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San Jose Jammers
The Bakersfield Jammers, known originally as the San Jose Jammers, were an American professional basketball team that were members of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1989 to 1992. Originally based in San Jose, California, the team relocated to Bakersfield, California for their final season. The team was created by former Oakland A's executive Fred Kuenzi through a CBA basketball league expansion. Although Fred was initially named as team spokesman and introduced as the team's first general manager, he had previous commitments that prohibited him from remaining on in that capacity. He served as a team consultant. Fred obtained capital investment funding by bringing in former assemblyman Dominic L. Cortese as majority owner. The Jammers' inaugural roster included high-scoring guards Freddie Banks (Las Vegas Silver Streaks) and Butch Hays, forward David Boone, and center Casey Crawford. San Jose Jammers games were broadcast on radio station KSJX. Season-by-seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Continental Basketball Association
The Continental Basketball Association (CBA), originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League, and later as the Eastern Professional Basketball League and the Eastern Basketball Association, was a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States from 1946 to 2009. History 20th century The Continental Basketball Association was founded on April 23, 1946, under its previous name, the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League. It was organized on in Hazleton, Pennsylvania by Eddie White of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Robert Jamelli of Hazleton and Ron Regar of Reading, Pennsylvania. George Z. Keller of Wilkes-Barre was the league's first commissioner. It went on to bill itself as the "World's Oldest Professional Basketball League", since its founding pre-dated the founding of the National Basketball Association by two months. The league fielded six franchises, five of which were in Pennsylvania: Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, Hazleton, Lancaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chris Childs (basketball)
Chris Childs (born November 20, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player, who played primarily at the guard position. Early basketball career Childs played his high school basketball at Foothill High School and starred at Boise State University in the late 1980s. Childs was the Big Sky Conference Player of the Year in 1989. Despite his collegiate success, Childs went undrafted in the 1989 NBA draft and began his professional career in the Continental Basketball Association. He played for three different teams in his first three seasons in the league, but eventually found a home with the Quad City Thunder. With the Thunder, Childs won a league title and the CBA Playoff Finals/MVP award in 1994 after averaging 17.9 points and 7.6 assists. According to Quad City Thunder owner Anne Potter DeLong's obituary on ''QCOnline'', Childs struggled with alcoholism during his time in the Continental Basketball Association. Childs went to DeLong for help at which point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Steffond Johnson
Steffond O'Shea Johnson (born November 4, 1962) is a retired American basketball player. He was a 6'8" 240 lb. forward and played one season in the NBA for the Los Angeles Clippers, by whom he was selected in the 1986 NBA draft (5th round, 100th pick overallThe O'Shea Group, LLC ). Johnson played competitively at Longview High School, and at and |
Keith Hill (basketball) , a surname (including a list of people with the name)
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Keith Hill may refer to: * Keith Hill (politician) (born 1943), British politician * Keith Hill (footballer) (born 1969), English football player and manager * Keith Hill (musical instrument maker) (born 1948) See also * Keith Hills Country Club, a residential golf course community in Buies Creek, North Carolina, US * Hill (surname) Hill is a surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "a person who lived on a hill". It is the 36th most common surname in England, the 18th common surname in Scotland, and the 37th most common surname in the United States. Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Conner Henry
Conner David Henry (born July 21, 1963) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the St Peter's College boys' basketball team. He played college basketball for the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, and was selected by the Houston Rockets, with the 89th overall pick of the 1986 NBA draft. Henry had short stints with four National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, in two seasons, before he embarked on a career in the American minor leagues and overseas. Henry began his coaching career as an assistant at Claremont McKenna College. He then moved to Australia, where he joined the coaching staff of the Perth Wildcats of the NBL, where he became the team's head coach, for one season in 2008–09. Henry then returned to the United States, to join the Los Angeles D-Fenders of the NBA D-League, as an assistant coach. Following two seasons with the D-Fenders, he was appointed as the head coach of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, in 2013, and was he name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jerome Henderson (basketball)
