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Evansville Thunder
The Evansville Thunder were a professional basketball team who played in Evansville, Indiana, from 1984 to 1986. The team was a member of the Continental Basketball Association and played at Roberts Municipal Stadium. Evansville had previous experience with professional basketball when it was home to the Evansville Agogans of the National Professional Basketball League from 1950 to 1951. The Thunder hired soon-to-be Utah Jazz head coach and University of Evansville alumnus Jerry Sloan to coach the team in 1984, but Sloan left to become an assistant coach for the Utah Jazz prior to coaching any Thunder games. All-time roster *Marvin Barnes * Micah Blunt *Clyde Bradshaw * Theran Bullock *Carlos Clark * Mike Clark * Rod Drake *Derrick Gervin *Claude Gregory * Kenny Higgs *Chris Hughes * Albert Irving * Clay Johnson * Greg Jones *Harold Keeling * Donnie Koonce *Kevin Loder * Tony Martin * Carl Mitchell *Kenny Perry *Lorenzo Romar *DeWayne Scales *Kevin Smith * Clarence Tillman :''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA) (originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association) was a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States from 1946 to 2009. History The Continental Basketball Association was founded on April 23, 1946 under its previous name, the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League. It billed itself as the "World's Oldest Professional Basketball League"; its founding pre-dated the founding of the National Basketball Association by two months. The league fielded six franchises – five in Pennsylvania (Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, Allentown, Lancaster, and Reading) – with a sixth team in New York (Binghamton, which moved in mid-season to Pottsville, Pennsylvania). In 1948, the league was renamed the Eastern Professional Basketball League. Over the years it would add franchises in several other Pennsylvania cities, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Gregory
Claude Andre Gregory (born December 26, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player from Washington, D.C.. He was a 6'8" (203 cm) 205 lb (93 kg) power forward. College career Gregory played college basketball for the Wisconsin Badgers. Professional career Gregory was selected by the Washington Bullets, with the 18th pick in the 2nd round, of the 1981 NBA draft. , ''basketballreference.com'' Gregory played for two (NBA) teams. He played only two games for the Bullets in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeWayne Scales
DeWayne Jay Scales (born December 28, 1958) is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" forward from Louisiana State University, Scales played in the NBA from 1980 to 1984 as a member of the New York Knicks and Washington Bullets. Scales averaged 4.6 points per game Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by nu ... in his NBA career. Notes 1958 births Living people African-American basketball players Albany Patroons players American expatriate basketball people in the Philippines American men's basketball players Basketball players from Dallas Cincinnati Slammers players Crispa Redmanizers players Detroit Spirits players Evansville Thunder players LSU Tigers basketball players New York Knicks draft picks New York Knicks players Ohio Mixers play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed in 2018. Romar also served as the head men's basketball coach at Saint Louis University from 1999 to 2002 and the University of Washington from 2002 to 2017. Playing career Romar played college basketball at Cerritos College from 1976–78 and then for Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, he was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Career statistics NBA =Regular season= , - , align="left" , 1980–81 , align="left" , Golden State , 53 , , - , , 13.7 , , .412 , , .333 , , .683 , , 1.1 , , 2.6 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 4.1 , - , align="left" , 1981–82 , align="left" , Golden State , 79 , , 11 , , 15.9 , , .504 , , .200 , , .823 , , 1.2 , , 2.9 , , 0.8 , , 0.2 , , 6.2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Perry (basketball)
James Kenneth Perry (born August 10, 1960) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He won 14 PGA Tour events and has won nine PGA Tour Champions events including four senior major championships: the 2013 Constellation Senior Players Championship, the 2013 U.S. Senior Open, the 2014 Regions Tradition, and the 2017 U.S. Senior Open. Early years Perry was born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and raised in Franklin, Kentucky. His parents are Ken and Mildred Perry. He was introduced to the game of golf by his father at the age of seven. He started his high school golf career at Franklin-Simpson High School. Shortly thereafter, his father accepted a job opportunity in McCracken County a few miles outside Paducah, Kentucky. Kenny attended high school and played on the golf team at McCracken County's Lone Oak High School, near Paducah. After graduating from Lone Oak, he attended Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. Personal life Perry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Mitchell
Carl Terrell Mitchell (born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Twista (formerly Tung Twista), is an American rapper and record producer. He is best known for his chopper style of rapping and for once holding the title of fastest English-speaking rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds. In 1997, after appearing on Do or Die's hit single "Po Pimp", produced by the Legendary Traxster, Twista signed with Big Beat and Atlantic Records, where he released his third album '' Adrenaline Rush'' and formed the group Speedknot Mobstaz, in 1998. His 2004 album ''Kamikaze'' topped the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200, after the success of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one single "Slow Jamz" (with Kanye West and Jamie Foxx). Early life Carl Terrell Mitchell was born on November 27, 1973, and grew up in the K-Town area of the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Martin (basketball)
