Editing Grand Rapids Hoops

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| leagues         = [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]] (1989–2001, 2002–2003)<br />[[International Basketball League (1999–2001)|IBL]] (2001)
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| founded         = 1989
| folded = 2003
| history         = '''Grand Rapids Hoops''' (1989–1995, 1996–2003)<br />'''Grand Rapids Mackers'''<br /> (1995–96) <br /> '''Michigan Mayhem''' <br /> (2004–2006)
| arena           = [[DeltaPlex Arena]]
| capacity        =5,000 
| location        = [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
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The '''Grand Rapids Hoops''' were a [[basketball]] team that played in the [[Continental Basketball Association]] (CBA) based in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]]. Their first season was in 1989 and their final season was in 2003. Professional basketball later returned to Grand Rapids with the [[Grand Rapids Flight]] in 2004.

==League history==
The team started and played in the Continental Basketball Association until the league folded in 2001. They joined the [[International Basketball League (1999-2001)|International Basketball League]] for one season before returning to a resurrected CBA the following year where they stayed until their demise.

==Name history==
The team first played in 1989 as the ''Grand Rapids Hoops''. When the team was sold in 1995 to the people who ran the ''Gus Macker 3-on-3'' Scott McNeal, the nickname changed to the ''Grand Rapids Mackers.'' The team was sold again a year later to an investment group with Bob Przybysz as the managing partner and the name reverted to the ''Grand Rapids Hoops''.

==Home court history==
The Grand Rapids Hoops began their play in [[Welsh Auditorium]] in 1989. When the [[Van Andel Arena]] opened in the mid 1996, the Hoops moved there joining the [[Grand Rapids Griffins]] as tenants. As attendance fell, the team moved to the [[DeltaPlex]], a smaller arena located out of the downtown area. The team disbanded in 2003. The franchise was purchased and moved to nearby [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]]'s [[LC Walker Arena]] and renamed the [[Michigan Mayhem]] in 2004, which has now been disbanded as well.

==References==
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{{Grand Rapids, Michigan}}
[[Category:Continental Basketball Association teams]]
[[Category:Sports in Grand Rapids, Michigan]]
[[Category:Basketball teams established in 1989]]
[[Category:Basketball teams in Michigan]]
[[Category:Basketball teams disestablished in 2003]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:2003 disestablishments in Michigan]]
[[Category:International Basketball League (1999–2001) teams]]


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