Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today announced that the Illinois Panthers located in DeKalb IL will be joining the league when next season’s play begins in November. “This is a great addition to our fast-growing North Central Division,” stated ABA CEO Joe Newman. “Two excellent owners who should perform well on and off the court.”

The team will be owned by James Randle IV of Randle Academy and Brian Fleming of American Dream Tax. After four years of playing high school basketball at Englewood Tech Prep, Randle played semi-pro ball for the Lake County All Stars which led to creating Randle Academy, a player training organization. Fleming owns a successful tax preparation chain and will handle the business side of the operation. “We are very excited to be a part of the ABA,” added Randle. “We know that the Panthers will be very successful on and off the court and will make an impact on both our division and the ABA.”

For more information, contact James Randle at[email protected]or visitwww.abaliveaction.com.

Joe Newman

ABA CEO