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One of the final teams to use the "Dodgers" name was the minor league
Brooklyn Dodgers basketball team in 1977-1978. This team played in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA), a league that had been around for 30 years, primarily holding weekend games in Pennsylvania, with occasional games in New
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Dodgers had a difficult season, finishing second to last in the 10-team EBA with an 8-22 record. Despite their struggles, they had the league's top two scorers. Jacky Dorsey, a former University of Georgia player who averaged 32.8 points per game, was a 2nd round draft pick of the New Orleans
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Williams, a rookie from St. John’s, was the second-highest scorer in the league with an average of 31.8 points per game. Williams was a 2nd round draft pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in 1977 but never played in the NBA.
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