Arkansas RimRockers

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Arkansas RimRockers
ArkansasRimRockers.png
League NBA Development League
Founded2004
Folded2007
HistoryArkansas RimRockers
2004–2007
ABA: 2004–2005
NBA D-League: 2005–2007
Arena Alltel Arena
Location North Little Rock, Arkansas
Team colorsred, white, blue
   
Head coach Andy Stoglin
OwnershipLarry Crain
Affiliation(s) Atlanta Hawks
Cleveland Cavaliers
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat
Toronto Raptors
Championships1 (ABA)

The Arkansas RimRockers were a minor league basketball team based in North Little Rock, Arkansas, which played in the American Basketball Association and the NBA Development League.

Contents

Season by season

SeasonLeagueDivisionFinishWinsLossesPct.Postseason Results
Arkansas RimRockers
2004–05 ABA White1st285.848Won Quarterfinals (Ontario) 136-97
Won Semifinals (Kentucky) 135-123
Won Final Four (Mississippi) 117-105
Won ABA Finals (Bellevue) 118-103
2005–06 D-League 5th2424.500
2006–07D-LeagueEastern6th1634.320
Regular season6863.5192004–2007
Playoffs401.0002004–2007

Franchise history

The RimRockers began play during the 2004-05 season for the American Basketball Association. They posted a 32-5 record in the team’s inaugural season and won the ABA championship. Soon after winning the title, they left the ABA alongside the Long Beach Jam and began play in the NBA Development League for the 2005-06 season.

On February 10, 2006, the team fired head coach Joe Harge, the only man to coach the team up to that point. He was replaced by Andy Stoglin.

Stoglin said he would bring a much different style that begins with strict discipline. He joined the organization as an assistant during the 2005-06 season after leading the Mississippi Stingers to the ABA semifinals, where they lost to Arkansas. Stoglin has been coaching since 1969, including a 13-year run as Jackson State’s head coach.

The team did not return to Arkansas for 2007-08 because attendance dropped to the point that the owner could no longer afford the lease. The team hoped to move to La Crosse, Wisconsin, to play at the La Crosse Center for the 2007-08 season, where they would have been known as the La Crosse RimRockers. [1] [2] However, due to the Center's lease demands being higher than Little Rock's, the deal fell through. The team was inactive for the 2007-08 season, and again in the 2008-09 season. [3]

Players of note

Final roster

Arkansas RimRockers
Final Roster
Head Coach: Andy Stoglin
G8 DeAnthony Bowden (Creighton)
G13 Brandon Dean (Arkansas)
SG23 Olu Famutimi (Arkansas)
F33 Brian Jackson (Oregon State)
C54 James Lang (Central Park Christian School, (HS) AL)
PG12 Kareem Reid (Arkansas)
F32 Chris Shumate (Murray State)
G/F5 Donta Smith (Southeastern Illinois JC)
G6 Anthony Roberson (Florida)
G24 Clay Tucker (Milwaukee '03)
G19 Rudy Roquemore (UC Santa Barbara '03)
(FA) - Free AgentArkansas RimRockers

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References

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