Club Baloncesto Caja Bilbao was a professional

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club based in

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History

Caja Bilbao was founded in 1983 and promoted to

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in 1987, where it remained during five years.Historia del baloncesto en Bilbao
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, but had not enough supporting to play the league.

Season by season

Notable players

Juan Manuel López Iturriaga Juan Manuel "Juanma" López Iturriaga (born February 4, 1959) is a Spanish retired professional basketball player. He played shooting guard and small forward and appeared in a total of 90 games with the Spain national basketball team, winning a ...

Joe Kopicki Joseph Gerard Kopicki (born 12 June 1960) is a former American basketball player. At and , he played the power forward position. Biography Kopicki played basketball at Fitzgerald High School in Warren, Michigan, his hometown. He was named t ...

Darrell Lockhart Darrell Lockhart (born September 14, 1960 in Thomaston, Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball center. College career Lockhart attended Auburn University, where he played college basketball with the Auburn Tigers. Professiona ...

References

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External links

Profile at Eskudoteka
Defunct basketball teams in Spain Former Liga ACB teams Basketball teams established in 1983 Basketball teams in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Sports clubs and teams in Bilbao