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John Lucas III
John Harding Lucas III (born November 21, 1982) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently serving as a player development coach for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). He played college basketball for Baylor and Oklahoma State. Early life Born in Washington, D.C. to former NBA player and coach John Lucas II and his wife DeEdgra, Lucas lived in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania for a time as a youth. Lucas was the starting point guard on the Bellaire High School basketball team and played alongside fellow future NBA players Emeka Okafor and Lawrence Roberts. Lucas has a younger brother Jai, head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Miami. Jai. He originally played collegiately at Baylor University, but transferred from there to Oklahoma State University in the wake of the 2003 Baylor basketball scandal. Lucas is noted for his winning shot against the Saint Joseph's University team that sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saski Baskonia
Club Deportivo Saski-Baskonia, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D commonly known as Saski Baskonia () and also simply as Baskonia, is a professional basketball team based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The team plays in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. History 1959–1969: start in the provincial basketball In 1959, the Club Deportivo Vasconia founded a basketball program under the presidency of Félix Ullivarriarrazua. Vicente Elejalde was appointed as head coach. A previous attempt to establish a basketball program, in 1951, had ended in failure. In its first season, the team finished second in the provincial championship behind Corazonistas. In the 1963–64 season, the team won its first provincial titles, taking both the league and cup. The team went on to win the provincial championship in five of its first ten seasons of competition (1959-69) and achieved the promotion to the 3rd division after Pepe Laso took over as head coach, prevailing over city rival Deportivo Alav� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves (often referred to as the Wolves or T-wolves) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division (NBA), Northwest Division of the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference. The team was founded during Expansion of the NBA, league expansion in 1989–90 NBA season, 1989 and has played its home games at Target Center since 1990. In 2025, longtime owner Glen Taylor completed the sale of the team to former Major League Baseball, MLB star Alex Rodriguez and his partner Marc Lore, finalizing an agreement that began in 2021. Like most expansion teams, the Timberwolves struggled in their early years, but after acquiring Kevin Garnett in the 1995 NBA draft, the team qualified for the NBA playoffs, playoffs in eight consecutive seasons from 1997 NBA playoffs, 1997 to 2004 NBA playoffs, 2004. Despite losing in the first round in their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piratas De Quebradillas
''Piratas'' () is a Spanish adventure drama television series with comedy elements created by Carlos Portela and which stars Óscar Jaenada, Pilar Rubio and Silvia Abascal. It aired on Telecinco in 2011. Premise Set in the 18th century, the fiction follows the exploits of Álvaro Mondego (Óscar Jaenada), a member of the nobility who ends up captured by a pirate crew led by Captain Bocanegra (Aitor Mazo) and his daughter Carmen (Pilar Rubio). Cast * Óscar Jaenada as Álvaro Mondego. * Pilar Rubio as Carmen Bocanegra. * Silvia Abascal as Blanca Díaz de Andrade, Marquise of Toro. * as Esteban Yáñez de Oliveira. * as Captain Bocanegra. * as Victoria Falcón. * Luis Zahera as Puñales. * Áxel Fernández as Antón Velasco. * as Rodrigo Malvar. * Babou Cham as Aymán Kadar. * as Fosco. * as Intendant Gaspar Falcón. * as Doña Beatriz Jiménez de Vicuña. Production and release Created by Carlos Portela, ''Piratas'' was produced by Telecinco in collaboration with Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
The Noblesville Boom are an American professional basketball team based in Noblesville, Indiana that competes in the NBA G League. The Boom are the affiliate team of the NBA's Indiana Pacers and, since 2025, they have played their home games at The Arena at Innovation Mile. In September 2015, Pacers Sports & Entertainment (PS&E), parent company of the Indiana Pacers, purchased the franchise. From 2007–08 NBA Development League season, 2007 to 2022–23 NBA G League season, 2023, the team played in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and was known as the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. From 2023–24 NBA G League season, 2023 to 2024–25 NBA G League season, 2025, the team played in Indianapolis at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and was known as the Indiana Mad Ants. Beginning in 2025, the team currently plays in Noblesville, Indiana, Noblesville at The Arena at Innovation Mile and are known as the Noblesville Boom. Since the team's inception, the franchise has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 NBA Development League Season
The 2015–16 NBA Development League season was the 15th season of the NBA Development League (NBA D-League). The NBA D-League is the official minor league basketball organization owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA). The League expanded to a record 19 teams for the 2015–16 season. An expansion team, Raptors 905, joined the 18 teams from the previous season, while the Fort Wayne Mad Ants were purchased by the Indiana Pacers, leaving just 11 NBA teams without a D-League affiliate for this season (in the 2016–17 season the number of NBA teams without a D-League affiliate will reduce to 8 with the debuts of franchises owned by the Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, and Chicago Bulls). The league consisted of two conferences with two divisions each, three with five and one with four. To even out the divisions, the Canton Charge were moved from the East Division to the Central Division. Teams *Austin Spurs (affiliated with the San Antonio Spurs) * Bakersfield Jam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena, located in Midtown Detroit. The team was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional company basketball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 1937. The club would turn professional in 1941 as a member of the National Basketball League (United States), National Basketball League (NBL), where they won two NBL championships (1944 and 1945). The Pistons later joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. The NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA in 1949, and the Pistons became part of the merged league. In 1957, the franchise moved to Detroit. The Pistons have won three NBA championships: in 1988–89 Detroit Pistons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fujian Sturgeons
Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons (Simplified Chinese: 福建SBS浔兴鲟) or Fujian Xunxing or Fujian SBS are a Chinese professional men's basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. The "SBS" reflects corporate sponsorship from the Jinjiang-based Fujian SBS Zipper Science and Technology Corporation. Unlike all the other teams in the CBA, the team originally had no English–friendly animal–type nickname. The Fujian Sturgeons made their debut in the 2004–2005 season, and finished in seventh and last place in the South Division, out of the playoffs. In 2005–2006, they tied for fifth, just one win away from making the playoffs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe .... Current roster Seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. Since the 1991–92 season, the team has played its home games at the Delta Center, an arena they share with the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise began as an expansion team in the 1974–75 season as the New Orleans Jazz, a tribute to New Orleans' history of originating jazz music. The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City on June 8, 1979. The Jazz were one of the least successful teams in the league in their early years. Although 10 seasons elapsed before the Jazz qualified for their first playoff appearance in 1984, they did not miss the playoffs again until 2004. During the late 1980s, John Stockton and Karl Malone arose as the franchise players for the team and formed one of the most famed pick and roll duos in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Scotiabank Arena, which it shares with the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded in 1995 as part of the NBA's Expansion of the NBA, expansion into Canada, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies. Since the 2001–02 NBA season, 2001–02 season, the Raptors have been the only Canadian team in the league, as the Grizzlies Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis, relocated from Vancouver to Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis, Tennessee. As with most expansion teams, the Raptors struggled in their early years, but after the acquisition of Vince Carter through a 1998 NBA draft, draft-day trade in 1998, the franchise set league-attendance records and made the NBA p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010–11 CBA Season
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
