The Reno Bighorns are a team in the NBA Development League based in Reno, Nevada that began play for the 2008-09 season. Originally owned by David Kahn, operator of Southwest Basketball, LLC (the group that also owns the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and formerly owned the Austin Toros, Fort Worth Flyers and Tulsa 66ers), the Bighorns play their home games at the Reno Events Center.
In May of 2008, the team named Tony Funderburg as their first ever CO...
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The Reno Bighorns are a team in the NBA Development League based in Reno, Nevada that began play for the 2008-09 season. Originally owned by David Kahn, operator of Southwest Basketball, LLC (the group that also owns the Albuquerque Thunderbirds and formerly owned the Austin Toros, Fort Worth Flyers and Tulsa 66ers), the Bighorns play their home games at the Reno Events Center.
In May of 2008, the team named Tony Funderburg as their first ever COO/President.
On June 10th, the team announced they would be affiliated with the Sacramento Kings and the New York Knicks. On June 29, 2009, the NBA D-League announced that the secondary affiliate of the Bighorns would be the Orlando Magic replacing the Knicks.
In July of 2008, the team announced their nickname, as the Bighorns. Two previous Reno basketball teams were named the Bighorns; one from the defunct Western Basketball Association (coached by the late Bill Musselman and league runners-up for their only season of 1978-79), and one from...
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