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Oklahoma Storm

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League
  
USBL 1999–2007

Team colors
  
Red, Black, & White

Championships
  
1 2002

Head coach
  
Roy Rogers

Location
  
Enid, Oklahoma

Ownership
  
Oklahoma Storm, LLC

Arena
  
Mark Price Arena

Date founded
  
1999

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History
  
Oklahoma Storm 1999–2007

The Oklahoma Storm was a United States Basketball League (USBL) team in Enid, Oklahoma. Founded by sports agent and attorney James Sears Bryant, the Storm successfully captured the USBL championship under head coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 2002, defeating Kansas with a final score of 122–109. The team played its home games at Mark Price Arena and the Chisholm Trail Expo Center. The Oklahoma Storm disbanded following the 2007 season when the USBL dissolved.

Several Storm players, including Willie Burton, LaBradford Smith, Richard Dumas, Gaylon Nickerson, Brent Price, James Lang, Chris Porter, Reggie Slater, Ira Newble, Bubba Wells, Kelly McCarty, Tony Bobbitt and Jamario Moon, played for the NBA, either prior to or after playing for the Storm.

References

Oklahoma Storm Wikipedia