The Gary Steelheads was a professional basketball team that played in the International Basketball League. In the past they played in the International Basketball League, Continental Basketball Association, and the United States Basketball League. They were based in Gary, Indiana and played their home games at the Genesis Convention Center. The Steelheads were the 2006 CBA Eastern Conference champions.
Darrell Eugene Armstrong is a former American professional basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He is currently an assistant coach for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, who won the championship in the 2010–11 season.
Devin LaVell Brown is an American former professional basketball shooting guard who last played for the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League.
World B. Free is an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1975 to 1988. Free was known as the "Prince of Midair" as well as "All-World".
Deng Gai is a South Sudanese former professional basketball player. A power forward, he played in the NBA and in several other leagues. Gai was the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball season blocks leader. He is also a cousin of NBA player Luol Deng.
Clifford Eugene Levingston is an American retired professional basketball player, who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Levingston starred at Wichita State University, before being drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1982. After two seasons with the Pistons, he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, with whom he would spend the prime of his career.
Anthony George Douglas Mason was an American professional basketball player. In his 13-year career he played with the New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He averaged 10.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in his 13-year NBA career. During the prime of his career in the mid-1990s, he earned the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1995 and then led the NBA in minutes played in the subsequent two seasons. In 1997, he earned All-NBA and NBA All-Defensive Team. He was selected to the 2001 NBA All-Star Game.
Lanard Copeland is an American-Australian former professional basketball player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he played in the NBL from 1992 to 2008.
Keith Mitchell Closs, Jr. is an American former professional basketball player, at the center position.
Samuel Lee Worthen is an American former NBA player who currently is touring as the coach of the Washington Generals, the team that perennially loses to the Harlem Globetrotters. He was well known for his play at the Rucker Park Tournament.
The Kansas Cagerz was a United States Basketball League team in Salina, Kansas. They were founded in 1998 as the Columbus Cagerz in Columbus, Ohio before moving after their inaugural season. The last head coach was Francis Flax. The Kansas Cagerz won the USBL Championship in 2007 after defeating the Brooklyn Kings 95–92 in Enid, Oklahoma. The USBL's last season was in 2007.
Michael Edward Curry is an American retired professional basketball player, and coach. He is the former head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team. Curry played in the NBA from 1993 to 2005. He later served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons.
The Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs was a United States Basketball League team located in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It operated from 1999 to 2006.
Donald Collins is an American former professional basketball player. Collins was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks, in the first round, of the 1980 National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. Collins played in 303 NBA games, for four teams, over six seasons, averaging just under 10 points per game for his career.
The New Jersey Meteors were a United States Basketball League team located in Monmouth, New Jersey. The Meteors were originally scheduled as the Boston Freedom but moved to New Jersey before the start of the season.
LaMark Anthony "Mark" Baker is a retired American basketball player and current coach. He is the former head coach of the Dayton Jets of the International Basketball League.
Andrew Lawrence "Drew" Nicholas is an American retired professional basketball player. A 1.93 m tall shooting guard, Nicholas led the EuroLeague 2005–06 season in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game and thus won the Alphonso Ford Trophy. He also won the EuroLeague twice in 2009 and 2011.
The Connecticut Skyhawks were a men's spring-professional basketball team in the United States Basketball League.
