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The Tri-City Chinook were a men's professional basketball team who represented the cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland, Washington. The competed in the National Conference of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA).
Franchise history
[edit]1991–92: Inaugural season
[edit]It was announced in June 1991 that the owner of the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets, Kevin Krause, would move his Continental Basketball Association (CBA) franchise to Tri-Cities, Washington. The team was tentatively named the Try-City Spirit.[1] The nickname "Chinooks" was announced in August 1991.[2] The Chinooks were members of the Northern Division of the National Conference of the CBA.[3] A free agent try-out camp was hosted by the team from September 21 to September 22, 1991 at at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.[4]
Steve Hayes was hired as the Tri-City head coach. During the 1990–91 season Hayes served as the head coach of the Rockford Lightning. Calvin Duncan was hired as a player-assistant coach on September 4, 1991. Paul Downing was named head athletic trainer on September 24, 1991.[5] Michael Schoor served as the play-by-play announcer for the team's radio broadcasts.[6]
Before the start of the season, it was noted by the Associated Press that a rivalry versus the Yakima Sun Kings of Yakima, Washington would likely develop due to the close proximity of the cities.[7]
- Roster
| Players | Coaches | |||||||
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- Game log
| # | Date | Opponent | Venue (City, State) |
Score | Attendence | Record | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 8, 1991 | Omaha Racers | Ak-Sar-Ben (Omaha, Nebraska) |
95–106 L | 4,055 | 0–1 | |
| 2 | November 9, 1991 | Omaha Racers | Ak-Sar-Ben (Omaha, Nebraska) |
97–107 L | 5,625 | 0–2 | |
| 3 | November 11, 1991 | Albany Patroons | Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York) |
82–79 W | 2,594 | 1–2 |
- Transactions
- August 12, 1991: Traded a fourth round draft pick in the 1991 CBA draft to the Oklahoma City Cavalry in exchange for guard Perry Young.[8]
- August 13, 1991: Traded forward Michael Ansley to the Birmingham Bandits of the World Basketball League in exchange for forward Pete Collins.[9]
- August 13, 1991: Selected forward Tony Farmer in the third round of the 1991 CBA draft.[10]
- August 13, 1991: Selected forward Dion Brown in the forth round of the 1991 CBA draft.[11]
- August 13, 1991: Selected guard James Bradley in the sixth round of the 1991 CBA draft.[12]
- September 4, 1991: Named guard Calvin Duncan as player-assistant coach.[13]
- September 9, 1991: Traded forward Tony Martin to the Rockford Lightning in exchange for center Wayne Tinkle.[14]
- September 9, 1991: Traded guard James Bradley to the Columbus Horizon in exchange for a third round pick in the 1992 CBA draft pick.[12]
- September 23, 1991: Signed guard Brian Sullivan[15]
- September 23, 1991: Signed guard Brent Carmichael[15]
- September 23, 1991: Signed forward Rodney Hawkins[15]
- September 25, 1991: Signed guard Reid Newery[16]
- September 25, 1991: Signed center Jim Usevitch[16]
- September 26, 1991: Traded forward Chancellor Nichols to the Grand Rapids Hoops in exchange for guard Jay Taylor and forward Todd Merritt.[17]
- September 26, 1991: Waived forward Dean Kriebel[17]
- September 26, 1991: Waived guard Bobby Gross[17]
- October 3, 1991: Signed forward Eric Dunn[18]
- October 8, 1991: Signed guard Michael Holton[19]
- October 8, 1991: Signed center Wayne Tinkle[19]
- October 8, 1991: Signed forward Alan Pollard[19]
- October 30, 1991: Traded guard Anthony Jones to the Grand Rapids Hoops in exchange for a conditional first round draft pick.[20]
- November 6, 1991: Traded forward Tony Farmer to the Sioux Falls Skyforce in exchange for guard Clifford Scales.[21]
- November 6, 1991: Traded guard Stevie Wise to the Rockford Lightning in exchanged for a player to be named later.[21]
- November 6, 1991: Waived guard Brian Sullivan[21]
- November 6, 1991: Placed forward Allen Pollard on the injured reserve list[21]
- November 7, 1991: Signed forward Donald Royal
- November 7, 1991: Waived forward O. J. Moore
References
[edit]- ^ "Basketball; Eastern Washington gets second CBA club". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. June 12, 1991. p. D6.
- ^ "Basketball". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. August 6, 1991. p. D3.
- ^ "CBA 1991-92 divisional alignments". The Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. November 3, 1991. p. 14.
- ^ "Northwest note". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. August 17, 1991. p. B2.
- ^ "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. September 25, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. October 1, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ Geranios, Nicholas K. (October 31, 1991). "CBA rivalry heats up between Yakima, Tri-City". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
- ^ "Transactions". The Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. August 13, 1991. p. B4.
- ^ Sowell, Mike (August 14, 1991). "Transactions". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, Colorado. p. 1B.
- ^ "Harstad, Farmer, Scales, Reid Drafted". Omaha World-Herald. Omaha, Nebraska. August 14, 1991. p. 30.
- ^ "UW's Brown gets 6 months". The Seattle Times. Seattle, Washington. October 12, 1991. p. B2.
- ^ a b "Bradley happy to be 'home' with the Horizon". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio. September 17, 1991. p. 02D.
- ^ "Transactions". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, Colorado. September 5, 1991. p. 93.
- ^ "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. September 10, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ a b c "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. September 24, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ a b "Transactions". Rocky Mountain News. Denver, Colorado. September 26, 1991. p. 116.
- ^ a b c "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. September 27, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. October 4, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ a b c "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. October 9, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. October 31, 1991. p. 11C.
- ^ a b c d "Deals". USA Today. Arlington, Virginia. November 7, 1991. p. 11C.