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Team and League History

August 19, 2021
The Maximum Basketball League announces they will put a team in the Magic City in time for their 2021-22 season.

The team will be named the Birmingham Miners.

The Miners will be owned by Tony Johnson.

No information was given on where they will play home games.

The MBL was founded in 2015 by Michael A. Wright as the Midwest Basketball League. The first season began in April 2016 with 11 teams.  When Wright stepped away from the league, it was rebranded the Maximum Basketball League for the 2020-21 season. The new management decided to drop the regional constriction of the old name was due to the league's expansion into the South.

The management team change wasn't the only shakeup after the 2019 season, as 13 teams decided to leave the league.

However, the newly renamed league played the 2020 season with 34 new teams.

October 2021

			2021-22                              Maximum Basketball League
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	Atlanta Wildcats		Birmingham Miners		Bronx Holy Flames		Brooklyn Sentinels		Brownstown Bears
	Central Georgia Rattlers		Chicago Hornets		Chicago Legends		Chicago Raptors		Crotona Hawks
	DFW Just Hoops		Elkhart Mavericks		Fort Wayne Bubba Ballers		Fort Worth Wolves		Foundation Bulldogs
	Hills Have Eyes		Hub City Cyclones		Louisville Heat		Memphis Lions		Michigan Avengers
	Midwest Storm		Montrose Veterans		Mount Vernon Power		Music City Kings		New York City Black Eagles
	North Texas Prowlers		Texas Empire		Texas Tsunami		Ultra Instinct		Waco Terror
	Wayne County Road Runners		West Tennessee Heat

2021-22 Maximum Basketball League
North Conference	Northeast Conference	South Conference	Southeast Conference
Brownstown Bears	Bronx Holy Flames	DFW Just Hoops	Atlanta Wildcats
Chicago Hornets	Brooklyn Sentinels	Fort Worth Wolves	Birmingham Miners
Chicago Legends	Crotona Hawks	Foundation Bulldogs	Central Georgia Rattlers
Chicago Raptors	Montrose Veterans	Hills Have Eyes	Hub City Cyclones
Elkhart Mavericks	Mount Vernon Power	North Texas Prowlers	Louisville Heat
Fort Wayne Bubba Ballers	New York City Black Eagles	Texas Empire	Memphis Lions
Michigan Avengers		Texas Tsunami	Music City Kings
Midwest Storm		Ultra Instinct	West Tennessee Heat
Wayne County Road Runners		Waco Terror

Champions of the   Midwest Basketball League/Maximum Basketball League
Year	Team	Year	Team
2016-17	Cedar Valley CourtKings	2019-20	Fort Wayne Vision
2017-18	Cedar Valley CourtKings (2nd)	2020-21	Michigan Avengers
2018-19	Twin Cities Elite	2021-22	Chicago Legends

	Years local team participated

			Previous Teams of the                           Midwest BL/Maximum BL
xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx		xxx
	4100 Elite 2020-21		Arlington Dream Chasers 2019		Bay Area Titans 2019		Cedar Valley CourtKings 2016 to 2019		Central Indiana Crusaders 2016 to 2017
	Chicago Fury 2016 to 2019		Chicago Knights 2018 to 2019		Cincinnati Crush 2020-21		Dallas Kings 2019 to 2020-21		DFW Kingsmen 2020-21
	Dayton Air Strikers 2016 to 2018		Denton Destroyers 2020-21		Eagan Bulldogs 2019		Fort Worth Foxes 2019		Ft. Wayne Vision 2017 to 2019
	Indiana Dream 2016 to 2019		Indiana Fury 2016 to 2019		Indy Show 2018		Illinois Bulldogs 2018		Kentucky Blues 2020-21
	Kentucky Flash 2016 to 2018		Lincoln Lions 2016 to 2018		Metroplex Lightning 2020-21		Milwaukee Storm 2016 to 2017		Minnesota Broncos 2016 to 2019
	Minnesota Lakers 2018 to 2019		Minnesota Pitbulls 2016 to 2017		Minnesota Rangers 2016 to 2017		Naptown Pros 2020-21		Nationwide Hoops 2020-21
	North Minneapolis Eagles 2018		North Texas Saints 2020-21		Quest Life Warriors 2019		Rochester Roadrunners 2018 to 2019		Springfield Panthers 2016 to 2019
	TC Elite 2018		Texas Fury 2020-21		Texas Revelation 2019 to 2020-21

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Last update: April 11, 2022