high-profile, big-money promotions that attracted increased attendance, league sponsorship and media interest. CLEMSON, S.C. -- — Aamir Simms scored 16 points, Al-Amir Dawes and John Newman III each added 12, and Clemson beat Maryland 67-51 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. During each game, seven points are awarded—three for winning the game, and one point for each quarter in which a team outscored their opponent. [1] The league is headquartered in Florida. The group bought all of the individually owned franchises of the CBA, in a $10 million acquisition. [10] The maneuver was not enough. Unidentified college basketball players were asked to try to break the rims and the three strongest designs were chosen for a trial run in the CBA. 1978-79 Continental Basketball Association League Leaders. With Eye Toward N.B.A. During Drucker's term the league expanded from 8 to 14 teams, landed its first national TV contract and saw franchise values increase from $5,000 to $500,000. Only the ABA-NBA merger in June 1976 kept the Eastern League alive, as an influx of players from defunct ABA teams joined the league. ContinentalDec. 5A/4A Continental (Colorado) Basketball Standings. A virtual museum of sports logos, uniforms and historical … No official explanation was given why the winner of the South Division, the Heartland Prowl, did not play in the game. The next year, the league featured the "Easy Street Shootout". 3 Tinora at Continental 7:30 PMDec. The Continental Basketball League is a Pan-African sport league modelled after the NBA and Euroleague with the vision of creating opportunities in the sports industry by capturing the rich entertainment culture of Africans to promote sports tourism. [20] As for the NBA draft, players had to renounce their college eligibility if they wanted to declare early. [5], Before the 1984–85 season Ducker announced that the CBA had signed a cable television contract with Black Entertainment Television (BET).[6]. The league obtained eight new franchises (for a total of ten) for the 2006 season. Thomas chooses not to sell. During the 1982–83 and 1983–84 seasons, overtime games were decided by the team that scored the first three points in overtime. During the early years of the CBA (when it was known as the EPBL), the league's relationship with the NBA was frosty at best. August 3, 1999: Former NBA star Isiah Thomas purchases the CBA (the entire league including all the teams and its marketing entity, CBA Properties) for $10 million. From 1978 through 1986, CBA commissioner Jim Drucker created several new rules to raise fan interest, which were then adopted by the league: The CBA established a draft in 1985, following the reduction operated that year by the NBA to its draft which brought it from 10 rounds to 7. The average salary of $1,500 per week will be reduced to $1,100, with rookies getting $800. The suit was settled and in exchange for the right to sign any player at any time, the NBA paid the CBA $115,000; it also paid the CBA $80,000 to help develop NBA referees at CBA games. In an interesting twist, Lange went on to coach the Philadelphia Spirit in the USBL. [17] Before the 2011 season was to start, the owners of the Savannah Wildcats announced the team would be sitting out the season due to a family matter affecting the owners' ability to lead the team. [1], On November 2, 2009, the Wilmington Sea Dawgs were the first team to announce joining the league. After putting up impressive numbers this season in the NBA Development League, Linganore grad Joe Alexander has landed a spot with one of the Euroleague’s most successful teams. info@cblafrica.net (01) 6326275 Under the "7-Point System", seven points were awarded each game: three points for winning a game and one point for every quarter a team won. [15] On 13 April 2011, the Cary Invasion was added. Shea, with the help of several other wealthy aficionados, organized to establish the Continental League with eight teams, one in New York and another in Toronto—hence the continental moniker. The amazing Continental Basketball Association was a United States based professional basketball minor league from 1946 to 2009. Players such as Lavern "Jelly" Tart, Willie Somerset, Art Heyman and Walt Simon (all of whom were all-stars in the Eastern League a year before) were now in ABA uniforms. At the end of the 2005–2006 season, three current and one expansion CBA franchise jumped to the NBDL. The CBA, receiving no compensation from the NBA for these signings, filed a lawsuit against the NBA. Kauffman served as Commissioner until 1978, when his Deputy Commissioner, Jim Drucker, took the reins. The Atlanta Krunk Wolverines and Vancouver Dragons deferred their participation until the 2007–2008 season and the Utah Eagles folded on January 25, 2007. Frederick Keys Primary Logo on Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page - SportsLogos.Net. No one won the (insured) prize, but the shot attracted national media coverage for the league in Sports Illustrated, The New York Times and The Sporting News. The Pittsburgh Xplosion folded under unclear circumstances, and the league scheduled games against American Basketball Association (ABA) teams for the first month of the season in an attempt to stay solvent. On February 2, 2009, the league announced a halt to operations, turning a scheduled series between the Albany Patroons and Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry into the league-championship series. On this day, Thomas signs a letter of intent to sell the CBA to the NBA Players' Association. Originally named the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, the Continental Basketball Association was founded on April 23, 1946. Drucker (son of Norm Drucker, another top NBA referee) continued his 12-year association with the CBA until 1986 as Commissioner and general counsel. Women's Continental League Cup: Man City progress despite shootout loss to Man Utd Last updated on 19 November 2020 19 November 2020 . The Flint (Michigan) Fuze join as an expansion team. In 1979, the NBA signed four players from the newly renamed CBA. Team standings were determined by the number of points, rather than win-loss percentage. During the 1980s and 1990s, the NBA's relationship with the CBA grew to the point where dozens of former CBA stars found their way onto NBA rosters, including Tim Legler (Omaha Racers), Mario Elie (Albany Patroons), and John Starks (Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets). Colonial League (1947-1950) Continental Basketball Association (1978-2009) Continental Football League (1965-1969) Continental Indoor Soccer League (1993-1997) Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League (1987-1988) East Coast Hockey League / ECHL (1988-Today) Eastern Basketball Association (1970-1978) Eastern Hockey League (1954-1973) The league planned to return in the spring of 