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- ↑ "SETX Mavericks leaving ABA...NBA-D League next?". The Examiner. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- ↑ "KENDRICK PERKINS HELP BEAUMONT PANTHERS JUMP INTO TBL FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS COMMUNITY". TBL. June 15, 2021.
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- ↑ "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central. Retrieved June 7, 2021.