Georgia Gwizzlies
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The Georgia Gwizzlies are a basketball team that currently plays in the American Basketball Association. They once played in various men's minor leagues: the Continental Basketball League
(CBL), the American National Basketball League, and their original stint in the American Basketball Association. The Georgia Gwizzlies moved from Gwinnett County to Macon
in Central Georgia, but upon joining the CBL, moved back to Greater Atlanta. Home games will be played in Cobb County, Georgia. Gwizzlies players have been invited to tour France and Spain in early fall each year. Four players will attend scrimmage workouts with four different NBA teams before vet camp starts each October. Embry Malone begins his six year as GM and head coach and his two older brothers, Alvin and Bennie Malone are co-owners of the pro basketball organization.
On 1 June 2010, the Gwizzlies were removed from the CBL for failure to meet league standards by not traveling to games against the Birmingham Sabers
and Wilmington Sea Dawgs
. Soon afterwards, they were reinstated into the ABA.
Continental Basketball League
The Continental Basketball League is a professional men's basketball minor league in the United States that began play in April of 2010. The league is headquartered in Florida.- History :...
(CBL), the American National Basketball League, and their original stint in the American Basketball Association. The Georgia Gwizzlies moved from Gwinnett County to Macon
Macon, Georgia
Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...
in Central Georgia, but upon joining the CBL, moved back to Greater Atlanta. Home games will be played in Cobb County, Georgia. Gwizzlies players have been invited to tour France and Spain in early fall each year. Four players will attend scrimmage workouts with four different NBA teams before vet camp starts each October. Embry Malone begins his six year as GM and head coach and his two older brothers, Alvin and Bennie Malone are co-owners of the pro basketball organization.
On 1 June 2010, the Gwizzlies were removed from the CBL for failure to meet league standards by not traveling to games against the Birmingham Sabers
Birmingham Sabers
The Birmingham Sabers are a team of the Continental Basketball League based in Birmingham, Alabama that began play in 2010The team was born when the Birmingham Steel moved to the WBA.The CBL commissioner, Dennis Truax, announced that Paul Smith would take over as owner of the Birmingham franchise...
and Wilmington Sea Dawgs
Wilmington Sea Dawgs
The Wilmington Sea Dawgs are a team of the Tobacco Road Basketball League in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Sea Dawgs began play in 2006 as a member of the American Basketball Association and later played as a founding member of the Premier Basketball League and a founding member of the...
. Soon afterwards, they were reinstated into the ABA.