The Dallas Defenders were a team in the

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 un ...

(PBL) which began play in 2008. The team played at the Alfred J. Loos Fieldhouse, which was also the part-time home to the

Dallas Chaparrals The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team moved to San Antonio, Texas for the 1973–74 season and were renamed the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs joined the National Basketball Association ...

of the original

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

. The facility is listed as the seventh-biggest primary/secondary school fieldhouse in the United States. When the 2008-2009 list of PBL teams was released at the PBL website, Dallas was not listed on it and is, therefore, considered folded.

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{{PBL Teams Former Premier Basketball League teams Sports clubs and teams in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex 2006 establishments in Texas 2008 disestablishments in Texas Basketball teams established in 2006 Basketball teams disestablished in 2008 Dallas County, Texas