Tulsa 66ers

NBADL team
color1 = #FF9000
color2 = #071440
name = Tulsa 66ers

imagesize = 150px
League = NBA Development League
founded = 2001
history = Asheville Altitude
2001-05
Tulsa 66ers
2005-present
arena = SpiritBank Event Center
city = Bixby, Oklahoma
colors = Maroon, Gold, and Black
coach = Joey Meyer
owner = Oklahoma City Thunder
league_champs = 2 2003-04, 2004-05 (as Asheville)
division_champs = 2 2003-04, 200-05 (as Asheville)
affiliations = Oklahoma City Thunder

The Tulsa 66ers are an NBA Development League team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the minor league affliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their logo design is a basketball behind mountains with a road leading up to them, all on a U.S. Highway shield.

Franchise history

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On July 31, 2008, the 66ers announced that Clayton Bennett of the Professional Basketball Club LLC (owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder), had agreed in principle to purchase the 66ers; marking the third D-League team to be owned by an NBA team (the other two are the Los Angeles D-Fenders and the Austin Toros, owned by the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs, respectively). [http://www.nba.com/dleague/tulsa/tulsa_okc_080731.html]

Under terms of that deal, the will be the OKC team's sole affiliate; former co-parent club the Milwaukee Bucks will now be affiliated with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. [http://newsok.com/okcs-nba-franchise-buys-tulsas-d-league-team/article/3277505/?tm=1217566194]

For the 2008-2009 season, the team will move to the brand-new SpiritBank Event Center in nearby Bixby, but will retain the Tulsa 66ers name. [http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?articleID=20080212_2__BIXBY06022] ]

eason-By-Season

Asheville Altitude

Former stars

*flagicon|United States of America Maurice Ager
*flagicon|United States of America Sean Banks
*flagicon|United States of America Derrick Dial
*flagicon|Turkey Ersan Ilyasova
*flagicon|United States of America Nick Fazekas
*flagicon|United States of America Joe Forte
*flagicon|United States of America John Lucas III
*flagicon|United States of America Ramon Sessions

References

External links

* [http://www.nba.com/dleague/tulsa/index.html Tulsa 66ers]