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January 24, 2021
The Pro Basketball Association announces that Birmingham will have a team in the league's inaugural season, set to tip-off on May 2, 2021.

The local team will be named the Alabama 59ers.

The team will be owned by Kimberly Meadows-Clark, who also owns the American Basketball Association's Magic City Surge. 59ers home games will be played at Fairfield High Preparatory School.

The PBA was announced on December 10, 2020 as a new minor league circuit that intends to have teams located around the nation.

The season will run around 21 weeks and playoffs will start in August. Every team in the league gets at least one playoff game.

The league wants their season to run right up to the time that the NBA's summer leagues begin.

Their hope is to play when they could catch professional players coming home from overseas play. One way they hope to do this is though an incentive based salary structure. For every game played throughout the season, the winning team gets half of the door (attendance monies) generated from that game. Teams do not have a salary cap and have the ability to sign players for a set amount to be paid by the game or by the month – to be negotiated by and between the club and its players. However, many teams might simply share all monies won from their games directly with their players.

The Pro Basketball Association claims to be set up as a true association, rather than just a league. Collaboration between the PBA, team ownership, players, and coaches will share revenues collected.

April 28, 2021
The Pro Basketball Association announces plans for their 2022 season.

Each team will play a 16-game regular season schedule.

Also, the league plans to operate a women's league that will have the same standards, policies, and procedures as the men’s league.

May 2021

			2021                               Pro Basketball Association
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	Akron Aviators		Alabama 59ers		Beltway Express		Brenham Purple Reign		Buckhannon Bears
	Buffalo Blaze		Chicago Angels		Chicago Black Angels		Chicago Fury		Chicago White Angels
	Cincinnati Crush		Columbus Blackhawks		Delaware Snipers		Detroit Panthers		DFW Just Hoops
	DFW Powerhouse		Elkhart Mavericks		Fort Worth F.I.R.M.		Fort Worth Prymetyme		Georgia Kingz
	Goldsboro Bulldogs		Hoop Goon		Lancaster Thunder		Lilac City Legends		Lionheart Kings
	Louisiana Kingdom Riders		Maywood Warriors		Metroplex Lightning		Mid Coast Sternmen		Midwest Storm
	Missouri Program Select		Montgomery Knights		Music City Jazz		Naptown Pros		Nevada Pharaohs
	New Mexico Bullsnakes		New York Generals		North Texas Prowlers		North Texas Saints		Oklahoma Kings
	Owensboro Cobras		Pennsylvania Peacemakers		Philadelphia Pioneers		Phoenix Valley Outlaws		PNW VETS
	Quad City Flames		Rochester Razorsharks		Seven City Knights		Shreveport-Bossier Knights		Silver State Mustangs
	Southwest Desertcats		Temple Hawks		Texas Hyenas		Texas Takeover		Texas Tribe
	Texas Tsunami		Thurston County Capitals		Tri-State 66ers		Ultra Instinct		Vancouver Dragons
	Vegas Huskies		West Tennessee Heat		Windy City Mustangs

2021 Pro Basketball Association
Western Conference
Northwest Division	Southwest Division	Midsouth Division	South Division
Lilac City Legends	Nevada Pharaohs	Brenham Purple Reign	DFW Just Hoops
PNW VETS	New Mexico Bullsnakes	Louisiana Kingdom Riders	DFW Powerhouse
Quad City Flames	Phoenix Valley Outlaws	Missouri Program Select	Fort Worth F.I.R.M.
Thurston County Capitals	Seven City Knights	Oklahoma Kings	Fort Worth Prymetyme
Vancouver Dragons	Silver State Mustangs	Shreveport-Bossier Knights	Hoop Goon
	Southwest Desertcats	Texas Tribe	Metroplex Lightning
	Vegas Huskies	Tri-State 66ers	North Texas Prowlers
			North Texas Saints
			Temple Hawks
			Texas Hyenas
			Texas Takeover
			Texas Tsunami
			Ultra Instinct
Eastern Conference
Midwest Division	Mideast Division	Northeast Division	Southeast Division
Chicago Angels	Beltway Express	Akron Aviators	Alabama 59ers
Chicago Black Angels	Buckhannon Bears	Buffalo Blaze	Columbus Blackhawks
Chicago Fury	Delaware Snipers	Lionheart Kings	Georgia Kingz
Chicago White Angels	Goldsboro Bulldogs	Mid Coast Sternmen	Montgomery Knights
Cincinnati Crush	Philadelphia Pioneers	New York Generals	Music City Jazz
Detroit Panthers		Pennsylvania Peacemakers	Owensboro Cobras
Elkhart Mavericks		Rochester Razorsharks	West Tennessee Heat
Lancaster Thunder
Maywood Warriors
Midwest Storm
Naptown Pros
Windy City Mustangs

May 30, 2021
After playing their opening season game, the 59ers have now missed two scheduled games. The unplayed games do not appear to be forfeited, so the team's status in the league is unclear.

June 1, 2021
The 59ers state they have withdrawn from the Pro Basketball Association and are evaluating their future direction.

