L.A. Lightning
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The Los Angeles Lightning is a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League
. The Lightning are owned by Mark Harwell, an entertainment industry executive and will play in the Gilbert Sports Arena on the campus of California Lutheran University
. The Los Angeles Lightning feature six former NBA Players including, Lamond Murray
, Bryon Russell
, Jamal Sampson
, Toby Bailey
, Fred Vinson
, and Juaquin Hawkins
.http://www.lalightning.net/hawkins_sampson.htm. Los Angeles Lightning player, Fred Vinson is also an assistant coach with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers
.http://www.nba.com/coachfile/fred_vinson/index.html?nav=page
2 seasons: '09-'10 Adam Parada
2 seasons: '09-'10 Bryon Russell
1 season: '09 Juaquin Hawkins
current player: '09- Toby Bailey
current player: '09- Tyus Edney
current player: '09-
International Basketball League
The International Basketball League was a short lived professional basketball league in the United States. The IBL was headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The league started in 1999 and ended in 2001.-History:...
. The Lightning are owned by Mark Harwell, an entertainment industry executive and will play in the Gilbert Sports Arena on the campus of California Lutheran University
California Lutheran University
California Lutheran University is a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Thousand Oaks, California.-Mission statement:The University's mission statement is as follows:...
. The Los Angeles Lightning feature six former NBA Players including, Lamond Murray
Lamond Murray
Lamond Maurice Murray is an American professional basketball player who last played with the NBA's New Jersey Nets. In 2009, Lamond Murray joined the Bahrain Basketball Association in Bahrain...
, Bryon Russell
Bryon Russell
Bryon Demetrise Russell is an American basketball player. During an NBA career that spanned from 1993 to 2006, he played for the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers and was a key member of the Utah Jazz, helping them reach back-to-back NBA finals appearances in 1997 and 1998...
, Jamal Sampson
Jamal Sampson
Jamal Wesley Sampson is an American professional basketball player.A power forward/center, Sampson is the cousin of the 1983 NBA Draft's number one overall pick Ralph Sampson...
, Toby Bailey
Toby Bailey
John Garfield "Toby" Bailey is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad that won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the championship game against Arkansas, Bailey scored...
, Fred Vinson
Fred Vinson (basketball)
Frederick O'Neal Vinson is a retired American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. At 6'4" and 190 lb he played guard....
, and Juaquin Hawkins
Juaquin Hawkins
Juaquin Hawkins is a professional basketball player. He played with the Houston Rockets during the 2002-2003 NBA season.-Professional Basketball Career:...
.http://www.lalightning.net/hawkins_sampson.htm. Los Angeles Lightning player, Fred Vinson is also an assistant coach with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
.http://www.nba.com/coachfile/fred_vinson/index.html?nav=page
Notable players
Darrick MartinDarrick Martin
Darrick David Martin is an American retired professional basketball player. Martin's more than decade-long professional career bounced between the Continental Basketball Association , where he won the 2003 CBA Playoffs MVP, and the NBA. In 2003 he even played for the Harlem Globetrotters...
2 seasons: '09-'10 Adam Parada
Adam Parada
Adam Parada is a Mexican professional basketball player who recently played as an import in the PBA for the Red Bull Barako. He played four years at the University of California, Irvine. Parada was not drafted by any team in the 2004 NBA Draft. He is a many time Mexican national team...
2 seasons: '09-'10 Bryon Russell
Bryon Russell
Bryon Demetrise Russell is an American basketball player. During an NBA career that spanned from 1993 to 2006, he played for the Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers and was a key member of the Utah Jazz, helping them reach back-to-back NBA finals appearances in 1997 and 1998...
1 season: '09 Juaquin Hawkins
Juaquin Hawkins
Juaquin Hawkins is a professional basketball player. He played with the Houston Rockets during the 2002-2003 NBA season.-Professional Basketball Career:...
current player: '09- Toby Bailey
Toby Bailey
John Garfield "Toby" Bailey is an American professional basketball player.-College career:Bailey played four years of college basketball at UCLA, being part of the Bruins squad that won the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In the championship game against Arkansas, Bailey scored...
current player: '09- Tyus Edney
Tyus Edney
Tyus Dwayne Edney is an American professional basketball player. A point guard for UCLA from 1991–1995, Edney led the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He also led Žalgiris Kaunas to the 1999 Euroleague title...
current player: '09-