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San Jose Skyrockets
The Minot SkyRockets were a team in the Continental Basketball Association. They played their home games at the Minot Municipal Auditorium. The team began play in 2005 as the San Jose Skyrockets of the American Basketball Association. The team had a very successful first season, finishing first in the Ron Boone division with a 29-5 record. The team advanced to the semifinals of the ABA Great Eight, losing to the Rochester Razorsharks, 106-103. At the end of the season, the team announced they were joining the Continental Basketball Association and relocating to Minot, North Dakota. The Minot SkyRockets spent three years in North Dakota, losing the 2008 CBA finals to the Oklahoma Cavalry 3-2 before disbanding in 2009. 2006–07 DayShawn Wright, Dee Brown, Marco Killingsworth, Ryan Hollins, Pele Paelay, and Ed Nelson were selected in the 2006 CBA Draft. 2007–2008 In the 2007 draft, Larry Turner, Brad Brickens, Jeremy Overstreet, James Hughes, Courtney Bohannon, Avis Wyatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Basketball Association (2000–present)
The American Basketball Association (ABA) is an American semi-professional men's basketball minor league that was founded in 1999. The ABA has teams based in the United States and previously had international teams based in Canada and Mexico. In the past, there were traveling teams from countries such as Australia and Japan who played in the ABA. Additionally, there were players from other countries that were on a U.S. team to showcase other talented athletes in the country. The current ABA bears no relation to the original American Basketball Association (1967–1976) that was considered a major league, and merged with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1976. History The current ABA was started by Joe Newman and Richard Tinkham. Tinkham was an executive with the Indiana Pacers when they were in the original ABA. They licensed the ABA name from the NBA. 2000–2003 The league started in 2000 with eight teams. During its initial years of operation, the league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pele Paelay
Pele Paelay (born June 15, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player. Although he was born in Liberia, he grew up in the state of Maryland before playing at Coastal Carolina University from 2002 to 2006. Paelay was named the Big South Conference Player of the Year in his junior season in 2004–05. Upon graduation in 2006, he began his professional career which has taken him to numerous countries abroad. Paelay is now the assistant coach for the girls varsity basketball team at the Steward School. High school Paelay attended Magruder High School in Derwood, Maryland. He graduated in 2002 after starring in both basketball and soccer. On the pitch, Paelay was named the Washington, D.C. Area Player of the Year in fall 2001 after scoring 19 goals, recording 12 assists and leading Magruder to their first ever boys' soccer state championship. He scored eight goals in the playoffs alone, five of which were game winners. Among the game winners, Paelay scored with less th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports In Minot, North Dakota
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continental Basketball Association Teams
Continental may refer to: Places * Continent, the major landmasses of Earth * Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US * Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US Arts and entertainment * ''Continental'' (album), an album by Saint Etienne * Continental (card game), a rummy-style card game * ''Continental'' (film), a 2013 film * Continental Singers, a Christian music organization Companies * Continental AG, a German automotive parts and technologies manufacturer * Continental Airlines, a former American airline * Continental Electronics, an American radio transmitter manufacturer * Continental Films, a German-controlled French film company during the Nazi occupation of France * Continental Illinois, a defunct large bank * Continental Mortgage and Loan Company (later known as Continental, Inc.), the former name of HomeStreet Bank * Continental Motors, Inc., a Chinese manufacturer of aircraft engines * Continental Records, a former American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Fields
Ronnie Fields (born February 28, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. High school Born and raised in Chicago, Fields played at Farragut Academy in Chicago from 1992–1996 and was a teammate of Kevin Garnett during the 1994 season. Fields had a (reported) 50-inch vertical leap. ''ESPN HS'' regarded him as the best freshman in the country for the 1992–93 season. He was a 3-time Parade All American selection (1994–96). He was also the first wiktionary:sophomore, sophomore to ever play in the "Best of the Best" game at the Nike All American camp in 1993, a game that featured future NBA Most Valuable Player Award, NBA MVP'S Allen Iverson and Kevin Garnett, and Naismith Prep Player of the Year, High School Player of the Year award winners Ron Mercer and Jerod Ward. After Garnett was drafted in 1995, Fields, in his senior year, led his squad to an 11–1 record in the Chicago Public League with per-game averages of 32.4 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.1 assists, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Magsumbol
