Sioux Falls Skyforce

Sioux Falls Skyforce
Sioux Falls Skyforce logo
ConferenceWestern
LeagueNBA G League
Founded1989
HistorySioux Falls Skyforce
1989–present
CBA: 1989–2000; 2001–2006
IBL: 2000–2001
NBA D-League/G League: 2006–present
ArenaSanford Pentagon
LocationSioux Falls, South Dakota
Team colorsBlack, red, yellow[1][2]
     
Team managerJeremy DeCurtins
Head coachDan Bisaccio[3]
OwnershipMiami Heat (Micky Arison)
Heineman family (Managing Partner)
Affiliation(s)Miami Heat
Championships2 CBA (1996, 2005)
1 NBA D-League (2016)
Conference titles4 CBA (1996, 1998, 1999, 2005)
1 NBA D-League (2016)
Division titles1 CBA (1996)
2 NBA D-League (2015, 2016)
Websitesiouxfalls.gleague.nba.com

The Sioux Falls Skyforce are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and is affiliated with the Miami Heat. The team has played its home games in the Sanford Pentagon since the 2013–14 season. The Sioux Falls Skyforce are the longest-running minor-league basketball team in the United States.[4]

The Skyforce began in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) in 1989, playing its home games at Sioux Falls Arena from then until the move to the Pentagon in 2013. It participated in four CBA championship finals, winning the championship trophy in 1996 (defeating the Fort Wayne Fury, four games to one) and 2005 (defeating the Rockford Lightning three games to one).

  1. ^ "Staff Directory". SiouxFalls.GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Sioux Falls Skyforce Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ "HEAT NAME DAN BISACCIO HEAD COACH OF SKYFORCE". GLeague.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. July 16, 2024. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Sioux Falls Skyforce: A 30-Year Basketball Legacy | 605 Magazine". October 2018.