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The Continental Basketball Association was founded on April 23, 1946, under its previous name, the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League. [2] 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.
Kenny Natt of the CBA club led his team with 16 points. Other CBA players included Billy Goodwin, Derrick Rowland, Lowes Moore and Cozell McQueen. [15] February 16, 1985: CBA commissioner Jim Drucker and the league was profiled in a UPI article by Joe Juliano titled "CBA is providing games, gimmicks". Juliano notes that one of Drucker's ...
The CBA should not be confused with the National Basketball League (NBL), which is a professional minor league. There is also a Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA). A few Chinese players who competed in the CBA in the early stages of their careers—including Wang Zhizhi , Mengke Bateer , Yao Ming , Yi Jianlian , Sun Yue , and Zhou Qi ...
The table includes the all-time scoring leaders of the EPBL (Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League 1946–48, and Eastern Professional Basketball League 1948–70), the EBA (Eastern Basketball Association 1970–78) and the CBA (1978–2009).
The Shenzhen New Century Liebao Club, also known as Shenzhen Marco Polo or Shenzhen Leopards (previously Shenzhen Aviators) are a Chinese professional basketball team which plays in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). New Century is the club's corporate sponsor.
In 2009, Dennis Truax, who was previously affiliated with the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), was named the first commissioner of the CBL. [1] Gary Perry, an owner of the Augusta Groove when it was in the Premier Basketball League (PBL), was named the first director of basketball operations.
2000–2001 Idaho Stampede (17–7) and Connecticut Pride (15–9) led their divisions when the league suspended operations. 2001–2002 Dakota Wizards 116, Rockford Lightning 109; 2002–2003 Yakima Sun Kings 117, Grand Rapids Hoops 107; 2003–2004 Dakota Wizards 132, Idaho Stampede 129
The Shanxi Loongs, also known as Shanxi SDIC Raptors Club or Shanxi Fenjiu Shares are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Shanxi Fenjiu Company is the club's corporate sponsor, while its mascot is a dragon.