Anthony or Tony Martin may refer to: Education * Tony Martin (professor) (1942–2013), professor at Wellesley College known for racial controversies in the early 1990s * Donald A. Martin (born 1940), aka Tony Martin, set theorist at UCLA Film and television * Tony Martin (American singer) (1913–2012), American actor and singer * Tony Martin (comedian) (born 1964), New Zealand-Australian comedian and actor * Tony Martin (Australian actor) (born 1953), Australian actor * Anthony Martin (escape artist) (born 1966), escape artist * Tony Martin, fictional character from the British situation comedy '' dinnerladies'' * Anthony Martin, fictional character in the ''Just William'' stories Music * Tony Martin (songwriter), country music songwriter * Tony Martin (British singer) (born 1957), English musician, best known for his work with Black Sabbath * Lutan Fyah (Anthony Martin, born 1975), Jamaican reggae artist Sports * Tony Martin (cyclist) (born 1985), German cyclist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Loder
Kevin Allen Loder (born March 15, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Kansas City Kings in the first round (17th pick overall) of the 1981 NBA draft. A swingman born in Cassopolis, Michigan, Loder played in three NBA seasons from 1981 to 1984. He played for the Kings and San Diego Clippers. In his NBA career, Loder played in 148 games and scored a total of 875 points. His best year as a professional came during his rookie year for the Kings, appearing in 71 games and averaging 6.9 points per game. On July 18, 2018, the Kansas City Tornadoes hired Kevin Loder as the chief operating officer A chief operating officer or chief operations officer, also called a COO, is one of the highest-ranking executive positions in an organization, composing part of the "C-suite". The COO is usually the second-in-command at the firm, especially if t .... He is also related to The Turner family References External links Kevin Loder profileat ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donnie Koonce
Donnie or Donny is a familiar form (hypocorism) of the masculine given name Donald, Donal, Don, or Donovan. It may refer to: People Arts and entertainment * Donny Baldwin, American drummer best known as a member of Jefferson Starship and Starship *Donnie Brooks (1936–2007), American pop music singer *Donnie Dacus, guitarist * Donnie Demers, American songwriter * Donny Deutsch (born 1957), American advertising executive and television personality * Donnie Dunagan (born 1934), semi-retired American former child actor *Donnie Elbert (1936–1989), American soul singer *Donnie Fritts (born 1942), American session musician and songwriter * Donnie Hamzik, drummer of the heavy metal band Manowar * Donny Hathaway (1945–1979), American jazz, blues, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, arranger and pianist *Donnie Iris (born 1943), American rock musician known for his work with the Jaggerz and Wild Cherry * Donnie Keshawarz (born 1969), American stage, film and television actor *Donni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Keeling
Harold A. Keeling (born September 18, 1963) is an American-born Venezuelan former professional basketball player who briefly played for the Dallas Mavericks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the mid-1980s. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he attended Santa Clara University. He was a member of the Venezuelan team during the 2001 Tournament of the Americas. Keeling was a guest oEpisode 72 of "An Eternity of Basketball,"a video podcast that focuses on PBA (Philippines Basketball Association) in the 70's and 80's. On this episode outlined his playing career as: # 1981-1985 Santa Clara (College) # 1985-1986 Dallas Mavericks (NBA) # 1986 Manila Beer (the Philippines) # 1987 Guaiqueries de Margarita (Venezuela) # 1987-1989 Maccabi Ramat Gan (Israel) # 1989-1990 La Rochelle (France) # 1990-1991 Lyon Cro (France) # 1990 Marinos De Oriente (Venezuela) - CHAMPION # 1991-1992 Lyon Cro (France) - CHAMPION # 1992 Mulhouse (France) # 1993-1994 Marinos De Oriente (Venezuela) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Jones (basketball)
Gregory Jones (born March 3, 1961) is an American retired basketball player. He was an NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans, All-American player at West Virginia University and later Rookie of the Year in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). College career Jones, a 6'2" Guard (basketball), guard from Youngstown, Ohio, played collegiate basketball at West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball, West Virginia. He was a three-year starter for the Mountaineers, leading them to three straight 20-win seasons and consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1982 and 1983 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, 1983. For his career, Jones scored 1,793 points. He was a three-time first team All-Atlantic 10 Conference choice (Eastern 8 Conference before the 1982–83 season) and was twice named conference Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year, Player of the Year in 1982 and 1983. He was also named an hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Johnson (basketball)
Clay Johnson lll (born July 18, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player from Yazoo City, Mississippi. A 6'4" shooting guard from the University of Missouri, Johnson played three seasons (1981–1984) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers and Seattle SuperSonics. He averaged 2.8 points per game in his NBA career and won an NBA championship with the Lakers in 1982. Johnson played in 65 games spread over two seasons with the Lakers and was a member of the 1982 NBA championship team, appearing in seven playoff games. Johnson also played 192 games in the Continental Basketball Association CBA, averaging 16.7 points and 4.6 rebounds for the Billings Volcanos, Sarasota Stingers The Columbus Horizon is a defunct basketball team from Columbus, Ohio that played for five seasons in the Continental Basketball Association from 1989 to 1994. History Plans to bring professional basketball to Columbus were unveiled in Sep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
