Essex Leopards is a British basketball team who competes in the English Basketball League Division 2. The team was established in 1997 as Ware Fire, but following the demise and eventual closure of the former British Basketball League franchise Essex Leopards in 2003, a supporters group known as 'Leopards Alive' merged with the Ware-based club and rebranded the team as Essex & Herts Leopards in 2004. The team was renamed again in 2006 to London Leopards and following a merge with Barking Abbey Basketball Academy in 2010, a BA prefix was added to reflect this. In 2012, the club was rebranded as Essex Leopards. From 2015 onward the Essex Leopards were rebranded as the Levett Essex Leopards after agreeing a long term sponsorship deal with Local Essex and London IT business Levett Consultancy...