May 3, 2022
The National Basketball League - United States announces that the Alabama 59ers will join their league for the 2022-23 season.

Plans are for a 34-game regular season that will begin on December 10th.

The original NBL-US was established in 1937. After the 1948–49 season, its twelfth, it merged with the Basketball Association of America to create the National Basketball Association. Five current NBA teams can trace their history back to the original NBL-US; Atlanta Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Sacramento Kings.

The current NBL-US revived the league name in 2019 and is currently the only FIBA recognized league in the United States. The NBL-US was created to be an off-season International professional tour league and has experienced exponential growth featuring an International Partnership with NBL-Philippines, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cayman Islands, Antigua, Dubai, and Israel. The NBL-US is the first Exposure League to have an official partnership with leagues outside the United States.

October 31, 2022
The NBL-US website's 2023 schedule now has games for the Magic City Surge and not the Alabama 59ers.

The Surge has been part of the American Basketball Association since 2017 but no formal announcement has been made regarding their move to a new league.

The Surge and the 59ers share the same owner.

			2023                               National Basketball League - United States
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	Brooklyn (name TBA)		East Houston United		Louisiana Aces		Magic City Surge		Miami 95ers
	New York Grizzlies

Epilogue
On August 1, 2022 the Pro Basketball Association announced they have merged with another company and will rename the league to "PBA by 1891".

In the league's announcement, it was not made clear who the other company is nor why the merge happened.

Champions of the   Pro Basketball Association
Year	Team
2021	Fort Worth F.I.R.M.
2022	Fort Worth F.I.R.M.
2022-23	Fort Worth F.I.R.M.

	Years local team participated

			Teams of the                               Pro Basketball Association
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	Akron Aviators 2021		Alabama 59ers 2021		Base Hill Bullies 2022		Bellevue Strategy 2022		Beltway Express 2021
	BLTN Ballers 2022		Brenham Purple Reign 2021		Buckhannon Bears 2021		Buffalo Blaze 2021		Chattanooga Spades 2022
	Chicago Angels 2021		Chicago Black Angels 2021		Chicago Fury 2021		Chicago White Angels 2021		Cincinnati Crush 2021
	Columbus Blackhawks 2021		Columbus Vipers 2022-23		Dallas Gamblers 2022-23		Delaware Snipers 2021		Detroit Panthers 2021; 2022-23
	DF Dub H.3.S.I Gang 2022-23		DFW Just Hoops 2021 to 2022		DFW Powerhouse 2021		DLS Rockets 2022		Dothan Snipers 2022 to 2022-23
	Elkhart Mavericks 2021		Fort Worth F.I.R.M. 2021 to 2022-23		Fort Worth Prymetyme 2021		Georgia Kingz 2021		Goldsboro Bulldogs 2021
	Hoop Goon 2021		KDC Bombers 2022-23		Lancaster Thunder 2021; 2022-23		Las Vegas Royals 2022		Lilac City Legends 2021
	Lionheart Kings 2021		Louisiana Kingdom Riders 2021		Louisiana Riders Reloaded 2022		Madison County Mambas 2022-23		Maywood Warriors 2021
	Metroplex Lightning 2021 to 2022		Mid Coast Sternmen 2021 to 2022		Midwest Storm 2021		Mississippi Hawks 2022		Mississippi Panthers 2022-23
	Mississippi Phoenix 2022-23		Missouri Program Select 2021		Montgomery Knights 2021 to 2022		MSP Pride 2022		Music City Jazz 2021
	Music City Kings 2022		Naptown Pros 2021		Nevada Pharaohs 2021		New Jersey Bishops 2022		New Mexico Bluetails 2022
	New Mexico Bullsnakes 2021		New York Empire 2022		New York Generals 2021		North Texas Prowlers 2021		North Texas Saints 2021
	Oceanside Surf 2022		Oklahoma Kings 2021 to 2022		Owensboro Cobras 2021		Pennsylvania Peacemakers 2021		Philadelphia Pioneers 2021
	Phoenix Valley Outlaws 2021		Plainview Knights 2022 to 2022-23		PNW VETS 2021 to 2022		Quad City Flames 2021		River Region Generals 2022-23
	Rochester Razorsharks 2021		San Antonio Powerhouse 2022-23		Seattle Reign 2022		Seven Cities Vets 2022-23		Seven City Knights 2021
	Shreveport-Bossier Knights 2021		Silver State Mustangs 2021		Southwest Desertcats 2021		Southwest Florida Blazers 2022		Sporting New Jersey 2022
	Temple Hawks 2021		Tennessee Speed 2022-23		Texas Hyenas 2021		Texas Takeover 2021		Texas Tribe 2021; 2022-23
	Texas Tsunami 2021		Thurston County Capitals 2021		Trained to Eat 2022 to 2022-23		Tri-State 66ers 2021		Ultra Instinct 2021
	Vancouver Dragons 2021		Vegas Huskies 2021		Waco Terror 2022-23		West Tennessee Heat 2021		Windy City Mustangs 2021

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Last update: April 08, 2023