British Basketball League
British Basketball league is one of the premier leagues in the United Kingdom which 12 basketball teams participating. The league has run two competitions (BBL Cup and BBL Trophy) along with the championship. The British Basketball League is the most watched basketball league in the United Kingdom and fans flock to their individual basketball arena to watch their favourite basketball teams. Tickets on these games are remarkable cheap and affordable which is why a lot of people want to watch the live. These are the current basketball teams in the BBL:
• Birmingham Panthers
• BiG Storage Cheshire Jets
• Everton Tigers
• Marshall MK Lions
• Newcastle Eagles
• Kularoos Plymouth Raiders
• Guildford Heat
• SAMG Verve Scottish Rocks
• Sheffield Sharks
• Worcester Wolves
• Paws London Capital
• Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders
These are the successful British Basketball Team winners from season 1987-88:
2007-08 Newcastle Eagles
2006-07 Guildford Heat
2005-06 Newcastle Eagles
2004-05 Chester Jets
2003-04 Brighton Bears
2002-03 Sheffield Sharks
2001-02 Chester Jets London Towers
2000-01 Sheffield Sharks London Towers
1999-00 Manchester Giants London Towers
1998-99 Sheffield Sharks
1997-98 London Leopards
1996-97 London Leopards
1995-96 London Towers
1994-95 Sheffield Sharks
1993-94 Thames Valley Tigers
1992-93 Worthing Bears
1991-92 Kingston Kings
1990-91 Kingston Kings
1989-90 Kingston Kings
1988-89 Glasgow Rangers
1987-88 Portsmouth FC
The league allows import players to bolster their team rosters. However, a limit on the number of import players per team has been implemented to improve and discover UK basketball players. There are several notable players who had played in the league such as:
• John Amaechi
• Steve Bucknall
• Pero Cameron
• Loren Meyer
• Shawn Myers
• Terrell Myers
• Dennis Rodman
• Andrew Sullivan
• Rod Brown
• John McCord
• Nate Reinking
• Billy Singleton
UK has other basketball leagues such as the English Basketball League and the Scottish Basketball League but none as prestigious as the British Basketball League where the best basketball players in the country are playing. Their official website is www.bbl.org.uk is full of features that you can browse. Their website has several categories and features such as Newsroom, Match night, competitions, Events, Clubs, players and statistics. You can get a lot of information about the British Basketball League in their official website.
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