Indianapolis, Indiana – The Pro Basketball Association announced on Wednesday that the Naptown Pros had been awarded a franchise for the 2021 PBA Spring-Summer Season. Owner Christopher Coley is also the Assistant Coach. Team Marketing Director is D. Cuevas. Coley, as the founder of Naptown Pros, developed the team to give players another path to securing professional playing contracts and an opportunity to gain experience, stats, and video in that pursuit. Also, for the community, and for the kids especially, to have a vehicle to help make them more active.
Coley was an assistant coach on an All-Army team for two years while serving his Country. He also played Pro Football for 12 seasons. Also Coley worked providing video services in the NBA for 18 years and has been a coach in minor league professional basketball for the last 15 years.
“Indianapolis serves as a key hub for the geography and logistics of scheduling in the Midwest for the PBA. With Louisville (Southeast) and Evansville (Henderson, KY) to the South (Southwest), St. Louis and Kansas City to the West, Chicago to the Northwest, Northern Indiana (Elkhart) to the North, Detroit to the Northeast, and Cincinnati to the East; it just connects all the dots. The PBA model is for clubs to have only 5 road games spread out over a 4 month period. The travel is kept to in-division opponents where we try and keep it in that 4-6 hour range whenever possible so we eliminate costly flights and overnights. Modeled after minor league baseball where a cluster of teams in a tight geographic area allow for the teams to bus to a road game, play, and go home. It’s amazing how many professional leagues at our level have folded over the years because they didn’t adhere to something along these lines.” Chris Terrell – Commissioner – Pro Basketball Association
If you want Pro – You want the PBA
The Pro Basketball Association 2021 PBA Pro Combine and Draft will be held in two locations beginning with 3/27 in Rochester, New York and then 4/3 in Dallas, Texas. With pending announcements the PBA will have a minimum of 42 teams (From Seattle to New York City and everywhere in between – America) in the two round draft which means 84 draft eligible players will become a part of the Pro Basketball Association. Players and/or their representation is encouraged to email profile/video to [email protected] or visit Pro Basketball Association Combine and Draft – Pro Basketball Association (pbaplayers.com) or follow FB/IG @probasketballassociation
