Philadelphia Ballers

Philadelphia Ballers
Philadelphia Ballers
League	JBA
Founded	2018
History	Philadelphia Ballers; 2018 JBA season
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Team colours	Black, gray, white ;
Head coach	James Martin
Home	Away

The Philadelphia Ballers were a basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team competed in the Junior Basketball Association (JBA), a league created for high school and junior college players as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

History

The JBA was first announced on December 20, 2017, when media personality LaVar Ball said to Slam magazine that he would create a professional league targeted at high school graduates and fully funded by his sports apparel company Big Baller Brand.^[1]^[2] In the tryouts, LaVar found a full roster for the team, thus being the only team to do so for the entire (inaugural) season.^[3] However, they ended their inaugural season with the worst regular season, winning only one game that year (against the Seattle Ballers) on July 5, 2018.

Final roster

Philadelphia Ballers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	2	Haid, Devin	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
G/F	5	Hall, Elijah	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
G/F	11	Stacey, Brandon	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	174 lb (79 kg)	25 – (1999-01-06)6 January 1999
G	13	Buckner, Jawane	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	140 lb (64 kg)	24 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000
	20	Wooden, Jordan
G/F	22	Johnson, Marquis	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	25 – (1999-01-20)20 January 1999
SG	23	Nixon, Jaylen (C)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	161 lb (73 kg)	26 – (1997-12-22)22 December 1997
PF	35	Royster, Taj	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)