Mark M. Magsumbol is a Filipino retired basketball player. Magsumbol has played in the Philippine Basketball Association, the Philippine Basketball League, National Basketball Conference, and for the American Basketball Association (ABA) team San Jose Skyrockets. Background Magsumbol earned a Hotel and Restaurant Management degree at St. Benilde in 2001, but instead of applying what he learned in the classroom, decided to try his luck on the court. He never applied for the PBA draft and has played for four teams in the Philippine Basketball League, three teams in the National Basketball Conference, and a team in the Cebu Basketball Federation. Magsumbol also played for the Cebuana Lhuillier national squad. Magsumbol previously played for the San Jose Skyrockets in the American Basketball Association (ABA) as an "import" in the US minors. He made his ABA debut, aged 25, by scoring 12 points, including 3-of-4 triples, in the Skyrockets’ 160-101 romp over the Tijuana Dragones a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Okeson
Todd or Todds may refer to: Places ;Australia: * Todd River, an ephemeral river ;United States: * Todd Valley, California, also known as Todd, an unincorporated community * Todd, Missouri, a ghost town * Todd, North Carolina, an unincorporated community * Todd County, Kentucky * Todd County, Minnesota * Todd County, South Dakota * Todd Fork, a river in Ohio * Todd Township, Minnesota * Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania * Todd Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania * Todds, Ohio, an unincorporated community People * Todd (given name) * Todd (surname) Arts and entertainment * ''Todd'' (album), a 1974 album by Todd Rundgren * Todd (''Cars''), a character in ''Cars'' * Todd (''Stargate''), a recurring character in the series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * The Todd (''Scrubs''), a character on ''Scrubs'' Other uses * Todd (elm cultivar) * Todd class, a characteristic class in algebraic topology * Todd-AO, a company in film post-production * Todd Corporation, a New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Ferguson
Anwar Ferguson (born October 10, 1981) is a Bahamian former professional basketball player. Early life and college career Ferguson was born in Exuma, Bahamas, and his father, Clement, is a reverend. He moved the United States during his youth and attended LN Coakley High School in Exuma, from which he graduated in 1999. In basketball, he led the team in rebounds and blocked shots and was named to the conference's all-defensive team. Ferguson then enrolled at Lee College, a community college located in Baytown, Texas. During his freshman season he averaged 1.6 points and 1.4 rebounds per game, but he did record a 10-block game in the playoffs. The next year, Ferguson's sophomore year, he averaged 6.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.8 blocks per game, and his 154 blocks that season set a new school record. In a game against Pensacola State College he recorded a triple-double with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks. After his community college career, Ferguson went on to play at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Falls, MT
Great Falls is the List of cities and towns in Montana, third most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Cascade County, Montana, Cascade County. The population was 60,442 according to the 2020 census. The city covers an area of and is the principal city of the Great Falls, Montana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cascade County. The Great Falls MSA’s population stood at 84,414 in the 2020 census. A cultural, commercial and financial center in the central part of the state, Great Falls is located just east of the Rocky Mountains and is bisected by the Missouri River. It is from the east entrance to Glacier National Park (U.S.), Glacier National Park in northern Montana, and from Yellowstone National Park in southern Montana and northern Wyoming. A north–south federal highway, Interstate 15, serves the city. Great Falls is named for a Great Falls (Missouri River), series of five waterfalls located on the Missouri River n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Nelson (basketball)
Edward Richard Nelson (born March 18, 1982) is an American professional basketball player and former ACC Rookie of the Year. A 2004 NCAA Champion with Connecticut, he retired from professional basketball in 2015. High school Nelson was rated one of the top 25 high school basketball players in America by ''Sports Illustrated'' and was named Florida Player of the Year by ''USA Today''. He averaged 26 points and 11 rebounds per game as a senior and led St. Thomas Aquinas to the Class 5A state title, with a 29-3 record. He was named state Player of the Year for Class 6A-5A-4A by the ''Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel'' and was Most Valuable Player of the state tournament, including 29 points and 10 rebounds in the semifinal game. He was named to the first-team all-county by the ''Miami Herald'' and scored a season-high 39 points on two occasions. He was one of 14 players selected for the Capital Classic all-star game at the MCI Center, in Washington, D.C. Nelson averaged 21.5 points and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Hollins
Ryan Kenwood Hollins (born October 10, 1984) is an American former professional basketball player who is a color commentator for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. He was a center who was a journeyman in the NBA, playing for nine teams in 10 seasons. He played briefly in Europe before ending his career. Following his playing career, he pursued work in broadcasting, working as a game analyst for CBS and as a studio analyst for Los Angeles Clippers games. He also worked as an analyst for ESPN and appeared on various programming for them, including SportsCenter and First Take, and has co-hosted “The Opinionated 7-Footers” podcast for the past year. He joined the Houston Rockets' broadcasting team on AT&T SportsNet as a color commentator. High school and college career Hollins attended John Muir High School in Pasadena, California. He had signed with St. Louis University, but was allowed to withdr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
