The Fort Wayne Fury was a professional

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team in the

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

History

The team played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in

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

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standouts

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and

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, NBA guard/forward

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, former multiple-time

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and Percy Miller, better known as the rapper, "

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

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

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, who went on to coach the

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of the

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. Smart then went on to spend one season as the head coach of the

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of the NBA and was the head coach of the

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until June 2013, when he was replaced by Mike Malone as the new head coach.

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History

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