The 2018 NAPB season was the inaugural season for the
North American Premier Basketball
The Basketball League (TBL), formerly North America Premier Basketball (NAPB), is a professional basketball league. The league began operating in North America in 2018 with eight teams, and has since expanded.
TBL's regular season runs from Feb ...
. For 2018, the league consists of eight teams: the
Albany Patroons
The Albany Patroons are a professional basketball team that plays in The Basketball League (TBL). Previously, the team competed in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and in the United States Basketball League (USBL). The Patroons won ...
,
Kansas City Tornados
The Kansas City Tornadoes were an American professional basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri, and members of The Basketball League (TBL).
History
On September 27, 2017, North American Premier Basketball (NAPB) announced a team that wi ...
,
Kentucky Thoroughbreds,
Nevada Desert Dogs,
Ohio Cardinals,
Rochester Razorsharks,
Vancouver Knights, and
Yakima SunKings.
The Ohio Cardinals were replaced after 23 games by the
Ohio Bootleggers, a semi-professional team in the
North American Basketball League
The North American Basketball League (NABL) was an American List of developmental and minor sports leagues, minor professional basketball league organization founded in 2016.
History
Formed in 2016, the NABL began with 10 teams based in the So ...
that also apparently had taken over operations of the
Vancouver Knights sometime during the season. The Knights also had become a travel team at that point and was transferred to a new ownership group that was never identified.
The season ended with the SunKings defeating the Patroons two-games-to-none in the best-of-three finals to win the inaugural NAPB championship.
Standings
Final standings:
Season award winners
Source:
Playoffs
There were eight teams in the league with the top four teams seeded one to four for the playoffs. Each round of the playoffs were played a best-of-three series.
Draft
The inaugural player
draft
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for the league was held on December 3, 2017,
and the league's eight charter teams took turns selecting players who had all competed at the college level in the United States at some point.
Vance Cooksey of
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University (YSU or Youngstown State) is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1908 and is the easternmost member of the University System of Ohio.
The university is composed of six undergrad ...
was the first overall NAPB selection taken by
Vancouver Knights.
Consequently, this makes him the first-ever selection in the history of the league.
Although some of the players chosen in the draft had played semi-professional or professional basketball after college graduation, only the United States colleges they attended are listed.
References
External links
Official website
{{North American Premier Basketball
The Basketball League seasons
TBL Draft
2018 in American sports
2018 in basketball