International Basketball League

by jorga on Jul 10, 2008 8:51 AM PDT

In the FanPost comments about the Summer League roster, the International Basketball League was mentioned. Portland Chinooks? Who knew?!

Well, not only the Portland Chinooks but the Central Oregon Hotshots, the Jazz of Tacoma, the Salem Stampede, the Vancouver (WA) Volcanoes as well as the Vancouver (BC) Titans AND teams in Japan and China!

"The International Basketball League is a fourth year basketball league featuring two rules that reduce dead time: 1) one timeout per quarter 2) an immediate inbound. The result is an athletic game that is very fun to watch. The IBL scoring average per team in its first three seasons was over 126 pts per game. The IBL also is based on affordability for an owner. IBL owners get very efficient schedules--owners are guaranteed a maximum of one trip that requires air travel. This efficiency of schedule means that once a team is founded, that team will survive and then thrive."

The Chinooks apparently play in the Rose Garden (at least some games there) with attendance at their season opener around 5,000.) The season runs from April through June.

Individual Tickets Child (17& under) $5 Adult (18 & older) $10 Seniors (55 & over) $5

Chris Dudley & Jerome Kersey are on the Chinooks advisory board and Gary Payton's little bro is on the team - along with Shammgod Wells (I remember his name from somewhere.)

Sounds like this might be a whole lot of fun!

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You get what you pay for unfortunately

I’ve been to several CO Hotshot games here in Bend. The first year was pretty decent basketball. The second and third years went downhill fast. Many bricklayers on each team and a hackfest most of the time. Oh, and blaring music during most the game really put a damper on it for me last year. I didn’t go to any games this year.

by TallTimber on Jul 10, 2008 9:10 AM PDT 0 recs

God Shammgod

is his real name. The legend of Shammgod is that he has the best crossover of all time and taught it to Kobe Bryant. He also had a pretty good tourney in the late 90s. If I remember correctly he is one of those dudes who can get to the rim at will but never finish. Before that was called a Telfair they called it a Shammgod.

Also the name is the best ever name in sports.

Life is exhausting when you are this stupid.

by jonestr on Jul 10, 2008 9:50 AM PDT 0 recs

And before then

... they called it a Daaaaaamon Stoudemiiiiiiiire.

'77

by LaoTzu on Jul 10, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

David Lucas

A former OSU stand out, the son of Maurice Lucas, and on the Blazers summer league squad plays for the Chinook, and just happened to lead the league in scoring (at an amazing 37 points per game), he was also the MVP of the league last year.

Hopefully David will shine in the summer league and he becomes a diamond in the rough.

Go M's

by OBF on Jul 10, 2008 11:06 AM PDT 0 recs

I keep hearing about this 3BL now, too

I know little about it, however. The shot clock is shorter, the 3 point line is closer, and it’s 3-on-3.

Sounds kinda like the now defunct XFL.

Playing basketball... is like playing poker while running on a treadmill at full speed with people swinging a Louisville Slugger at you. -Dave on 95.5 The Game

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jul 10, 2008 1:55 PM PDT 0 recs

3 on 3?

Sounds like pro playground ball. No thank you.

--Dave
Addicted to Quack, SBN's Oregon Ducks blog

by Addicted to Quack on Jul 10, 2008 7:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think it'd be highly entertaining if you have nothing better to do.

Maybe I just love watching basketball too much. But if I lived in Portland and was only a few minutes away, I’d definitely check it out. They say it’s 3 on 3 full court though. Sounds like a freaking marathon game to me. I find it hard to imagine the “veterans” (to put it nicely) they have playing can keep up the pace that game would dictate. I would think whoever had enough gas to still run the floor for easy fast break points at the end of games would win every time.

by KobeStoppa on Jul 10, 2008 11:32 PM PDT up 0 recs