What league did the shortest player ever to play in the NBA play for a team in Rhode Island from?
Rhode Island Gulls The Rhode Island Gulls were a team in the United States Basketball League (USBL). They have many notable former players such as Manute Bol, Spud Webb, John "Hot Rod" Williams, Muggsy Bogues, Robert Rose, and Dick Johnson from Warwick, Rhode Island.
1960 NBA draft The 1960 NBA draft was the 14th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on April 11, 1960, before the 1960–61 season. In this draft, eight NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Before the draft, a team could forfeit its first-round draft pick and then select any player from within a 50-mile radius of its home arena as their territorial pick. The Minneapolis Lakers participated in the draft, but relocated to Los Angeles and became the Los Angeles Lakers prior to the start of the season. The draft consisted of 21 rounds comprising 100 players selected.