- Reno Bighorns
NBADL team
color1 = #cebe8d
color2 = #003614
name = Reno Bighorns
imagesize = 150px
League =NBA Development League
founded =2008
history = Reno Bighorns
NBA D-League: 2008-present
arena =Reno Events Center
city = Reno,Nevada
colors = Green, Blue, Tan
coach =Jay Humphries
owner =David Kahn , for Southwest Basketball, LLC
chief Operating officer = Tony Funderburg
league_champs = 0
affiliations =Sacramento Kings ("local" affiliate)New York Knicks The Reno Bighorns are a team in theNBA Development League based inReno, Nevada to begin play for the 2008-09 season. Owned byDavid Kahn , operator of Southwest Basketball, LLC (the group that also owns theAlbuquerque Thunderbirds and formerly owned theAustin Toros ,Fort Worth Flyers andTulsa 66ers ), the Bighorns will play their home games at theReno Events Center .On June 10, the team announced they would be affiliated with the
Sacramento Kings and theNew York Knicks . [ [http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/SPORTS/80610056&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews D-League announces Reno affiliates] ]In July 2008, the team announced their nickname. Two previous Reno basketball teams were named the Bighorns; one from the defunct
Western Basketball Association (coached by the lateBill Musselman and league runners-up for their only season of 1978-79), and one from theContinental Basketball Association which played for the 1982-83 season. The team colors of green, tan, and blue are designed to be an allusion to nearbyLake Tahoe . [ [http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080731/SPORTS/80731047/1018&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews NBA D-League team chooses Bighorns as nickname] ]On September 10, 2008, the Bighorns announced that they had hired former
Phoenix Suns assistant coachJay Humphries to be their first head coach. [ [http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/SPORTS/809110329/1018/SPORTS Bighorns hire Humphries as first head coach] ]eason-By-Season
References
External links
* [http://www.renobighorns.com Reno Bighorns]
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