National Rookie League
Encyclopedia
The National Rookie League (NRL) was an American unaffiliated minor league for the National Basketball Association
that completed its inaugural season in August, 2000.
The NRL was exclusive to players under the age of 24 and was designed to help prepare the nation's most talented young athletes for a professional basketball career.
It consisted of just four teams, located on the eastern side of the country: Baltimore Blaze
, Washington
Justice
, Philadelphia Force
and the Delaware
Destroyers.
The National Rookie League was disbanded in 2002.
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
that completed its inaugural season in August, 2000.
The NRL was exclusive to players under the age of 24 and was designed to help prepare the nation's most talented young athletes for a professional basketball career.
It consisted of just four teams, located on the eastern side of the country: Baltimore Blaze
Baltimore Blaze
The Baltimore Blaze were a professional basketball team in the National Rookie League based in Baltimore, Maryland. The team is notable for winning the only NRL Championship by defeating the Philadelphia Force 100 to 93 on August 9, 2001. With the collapse of the National Rookie League, the team...
, Washington
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Justice
Washington Justice
The Washington Justice were a professional basketball team in the National Rookie League based in Washington, D.C.....
, Philadelphia Force
Philadelphia Force (NRL Team)
The Philadelphia Force were a professional basketball team in the National Rookie League based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team is notable for having been defeated by the Baltimore Blaze in the only NRL Championship 100 to 93 on August 9, 2001. With the collapse of the National Rookie...
and the Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
Destroyers.
The National Rookie League was disbanded in 2002.