Kansas City Tornadoes

Kansas City Tornadoes
League The Basketball League
Founded 2017
History Kansas City Tornados
2018
Kansas City Tornadoes
2019–
Arena Hy-Vee Arena
Location Kansas City, Missouri
Team colors               
CEO Justin Pattison
Vice-president(s) Otis Birdsong (COO)
Head coach Eddie Corporal
Website Official Website

The Kansas City Tornadoes are an American professional basketball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They play in the TBL.

History

On September 27, 2017, North American Premier Basketball (NAPB) announced a team that will play in Kansas City, Missouri, and Calvin Thompson would be the head coach and general manager.[1] On November 10, the team name was revealed as the KC Buzz as well as naming the assistant coaches and first players signed.[2] On November 20, 2017, Georgia Tech sent a request to the Kansas City team to change the name and logo since they "have the trademark on the bumblebee as well as the word B-U-Z-Z." that is attached to their mascot Buzz.[3] By the end of the month, the NAPB team had changed their moniker to the Tornados, sometimes written as "Tornado's" by their social media.

The Tornados started their inaugural season playing their home games at the Municipal Auditorium. However, by March 2018, the team began playing home games at Avila University due to scheduling issues.[4]

After their inaugural season, the NAPB changed its branding to The Basketball League (TBL). Concurrently, the Tornados also rebranded as the grammatically correct "Tornadoes". They also announced they were pursuing a new venue and named Eddie Corporal as the head coach. Kevin Loder was named chief operating officer of the team.[5] On July 28, 2018, Loder announced via Facebook Live that the team will be competing at the Hy-Vee Arena.[6]

Current roster

Kansas City Tornadoes roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.Age
G United States Carter, Richard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 177 lb (80 kg) 25 – (1992-12-17)17 December 1992
G United States Cole, DJ 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 25 – (1993-07-12)12 July 1993
G United States French, Jacob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
G United States Greenberg, Grant 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg)
C - United States Jones, Charlton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 27 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991
C 13 United States Manns, Justin 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 29 – (1989-07-06)6 July 1989
G United States Newson, Xavier 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg)
F United States Rambo, Tyler 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 25 – (1993-09-23)23 September 1993
F United States Hall, Trinity 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 26 – (1991-12-04)4 December 1991
Head coach
  • United States Eddie Corporal
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States Tom Hughes
  • United States Steve Wallace
  • United States Vinson Smith
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

References

  1. ↑ "NAPB to bring professional basketball back to Kansas City". KCTV. September 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ "KC's new pro basketball team reveals its name, first players". Kansas City Business Journal. November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Buzz no more? Georgia Tech takes issue with nickname, logo for new KC pro basketball team". Fox4KC. November 20, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Due to scheduling conflicts with the KC Municipal Auditorium the KC Tornado's NAPB games will be played at 7 PM beginning Tuesday 3/6 at Avila University". Facebook.com. March 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Changes swirl for KC Tornadoes ahead of second season: new coach, venue, logo". Kansas City Business Journal. July 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kansas City Tornadoes". Facebook.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
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