Calgary Drillers
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The Calgary Drillers were an American Basketball Association
team in Calgary
, Alberta
, Canada
. The team participated in a portion of the 2004–2005 season and then suspended operations in February 2005. During their brief stay in Calgary, the Drillers played out of the Stampede Corral. Few people knew about the Drillers existence, as the record crowd at a game was a mere 1000 people. Some theorists say that the low attendance was partly due to the rather embarrassing acts of the Drillers pep squad known as "Da Fuel," who will not be mentioned further.
Regardless, those fortunate enough to know about the Drillers were wowed by the incredible high flying slam dunks of the orange sneakered James Penny, who would routinely snatch the ball on a fast break and rise up, extending the ball to nearly the top of the backboard before slamming it through the hoop for 2 (or 3 given the ABA's 3 D rule).
American Basketball Association (21st century)
The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976...
team in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The team participated in a portion of the 2004–2005 season and then suspended operations in February 2005. During their brief stay in Calgary, the Drillers played out of the Stampede Corral. Few people knew about the Drillers existence, as the record crowd at a game was a mere 1000 people. Some theorists say that the low attendance was partly due to the rather embarrassing acts of the Drillers pep squad known as "Da Fuel," who will not be mentioned further.
Regardless, those fortunate enough to know about the Drillers were wowed by the incredible high flying slam dunks of the orange sneakered James Penny, who would routinely snatch the ball on a fast break and rise up, extending the ball to nearly the top of the backboard before slamming it through the hoop for 2 (or 3 given the ABA's 3 D rule).