Houston Ballers

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Houston Ballers
Houston Ballers wordmark.png
League JBA
Founded2018
HistoryHouston Ballers
2018 JBA season
Location Houston, Texas
Team coloursBlue, gold, white
   

The Houston Ballers were a basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team competed in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league created for high school and junior college players as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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History

The JBA was first announced on December 20, 2017, when media personality LaVar Ball said to Slam magazine that he would create a professional league targeted at high school graduates and fully funded by his sports apparel company Big Baller Brand. [1] [2] The league held tryouts in Texas in April 2018, selecting a total of 14 players in Dallas and Houston for JBA rosters. [3] One addition to the Houston Ballers roster was Jordon Myers, a former star guard and three-star recruit out of North Crowley High School in Fort Worth, Texas. [4] However, their star player would be Curtis Hollis, a multi-athlete that played basketball and football, even originally receiving scholarships for North Texas University's football team before declining and electing to focus on basketball.

Current roster

Houston Ballers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G/F 0 Flag of the United States.svg Hollis, Curtis  (C)6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)185 lb (84 kg)27 – (1998-04-25)25 April 1998
F 1 Flag of the United States.svg Handy, Shannon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)181 lb (82 kg)
SG 2 Flag of the United States.svg Washington, DeShawn 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)170 lb (77 kg)25 – (2000-06-12)12 June 2000
PG 4 Flag of the United States.svg Williams, Calvin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)150 lb (68 kg)25 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000
F 10 Flag of the United States.svg Lovelace, Nick 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)190 lb (86 kg)25 – (2000-03-23)23 March 2000
C 14 Flag of the United States.svg Allen, Jeremiah 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)245 lb (111 kg)27 – (1997-11-27)27 November 1997
SG 23 Flag of the United States.svg Myers, Jordon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)185 lb (84 kg)27 – (1998-11-19)19 November 1998
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
Updated: June 23, 2018

References

  1. ↑ Calle, Franklyn (December 20, 2017). "LaVar Ball Launches Pro League". SLAM . Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rovell, Darren (December 21, 2017). "LaVar Ball plans to start league for high school graduates". ESPN . Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Martin, Josh (April 16, 2018). "LaVar Ball's JBA league lands 14 Big Ballers between Dallas, Houston". Lonzo Wire. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ Brian Gosset [@Gosset41] (April 27, 2018). "Former North Crowley standout and 3x district MVP Jordon Myers to join the Houston Ballers of the JBA League" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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