Sundsvall Dragons was a professional Swedish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club from
Sundsvall. The Dragons made it to the
Basketligan Finals four times: in 2005, 2008 and in 2009 and 2011 as winners.
History
The team was one of the oldest in Sweden, as it was founded on May 9, 1939. In 1993 the team promoted to the
Basketligan and was named the ''Sundsvall Dragons''.
In 2008, 6-time
NBA champion and 7-time
All-Star Scottie Pippen
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played for the team. Pippen, at age 42, played one game for Sundsvall in which he recorded 21 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists. Pippen was paid
$66,000 to play in the game against Akropal.
On 6 May 2016 the club was declared bankrupt.
Championships
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Swedish Championships: 2
:2008–09, 2010–11
Season by season
Notable players
References
External links
Team profile at eurobasket.com
{{Basketligan
Basketball teams in Sweden
Sport in Sundsvall
1939 establishments in Sweden
Basketball teams established in 1939