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United States Basketball League
The United States Basketball League , often abbreviated to the USBL, was a professional men's spring basketball league. The league was formed in 1985. The final champions are the Kansas Cagerz, who won the title game on July 1, 2007.-History:...
team located in Enid, Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma
Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. In 2010, the population was 49,379, making it the ninth largest city in Oklahoma. It is the county seat of Garfield County. Enid was founded during the opening of the Cherokee Outlet in the Land Run of 1893, and is named after Enid, a...
. Founded by sports agent
Sports agent
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and attorney
Lawyer
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James Sears Bryant, the Storm successfully captured the USBL championship under head coach Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a retired American professional basketball player. He is the NBA's all-time leading scorer, with 38,387 points. During his career with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season...
in 2002, defeating Kansas with a final score of 122-109. The team played its home games at Mark Price Arena
Mark Price Arena
The Mark Price Arena is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Enid, Oklahoma.In addition to hosting concerts and high school sports, the arena was home to the Oklahoma Storm, a basketball team in the USBL. President George H. Bush spoke at the venue while campaigning in 1992. The Skeltur Conference...
and the Chisholm Trail Expo Center. The Oklahoma Storm disbanded following the 2007 season when the USBL dissolved.
Several Storm players, including Willie Burton
Willie Burton
Willie Ricardo Burton is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Miami Heat in the 1st round in the 1990 NBA Draft from the University of Minnesota. Burton played for numerous NBA teams as a journeyman from 1990 to 1999. He was born in Detroit, Michigan where he...
, LaBradford Smith
LaBradford Smith
LaBradford Corvey Smith is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Washington Bullets in the 1st round of the 1991 NBA Draft. Smith played in 3 NBA seasons for the Bullets and Sacramento Kings, averaging 6.7 ppg in his career...
, Richard Dumas
Richard Dumas
Richard Wayne Dumas is a retired American professional basketball player.Dumas, a 6'8" small forward from Oklahoma State University, was selected with the 46th pick of the 1991 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns. During the 1991-92 season, however, Dumas was suspended from the NBA for violating its...
, Gaylon Nickerson
Gaylon Nickerson
Gaylon H. Nickerson is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA. He attended Wichita State University, Butler Community College, Kansas State University, and Northwestern Oklahoma State University.Nickerson was selected in the second round of the 1994 NBA Draft by the...
, Brent Price
Brent Price
Hartley Brent Price, better known as Brent Price , is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. He is the younger brother of former Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Mark Price.- Career :...
, James Lang
James Lang
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, Chris Porter
Chris Porter
Chris Porter is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the Powerade Tigers of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is a former star forward for the Auburn University men's basketball team that made it to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 1998-1999, Porter's junior season...
, Reggie Slater
Reggie Slater
Reginald Dwayne Slater is an American former professional basketball player. A 6'7" forward from the University of Wyoming, Slater was never drafted by an NBA team but did manage to play in 8 NBA seasons from 1994–1999 and 2000-2003...
, Ira Newble
Ira Newble
Ira Newble is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He has previously played in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, the Atlanta Hawks, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Seattle SuperSonics, and the Los Angeles Lakers.-College career:After graduating from Southfield...
, Bubba Wells
Bubba Wells
Charles Richard "Bubba" Wells is a retired American professional basketball player. He played briefly for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA...
, Kelly McCarty
Kelly McCarty
Kelly Deshawn McCarty is a naturalized Russian professional basketball player, originally from the United States . He currently plays with UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League....
, and Jamario Moon
Jamario Moon
Jamario Raman Moon is an American professional basketball player. Moon played college basketball for one season at Meridian Community College and began his professional career with teams in the United States Basketball League and NBA Development League, the Harlem Globetrotters, and Mexican...
, played for the NBA, either prior to or after playing for the Storm.