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History of PBL teams

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This is the year-to-year membership and makeup of the Premier Basketball League, including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.

Contents

2011

*The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.

Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion

  • Arkansas Impact (2008)
  • Augusta Groove (2008-09)
  • Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Buffalo Dragons (2008-10) - sold to the management of the Buffalo Sharks of the ABA to form the Buffalo Stampede.
  • Chicago Aztecas
  • Chicago Throwbacks (2008-09)
  • Dallas Defenders (2008) - ownership revoked mid-season, replaced by league-run replacement, folded when no outside owner could be found
  • Detroit Panthers (2008-09)
  • Jacksonville JAM - expelled by league
  • Jacksonville SLAM (2008) - league-run replacement for JAM; folded when no outside owner could be found
  • Las Vegas Thunderbirds - announced, but never played a game.
  • Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry-(2009-11) left after losing in the controversial 2011 PBL Finals. Suspended operations.
  • Mid-Michigan Destroyers (2009)
  • Montreal Sasquatch (2009)
  • Pee Dee Vipers (2014)
  • Philadelphia Flight (2014)
  • Quad City Riverhawks (2007-08)
  • Reading Railers (2007-08)
  • Rockford Fury (2007-08) - folded when the PBL instituted a "one team per owner" rule
  • Southeast Asian All-Stars - announced by PBL, have not been heard from since and not on official website's team roster.
  • Toronto Lazers - PBL announced a Toronto expansion team but the team did not join the league for the 2009 season. No update from the league on their status.
  • Vermont Frost Heaves (2009-11) - folded from lack of funds.

    • Teams that left the PBL for another league

  • Battle Creek Knights - rejoined International Basketball League
  • Bluegrass Stallions- left under unspecified circumstances.
  • Buffalo Stampede - removed by the league for failure to adhere to operating standards, joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League
  • Capitanes de Arecibo - rejoined Baloncesto Superior Nacional
  • Dayton Air Strikers-(2011-12) joined International Basketball League, returned to PBL for 2012 season
  • Halifax Rainmen (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada.
  • Lafayette Legends - announced, never played a PBL game. Joined Independent Basketball Association (also never played).
  • Maryland GreenHawks (2007-09) - joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League as Washington GreenHawks, folded.
  • Minnesota Ripknees (2007) - returned to American Basketball Association, folded shortly afterward.
  • Quebec Kebs (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada
  • Racine Storm (2014-16) - played three games in 2016 before leaving PBL; ceasing operations
  • Saint John Mill Rats (2009-11) - left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada

    • References

    History of PBL teams Wikipedia
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