 The team was owned by businessmen Robert Hecht (regional vice-president of the United States Committee Sports for Israel) and J. Livingston Kosberg, while former National Basketball Association (NBA) public relations director Haskell Cohen served as its general manager.Its coach Herb Brown had players such as league MVP M.L.Carr, Roger Brown, Mike Macaluso, Lon Kruger and Henry Dickerson in his team.