Erie BayHawks
| Erie BayHawks | ||
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| founding | 2008 | |
| history |
Erie BayHawks since 2008 |
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| Stadion | Louis J. Tullio Arena | |
| Location | Erie , Pennsylvania | |
| Club colors | Black, dark red, old gold, white | |
| league | NBA G-League | |
| Head coach | Jay Larranaga | |
| owner | Steve Demetriou | |
| Championships | no | |
| Conference title | no | |
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The Erie BayHawks are an American basketball team based in Erie , Pennsylvania that have played in the NBA G-League since 2008 .
The "Bay" comes from Presque Isle Bay, on which Erie lies, and the "Hawks" in the name is a nod to the wildlife and war history in Erie. The BayHawks are owned by Steve Demetriou.
So far, the BayHawks were the farm team of the Cleveland Cavaliers (2008-2011); the Philadelphia 76ers (2008-2009); the Toronto Raptors (2009-2011) and the New York Knicks (2011-2014). As the Orlando Magic farm team , the BayHawks moved to Florida in 2017 and renamed themselves Lakeland Magic .
A newly formed Atlanta Hawks farm team moved to Erie from 2017 to 2019 to temporarily take the Erie BayHawks name. After that franchise moved to College Park , Georgia as the College Park Skyhawks , the New Orleans Pelicans did the same. In the long term, the Pelicans organization plans to locate this farm team, currently called BayHawks, in Birmingham , Alabama .
So far, the BayHawks have made four NBA G-League playoffs: 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The MVP of the years 2011 and 2012 of the German basketball league John Bryant was in the years 2009-2010 a member of the Erie BayHawks.