Texas Legends
Conference	Western
League	NBA G League
Founded	2006
History	Colorado 14ers 2006–2009 Texas Legends 2010–present
Arena	Comerica Center
Location	Frisco, Texas
Team colors	Royal blue, navy blue, silver, white[1][2]
General manager	Terry Sullivan[3]
Head coach	Jordan Sears[3]
Ownership	Dallas Mavericks
Affiliation	Dallas Mavericks
Championships	1 (2009)
Conference titles	1 (2009)
Division titles	1 (2009)
Website	texas.gleague.nba.com

TheTexas Legends are an American professional basketball team in theNBA G League based inFrisco, Texas, and are affiliated with theDallas Mavericks. The Legends play their home games at theComerica Center. The team began as theColorado 14ers in 2006, before relocating to Frisco in 2009 and becoming the Texas Legends for the 2010–11 season.

In 2006, Colorado businessmen Tim Wiens and John Frew, who were building theBroomfield Event Center at the Arista development inBroomfield, Colorado, acquired a new minor league basketball team to attract fans in the northwest Denver-Boulder region. In February, they formed two teams, the minor league hockey teamRocky Mountain Rage, and the Colorado 14ers, originally aContinental Basketball Association club.^[4] In April, the 14ers entered theNBA Development League and began their first season.^[5] The team was named after Colorado's14,000-foot mountain peaks.

Joe Wolf, who played with theDenver Nuggets in the 1990s, was the 14ers' first coach, and put together the roster. The team won 28–22 in its first season, and broke various records for Colorado minor league basketball, from scoring to attendance.^{[citation needed]} The team's leaders includedVon Wafer andLouis Amundson, who joined the NBA by the end of the season. Despite losing streaks and roster reorganizations, the team qualified for the playoffs. The 14ers won the Western Division before losing the championship in overtime to theDakota Wizards.

The 14ers' second season began with an almost new roster, with onlyElton Brown and Eric Osmundson staying. New players includedKaniel Dickens, a top player on the team.Eddie Gill was selected in the draft, joined the NBA before the first game, and returned to the team later. Kevin Hill, the only Canadian, was drafted. Five others joined the NBA, including the simultaneous call-ups of Dickens andBilly Thomas on February 22, 2008, by theCleveland Cavaliers. Despite turnover, the 14ers played well, finishing with one more win than the prior season. The 14ers' six consecutive wins at the end of the season put them in the playoffs as awild card, but they lost in the first round to theLos Angeles D-Fenders.

The 14ers' third season had the most consecutive seasons played by any minor league basketball franchise in Colorado. The season began with financial issues for the owners and a new coach, Robert MacKinnon.Joe Wolf had moved to the NBA. The new roster includedEddie Gill,Billy Thomas, and Jamar Brown, who had played for theColorado Crossover. New players, Dominique Coleman andJosh Davis, played well, as didSonny Weems, assigned from theDenver Nuggets three times to play during the regular season and playoffs. Early in the season, the 14ers led the D-League in wins and set the D-League record for points in a single game with a 147–119 win over theRio Grande Valley Vipers on March 10. The 14ers later broke that record with a 155–127 win over theAlbuquerque Thunderbirds on April 8. Finishing with a record of 34 wins, the 14ers played at home for the playoffs, and defeated theErie BayHawks,Austin Toros, andUtah Flash to become the D-League champions.

On June 18, 2009, aDallas Mavericks executive,Donnie Nelson, purchased the 14ers, and moved the team toFrisco, Texas. They played in 2010–11 with a new nickname, color, and logo.^[6][7] On November 5, 2009, women's basketball pioneerNancy Lieberman became the Legends' head coach, the first woman to lead a men's professional basketball team.^[8] The team played in the 2010–11 season out of theComerica Center.^[9] The Legends hired other notable basketball professionals for their front office, including 1986 Slam Dunk ChampionSpud Webb as president of basketball operations and 1995 NBA Coach of the YearDel Harris as general manager.^[10]

Televised games introduced the Legends to fans of the 16-team league. They were on national TV duringVersus three times, and appeared twice on Fox Sports Southwest. The game against theRio Grande Valley Vipers on Versus was their first TV appearance. After dropping the opener, the Legends had their first win on November 26 against theIdaho Stampede, scoring 108–100. The Legends' first game in Frisco was on November 30. The Legends scored a league record of 84 points in the first half, and a 135–112 win over theAustin Toros. They began the season with a 5–1 record, the best six-game start for an expansion team in the league's history. They finished the regular season with a 24–26 record, and went to the playoffs. They were the third expansion team to play in the postseason, but were eliminated in the first round by theTulsa 66ers.^[10]

After Nancy Lieberman,Del Harris was the head coach, starting October 4, 2011.^[11] He coached the Legends for one season, had a 24–26 record for the second consecutive year, but did not make the playoffs. Between 2012 and 2015, the Legends' head coach was former NBA playerEduardo Nájera. The team did not make the playoffs while he was head coach. On July 8, 2015, the Legends hiredNick Van Exel as the head coach.^[12] After one season, in June 2016, Exel left to be an assistant coach for theMemphis Grizzlies.^[13][14] He was replaced byBob MacKinnon Jr.,^[15] who had previously been the head coach when the 14ers won a D-League championship in Colorado.

At first, the team was owned by Texas D-League Management, LLC, which was principally owned byDonnie Nelson, former general manager and President of Basketball Operations for theDallas Mavericks and son of former NBA head coachDon Nelson. The ownership group also included Evan Wyly, Barry Aycock andEduardo Nájera. Currently, the team is owned and operated by theDallas Mavericks.^[16][17]

Impact Player of the Year

• Eddie Gill – 2009

Rookie of the Year

• Lou Amundson – 2007

Sportsmanship Award

• Billy Thomas – 2008

All-D-League First Team

• Lou Amundson – 2007
• Elton Brown – 2007
• Von Wafer – 2007
• Eddie Gill – 2008
• Joe Alexander – 2011

All-D-League Second Team

• Kaniel Dickens – 2008
• Josh Davis – 2009
• James Nunnally – 2014

All-D-League Third Team

• Billy Thomas (2008)
• Eddie Gill (2009)
• Antonio Daniels (2011)
• Sean Williams – 2011, 2012
• Eric Griffin – 2015

• Dallas Mavericks (2010–present)

• Denver Nuggets (2006–2009)
• New Jersey Nets (2006–2009)
• Toronto Raptors (2006–2008)

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