- Arkansas RimRockers
NBADL team
color1 = #0000ff
color2 = red
name = Arkansas RimRockers
imagesize = 150px
League =NBA Development League
founded =2004
history = Arkansas Rimrockers
ABA: 2004-2005
NBA D-League: 2005-2007
arena =Alltel Arena
city =Little Rock, Arkansas
colors =Red ,White ,Blue
coach =Andy Stoglin
owner = Larry Crain
league_champs = 1 (ABA)
affiliations =Atlanta Hawks
Memphis Grizzlies
Miami Heat The Arkansas RimRockers were aNBA Development League minor leaguebasketball team based inLittle Rock, Arkansas .
Logo design: A red, white, and blue ball going through abasketball rim (homage to when they were in the ABA)Franchise history
The Rimrockers began play during the
2004 -05 season for the American Basketball Association. They posted a 32-5 record in the team’s inaugural season and won the ABA championship. Soon after winning the title, they left the ABA and began play in theNBA Development League for the2005 -06 season.On February 10, 2006, the team fired head coach
Joe Harge , the only man to coach the team up to that point. He was replaced byAndy Stoglin .Stoglin said he would bring a much different style that begins with strict discipline. He joined the organization as an assistant during the 2005-06 season after leading the
Mississippi Stingers to the ABA semifinals, where they lost to Arkansas. Stoglin has been coaching since1969 , including a 13-year run as Jackson State’s head coach.Unfortunately, the team will not return to Arkansas for 2007-08 because attendance dropped to the point that the owner could no longer afford the lease. The team hoped to move to La Crosse,
Wisconsin to play at theLa Crosse Center for the 2007-08 season, where they would have been known as the La Crosse RimRockers. [http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Sports/189137/] [http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/00lead.txt] However, due to the Center's lease demands being higher than Little Rock's, the deal fell through. The team will be inactive for the 2007-08 season, and then look at their options for 2008-09 season. [http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/05/25/sports/00lead.txt]Players of note
NBA players formerly assigned to Arkansas
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Pape Sow
*Jamario Moon Former stars:
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Clay Tucker
*Kareem Reid
*Roger Powell, Jr. Final Roster
External links
* [http://www.nba.com/dleague/arkansas/schedule/index.html Arkansas RimRockers 2005-2006 Schedule]
* [http://www.nba.com/dleague/arkansas/ Arkansas RimRockers Homepage]
* [http://www.nba.com/nbdl/ Official NBA Development League website]
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