Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association or CBA is a professional men's basketball league in the United States. The league views itself as a minor league that develops talent for the National Basketball Association. It is affiliated with USA Basketball, the sport's governing body in the U.S. It should not be confused with another CBA, the Chinese Basketball Association.

Famous CBA Alumni

The following are a list of playes from the CBA or the Eastern League (the CBA's predecessor) who later went on to successful careers, either in the NBA or in the top college divisions.

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• Phil Jackson - coached the Albany Patroons for five years; later won nine rings as an NBA head coach.
• George Karl - coached the Montana Golden Nuggets and Albany Patroons; later became a head coach with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, Seattle SuperSonics and Denver Nuggets.
• John Chaney - The longtime Temple Owls coach played for the Eastern League's Sunbury Mercuries, and later coached the Williamsport Billies.
• Tim Legler - The Omaha Racers star later became an NBA superstar with the Washington Bullets.
• Jim Boeheim - Long before he became head coach of the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, Boeheim was a star for the Scranton Miners in the 1960's.
• Paul Arizin - When the Philadelphia Warriors moved to San Francisco in 1961, Azirin chose to stay in Philadelphia, playing three years with the Eastern League's Camden Bullets.
• John Starks - Started his professional basketball career with the 1989-90 Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets.