The Fort Wayne Fury was a team in the Continental Basketball Association

Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

 (CBA) from 1991 through the cessation of the CBA on February 8, 2001.

History

The team played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum is a 13,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Fort Wayne, Indiana, initially built in 1952 for nearly $3 million in Fort Wayne's Johnny Appleseed Park. The Allen County War Memorial Coliseum was originally designed to seat 8,000 for hockey or 10,240 for basketball...

 in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...

. The Fury finished as the league's runner-up in the 1996 season. Former members of the team include former Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington

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 standout, Damon Bailey

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, former multiple-time World Heavyweight Championship (professional wrestling) wrestler Kevin Nash

Kevin Nash

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, Mikki Moore

Mikki Moore

Clinton Renard "Mikki" Moore is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-Professional career:...

, Lloyd Daniels

Lloyd Daniels

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 and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "Master P

Master P

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". The original Fury coach was Gerald Oliver. NBA Hall of Famer

Basketball Hall of Fame

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 Rick Barry

Rick Barry

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 also served as head coach of the team at one point. Another former coach was Keith Smart

Keith Smart

Jonathan Keith Smart is a retired American basketball player and current assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. He is best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game. The shot gave the Indiana Hoosiers a 74–73 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen...

, who is famous for his shot that won the 1987 NCAA National Championship

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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 for the Indiana Hoosiers

Hoosiers

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 basketball team. From there, Smart went on to coach the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 of the NBA.
Smart is the current head coach of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA.