The Saskatchewan Storm were a professional basketball franchise based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from 1990 until 1992. The team played in the World Basketball League. When the WBL folded, the owners of the Canadian franchises formed the National Basketball League, which was formed in 1993 and lasted for a season and a half before also folding. The ownership of the Storm franchise decided to rename their franchise in the new league, so the Storm became the Saskatoon Slam. The Storm played their home games at

Saskatchewan Place SaskTel Centre (formerly Credit Union Centre, and originally Saskatchewan Place; informally also known as ''Sask Place'') is an arena located in the Agriplace Industrial Park, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. With 15,195 permanent stadium seats ...

. A couple notable Storm alumni include Thomas Lyles, the father of San Antonio Spurs player Trey Lyles and current UC Davis Aggies men's basketball coach Jim Les.

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*http://www.apbr.org/wbl88-92.html World Basketball League teams Sport in Saskatoon Sports teams in Saskatchewan Defunct sports teams in Saskatchewan Basketball in Saskatchewan Basketball teams established in 1990 Sports clubs disestablished in 1992 1990 establishments in Saskatchewan 1992 disestablishments in Saskatchewan {{Canada-basketball-team-stub