Team City of Gods was founded in 2015, primarily by Joe Connelly III, who had previously worked as the development coach for the
Washington Wizards of the
National Basketball Association. Connelly, currently a professional basketball trainer based in his hometown of
Baltimore,
Maryland, has experience coaching public school teams, at recreation centers, and in the
Amateur Athletic Union. He is the older brother of both
Denver Nuggets general manager
Tim Connelly and
Phoenix Suns assistant general manager Tim Connelly. Connelly chose the team's players primarily because he had connections with each of them. Connelly and general manager Lafonte Johnson, a former
college basketball player for
UNLV and
George Washington, helped gain fans by campaigning on
Twitter and other social media websites. Joe Connelly came up with the team name, using a popular Baltimore clothing brand. Connelly also liked how the name of the clothing brand sounded like reaching for greatness and being great. The name helped make the team more popular, which helped gain support and votes in order to enter the basketball tournament and a chance to win $1million dollars. == Logo and uniforms ==