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Pee Dee Vipers
The Pee Dee Vipers are a professional basketball team playing in the Premier Basketball League. The Vipers will begin play in the 2014 PBL season. History The Vipers are the first professional basketball team to play in Florence since the Florence Flyers of the USBL The United States Basketball League (USBL) was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985 and ceased operations in 2008. The USBL started in 1985 as one of the first basketball leagues to play a late-spring to ... played there in 2004. In their inaugural season, the Vipers will be coached by Larry Brown, a veteran high school and college coach.Sam Bundy, "Vipers' Brown brings load of experience to fledgling franchise," Florence Morning News, December 14, 2013 http://www.scnow.com/sports/article_8189524a-652c-11e3-8b29-001a4bcf6878.html (accessed December 24, 2013) References External linksOfficial Website {{South Carolina Sports Basketball teams in South Carolina Former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Basketball League
The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is an American professional men's basketball minor league that began play in January 2008. The league folded after the 2017 season. It was announced that the league would be revived under new management for the 2020 season. The league announced due coronavirus outbreak the season would be put on hold. History 2008 season The PBL was formed after a number of disagreements between several former member teams of the modern American Basketball Association (ABA) and ABA CEO Joe Newman. Eight of the initial ten PBL teams either played in or were slated to play in the ABA. In early 2007, Newman was voted out of his position as CEO of the ABA by the board of directors, which included Maryland Nighthawks owner and then-ABA COO Tom Doyle (who was later a commissioner of the PBL), citing dissatisfaction with how Newman executed his duties as CEO, the large number of ABA teams that did not have the funds to operate, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |