The Fort Wayne Fury was team in the Continental Basketball Association. They played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fury finished as the league's runner-up in the 1996 season. Former members of the team include former Indiana University standout, Damon Bailey, and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "Master P". The original Fury coach was NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry. When the team folded, the coach was Keith Smart, who is famous for his shot that won the 1987 NCAA National Championship for the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team. From there, Smart went on to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA. The Continental Basketball Association or CBA is a professional mens basketball league in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: The Summit City Location Location in the state of Indiana Government County Allen Mayor Graham Richard (D) Physical characteristics Area Land Water 127 km² 126. ... See also: 1995 in sports, other events of 1996, 1997 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Rusty Wallace wins the Suzuka NASCAR Thunder 100 at Suzuka City November 24, the first NASCAR... Jump to: navigation, search Indiana University Bloomington is the principal campus of the Indiana University system. ... Master P publicity photo. ... Jump to: navigation, search Master P publicity photo. ... Richard Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28, 1944 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA) is a former professional basketball player. ... Jonathan Keith Smart (b. ... Hoosiers is a 1986 movie, based on a true story, about a small-town high school basketball team that made the state finals, telling the story of a coach with a spotty past, and the towns basketball-loving drunk, who lead their team to victory. ... The Cleveland Cavaliers are a National Basketball Association team based in Cleveland, Ohio. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ...
Six months later, the name "Fury" was selected from a "Name the Team" contest, and the franchise made preparations to enter the CBA for the 1991-92 season.
FortWayne knocked off the top-seeded Rockford Lightning in the playoffs, then upended the Quad City Thunder to reach the CBA championship.
Although the Fury struggled in the 1996-97 season, going 20-36, Myron Brown earned his first CBA All-Star Classic appearance, where he scored 10 points (although Brown previously participated in the dunk competitions, this was the first time he actually played in the All-Star Classic).
FortWayne is a city and the county seat of Allen County in northeastern Indiana.
Current FortWayne straddles Interstate 69, and is served by Norfolk Southern, Conrail and CSX rail lines as well as FortWayne International Airport and Smith Field regional airport.
In the latter half of the 20th century, shifts in manufacturing patterns led to the reduction of the number of manufacturing plants and jobs, and FortWayne could be counted among the relatively stagnant "rust belt" cities of the northeast.
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