Canberra Cannons
The Canberra Cannons is a defunct basketball team that competed in Australia's National Basketball League (NBL). They went into financial administration in 2003 and were relocated to Newcastle, where they became the Hunter Pirates. After this venture also folded the team was relocated to Singapore for the 2006/07 season.
The Cannons have always been considered as the team of the 1980s, as it won three championships and was runner-up once more. The Brisbane Bullets could also claim this title after appearing in four finals in a row (excluding the 1990 loss to Perth), but only winning two.
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“Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)