May 23, 2006
Singapore Slingers, the first professional basketball team in South-east Asia, are launched. The roster includes Singaporeans Koh Meng Koon and Pathman Matialakan (featured in poster below).
Sept 20, 2006
About 1,500 spectators watch the Slingers beat the Adelaide 36ers 98-91 in their first Australian National Basketball League (NBL) match at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Feb 14, 2007
The first season is over, after the 93-106 loss to the Townsville Crocodiles in the play-offs quarter-finals.
September 2007
Find their first major backer in CLSA, an investment and brokerage firm. The one-year deal is believed to be worth $500,000.
Sept 19, 2007
Go down 94-117 to Melbourne Tigers in their season-two opener.
Jan 30, 2008
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes takes over as chairman from Member of Parliament Wee Siew Kim.
Feb 13, 2008
End season two by losing 97-126 to the 36ers. The game proved to be their final NBL contest.
April 24, 2008
NBL CEO Chuck Harmison dismisses concerns that the team will not feature in 2009/10, after talk that a revamp of the 30-year-old league is on the cards.
May 2, 2008
Slingers sign Jason Castro, two-time Philippines Basketball League MVP - hoping to attract some interest from the 120,000 Filipinos in Singapore.
July 29, 2008
Announcement of the NBL pull-out.