2013, but a lack of teams prevented that. 1st Floor, Architect’s Place 2 Adowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria. He says that the league will now operate as a single-owner entity, and the CBA will continue to be the official developmental league of the NBA. AURORA | Selections from Regis Jesuit and others from Castle View, Chaparral, Douglas County, Heritage, Highlands Ranch, Legend, Mountain Vista, Ponderosa, Rock Canyon and ThunderRidge on the All-Continental League first and second teams for the 2019-20 boys basketball season: Courtney Oakes is Sentinel Colorado Sports Editor. Over the course of the next 18 months, Thomas was faced with a plethora of business troubles, losing the league’s partnership with the NBA and ultimately abandoning the league into a blind trust that left teams unable to meet payroll or pay bills. The league also removed the Miami Stars and the Palm Beach Titans from the team list for the 2011 season. Kauffman executed a plan to bring the Anchorage Northern Knights into the league beginning with the 1977-78 season. The Rochester Zeniths won the 1978-79 CBA championship. [20] This allowed the CBA teams to have a wider selection of players: the selection criteria were the same as the NBA draft. The Continental Basketball League (CBL) was a men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April 2010. Box Score. The establishment of the Anchorage franchise garnered national media attention, including a feature story in Sports Illustrated. In 1985, the CBA followed with the "Ton-of-Money Free Throw", which featured a prize of 2,000 pounds (910 kg) of pennies ($5,000) if a randomly selected fan could make one free throw. NBA/CBA relations grew tense again in 1982, when the CBA added the Detroit Spirits franchise to their league roster. Posted Tue, Jan 28 2020. Kauffman kept the league name because he felt having a team in the Eastern league from Alaska might get the league additional notice and recognition. The official site of the National Basketball Association. [3] The league was renamed the Continental Basketball Association the following season, eventually leading to expansion across the country. As a response to the moves by the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles and the New York Giants to San Francisco, William Shea proposed a new league to bring a second team to New York. Basketball Coaches Without Boundaries celebrates its 21st year of Youth Basketball Summer League, Summer Basketball Instructional Camp and various social programs for the youth and Families of Frederick County. Kauffman remained the League's legal counsel for two years. The NBA would send several players to the Eastern League for extra playing time, and for several seasons two Eastern League teams would play the opening game of a New Year's Eve doubleheader at Madison Square Garden (with the NBA playing the nightcap game). As a result, a winning team would wind up with four to seven points in the standings, while a losing team could collect from zero to three points. For an earlier league, see, Continental Basketball Association (1969–1974), Learn how and when to remove this template message, Continental Basketball Association franchise history, Continental Basketball Association statistical leaders, List of Continental Basketball Association All-Star Games, List of Continental Basketball Association award winners and successful alumni, List of Continental Basketball Association champions, List of developmental and minor sports leagues, "Local semi-pro basketball team made of ex-Zags imagined > Spokane Journal of Business", "Black Entertainment Television to Broadcast CBA Games", "A Look Back Through Key Moments In NBA G League History", "PRO BASKETBALL; Thomas Buys Control Of C.B.A. [30] Some teams also used their picks for publicity: for example, Cheryl Miller, a female player who played for USC in college, was selected by the Rockford Lightning with the 57th pick in the 1986 CBA draft;[31][32] in the 1994 CBA draft Mexican soccer player Jorge Campos was drafted by the Mexico Aztecas, despite his ineligibility. The league also instituted a series of novel rule changes including sudden-death overtime, a no foul-out rule and a change in the way league standings were determined. Although the NBA played exhibition games with the Eastern League during the late 1940s and early 1950s the exhibition games ceased in 1954, when the Eastern League signed several college basketball players involved in point-shaving gambling scandals during their college years (including Jack Molinas, Sherman White, Floyd Layne and Al Roth). [1] Gary Perry, an owner of the Augusta Groove when it was in the Premier Basketball League (PBL), was named the first director of basketball operations. Centennial Conference 563 College Avenue W-560. [24] In 1997, Lamar Odom, then a highly recruited high school prospect, was given the opportunity to enter the CBA draft and choose the team he wanted to play for, reversing the traditional drafting process;[33] Odom, however, decided not to hire an agent and opted to play in college. CONTINENTAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE. This page was last edited on 20 December 2020, at 01:31. November 16, 2001: The first game in the history of the National Basketball Developmental League is played. The all-black Dayton Rens competed in the 1948-49 National Basketball League. This rule (which was designed to encourage drives to the hoop) caused more confusion than scoring, and was quickly abandoned. [2], In 2009, Dennis Truax, who was previously affiliated with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), was named the first commissioner of the CBL. CBA franchises usually selected players who had the higher chance to sign for them instead of signing overseas or in the NBA, even though some teams used their picks in the later rounds to select players who were likely to be drafted in the NBA, in the event these players were cut in the preseason. June 1987: The CBA Board of Directors voted unanimously to extend the season to 54 games. 2017-18 Continental League Boys All Conference Team 1st Team: During the 1955-56 season, the Hazleton Hawks Eastern League team was the first integrated professional league franchise with an all-black starting lineup: Tom Hemans, Jesse Arnelle, Fletcher Johnson, Sherman White and Floyd Lane. Season standings were changed from a win-loss percentage, to the "7 Point System". Thomas pays $5 million up front, agreeing to make four additional payments to the CBA's former team owners for the remainder of the debt. The CBA often billed itself as the "World's Oldest Pro Basketball League," since its founding on April 23, 1946, pre-dated by two months, the founding of the National Basketball Association. That would soon lead to the beginning of the end for the CBA. 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