The Flint Fuze were a professional
basketball
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team located in
Flint, Michigan,
United States
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, in 2001. They were a part of the
Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and played their home games at the
IMA Sports Arena. Former
National Basketball Association
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journeyman
Jeff Grayer
Jeffrey Grayer (born December 17, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player and collegiate basketball coach.
As a shooting guard, Grayer starred at Iowa State University from 1985 to 1988 where he set (and still holds) the all ...
helped create the franchise and served as the team's initial head coach.
After the 2001 season, low attendance forced the Fuze to relocate to
Birch Run, Michigan
Birch Run is a village in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,553 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Birch Run Township.
Birch Run was the home of the Great Lakes Storm, a defunct member of the Con ...
, and become the
Great Lakes Storm.
After the 2004 season, the franchise folded.
References
Sports in Flint, Michigan
Continental Basketball Association teams
Basketball teams established in 2001
2001 establishments in Michigan
Basketball teams disestablished in 2001
2001 disestablishments in Michigan
Basketball teams in Michigan
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