This is the year-to-year membership and makeup of the Premier Basketball League, including league divisional alignment and the circumstances of teams no longer in the league.
Alignments
2008 East DivisionWest Division Jacksonville JAM/Jacksonville SLAM Arkansas Impact Maryland Nighthawks Chicago Throwbacks Reading Railers Dallas Defenders Rochester Razorsharks Quad City Riverhawks Wilmington Sea Dawgs Rockford Fury
2009 Atlantic DivisionEast DivisionMidwest Division Halifax Rainmen Augusta Groove Battle Creek Knights Manchester Millrats Buffalo Stampede Chicago Throwbacks Montreal Sasquatch Rochester Razorsharks Detroit Panthers Quebec Kebs Wilmington Sea Dawgs Mid-Michigan Destroyers Vermont Frost Heaves
2010 Premier Basketball League Buffalo Stampede Halifax Rainmen Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry Saint John Mill Rats Maryland GreenHawks Puerto Rico Capitanes Quebec Kebs Rochester Razorsharks Vermont Frost Heaves
2011 East Division West Division Halifax Rainmen Bluegrass Stallions Quebec Kebs Dayton Air Strikers Saint John Mill Rats Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry Vermont Frost Heaves* Rochester Razorsharks *The Frost Heaves folded partway through the 2011 season.
2012 Eastern DivisionCentral Division Charleston Gunners Central Illinois Drive Dayton Air Strikers Chicago Muscle Lake Michigan Admirals Indiana Diesels Rochester Razorsharks Northwest Indiana Stars Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Steamers Sauk Valley Predators St. Louis Phoenix
Defunct Teams/Failed Expansion Arkansas Impact (2008) Augusta Groove (2008–09) Bridgeport, Connecticut Buffalo Dragons (2008–10) – sold to the management of the Buffalo Sharks of the ABA to form the Buffalo Stampede. Chicago Aztecas Chicago Throwbacks (2008–09) Dallas Defenders (2008) – ownership revoked mid-season, replaced by league-run replacement, folded when no outside owner could be found Detroit Panthers (2008–09) Jacksonville JAM – expelled by league Jacksonville SLAM (2008) – league-run replacement for JAM; folded when no outside owner could be found Lawton-Fort Sill Cavalry-(2009–11) left after losing in the controversial 2011 PBL Finals. Suspended operations. Mid-Michigan Destroyers (2009) Montreal Sasquatch (2009) Pee Dee Vipers (2014) Philadelphia Flight (2014) Quad City Riverhawks (2007–08) Reading Railers (2007–08) Rockford Fury (2007–08) – folded when the PBL instituted a "one team per owner" rule Southeast Asian All-Stars – announced by PBL, have not been heard from since and not on official website's team roster. Toronto Lazers – PBL announced a Toronto expansion team but the team did not join the league for the 2009 season. No update from the league on their status. Vermont Frost Heaves (2009–11) – folded from lack of funds.
Teams that left the PBL for another league Battle Creek Knights – rejoined International Basketball League Bluegrass Stallions- left under unspecified circumstances. Buffalo Stampede – removed by the league for failure to adhere to operating standards, joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League Capitanes de Arecibo – rejoined Baloncesto Superior Nacional Dayton Air Strikers-(2011–12) joined International Basketball League, returned to PBL for 2012 season Halifax Rainmen (2009–11) – left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada. Lafayette Legends – announced, never played a PBL game. Joined Independent Basketball Association (also never played). Maryland GreenHawks (2007–09) – joined Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League as Washington GreenHawks, folded. Minnesota Ripknees (2007) – returned to American Basketball Association, folded shortly afterward. Quebec Kebs (2009–11) – left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada Racine Storm (2014–16) – played three games in 2016 before leaving PBL; ceasing operations Saint John Mill Rats (2009–11) – left after controversial 2011 playoffs for National Basketball League of Canada
Timeline
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