Jerome D. Henderson (born October 5, 1959) is an American former professional basketball power forward–center who played two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Los Angeles Lakers (1985–86) and the Milwaukee Bucks (1986–87). He attended the University of New Mexico. Henderson played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the Rochester Zeniths, Detroit Spirits, Pensacola Tornados, Columbus Horizon, Grand Rapids Hoops, Rapid City Thrillers, San Jose Jammers, Oklahoma City Cavalry, Tri-City Chinook and Rockford Lightning The Rockford Lightning was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA). They were based in Rockford, Illinois. History The Lightning were the oldest team in the CBA, originally existing as the Lancaster Red R ... from 1981 to 1994. He was selected to the CBA All-Defensive Team in 1988 and All-Defensive First Team in 1986 and 1987. References External links 1959 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ben Gillery
Benjamin Gillery (born September 19, 1965, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American former professional basketball player. A 7'0" center from Hutchinson Community College and Georgetown University, Gillery was mainly a "project" player for the Hoyas, starting games but benched during the first stoppage of time. Although Gillery was never drafted by an NBA team, he played for the Sacramento Kings during the 1988-89 NBA season, averaging 1.0 points in 25 games. Gillery later played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) for the San Jose Jammers, Rapid City Thrillers and Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets The Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets were a professional basketball team based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 1988 to 1991. They played in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), the defunct minor league, development league for the National Basketbal .... He now coaches young boys in basketball. Gillery appeared on an episode of TV show '' Cristina's Court'' when his sister sued hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rod Foster
Roderick Allen Foster (born October 10, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player (6'1", 160 lb) who played for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was drafted out of UCLA in the second round of the 1983 NBA draft (28th pick overall). Career As a senior at St Thomas Aquinas High School in New Britain, Connecticut, "Rocket" Rod Foster averaged 30.2 points per game, and led his team to the State Championship. He was named an Adidas All-American and second team Parade All-American. A prized recruit, Foster chose to attend UCLA, recruited to the school by coach Larry Brown. As a freshman at UCLA, Foster helped lead the Bruins to the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament Finals in 1980, where they lost to the Louisville Cardinals, playing under coach Larry Brown. Foster led UCLA with 16 points in the 59–54 loss, adding 6 steals and 5 assists. In the second round of the 1980 NCAA tournament, #8 seed UCLA upset the #1 ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ray Foster
Ray or RAY may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), the bony or horny spine on ray-finned fish Science and mathematics * Half-line (geometry) or ray, half of a line split at an initial point * Directed half-line or ray, half of a directed or oriented line split at an initial point * Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph * Ray (optics), an idealized narrow beam of light * Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state Arts and entertainment Music * The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) * Ray (girl group), a Japanese girl group formed in 2019 * Ray J, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Scott Fisher (basketball)
Scott Fisher (born July 20, 1963) is an American-Australian former professional basketball player and coach, most known for his time spent with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) in both roles. As a player, he won the NBL (Australia) Most Valuable Player, NBL MVP in 1989 and 1992 while playing for the North Melbourne Giants. He won a List of NBL champions, championship with the Giants in 1989 before winning two more with the Wildcats in 1995 and 2000. He also played for the Australian boomers, Australian national team at the Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Olympic Games and the 1998 FIBA World Championship. Playing career Born in San Jose, California, Fisher played at the University of California, Santa Barbara under head coach Jerry Pimm. He combined with Conner Henry to form an effective inside-outside scoring combination, with Fisher in the low post and Henry driving to the basket or hitting spot up ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chip Engelland
Arthur Edward "Chip" Engelland III (born May 9, 1961) is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Career A native of Los Angeles, Engelland, who also served as a ball boy for coach John Wooden's NCAA champions UCLA Bruins in 1975, began his basketball career at Pacific Palisades High School, leading Los Angeles in scoring as a senior in 1979. Subsequently, he lettered four seasons at Duke University, scoring more than 1,000 points for coach Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils and being named the team's captain in his senior year. After graduating from Duke in 1983, Engelland went on to play professionally for nine years. First in the Philippines, he became a naturalized Filipino citizen where he spent two seasons and was a member of the Philippine national basketball team under the sponsorship of Northern Cement Corporation that captured the 1985 J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
