The Fresno Flames were a professional basketball franchise based in

Fresno, California Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, makin ...

in 1988. The team played one season in the

World Basketball League World Basketball League (WBL) was a minor professional basketball league in the United States and Canada that ran from 1988 to 1992. It was founded as the International Basketball Association in November 1987, before changing its name prior to the 1 ...

before folding in March 1989. The WBL was a league for players 6' 4" tall and under.

Scott Brooks Scott William Brooks (born July 31, 1965) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the top assistant coach for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played point guard at San Joaq ...

got his start with the Flames as an undrafted free agent out of the University of California-Irvine. He later played 10 years in the NBA and later became a Head Coach in the NBA, winning Coach-of-the-Year honors with the

Oklahoma City Thunder The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays i ...

in 2010. The Flames played its home games at the

Selland Arena Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena built in 1966 that makes up part of a four-venue complex of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center in Fresno, California. It is named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland and has had over ...

Sources

*http://www.apbr.org/wbl88-92.html World Basketball League teams Defunct basketball teams in California {{California-basketball-team-stub