The Grand Rapids Hoops was a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team that played 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 :...

, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city is located on the Grand River about 40 miles east of Lake Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 188,040. In 2010, the Grand Rapids metropolitan area had a population of 774,160 and a combined statistical area, Grand...

. Their first season was in 1989, and their final season was in 2003. Now defunct, professional basketball has been replaced in Grand Rapids by the Grand Rapids Flight

Grand Rapids Flight

The Grand Rapids Flight are a team in the American Basketball Association based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.The Flight recently underwent several front office changes. The team is now owned by the Grand Rapids Junior Jammers Youth Foundation, a non-profit based in Grand Rapids, Michigan...

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League History

The team started and played in the Continental Basketball Association until the league folded in 2001. They joined the 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 Timmy Potts and the name reverted to the Grand Rapids Hoops.

Home Court History

The Grand Rapids Hoops began their play in Welsh Auditorium

Welsh Auditorium

Welsh Auditorium was a 3,800-seat multi-purpose arena and convention center in Grand Rapids, Michigan.It was home to the Grand Rapids Hoops, of the Continental Basketball Association....

 in 1989. When the Van Andel Arena

Van Andel Arena

The Van Andel Arena is a 10,834-seat multi-purpose arena, situated in the Heartside district, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. After a $75 million construction effort, the arena opened on October 8, 1996 and since has attracted over five million patrons. It is home to the popular Grand Rapids Griffins...

 opened in the mid 1996, the Hoops moved there joining the Grand Rapids Griffins

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Grand Rapids Griffins are a professional hockey team in the American Hockey League . They play in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Van Andel Arena. They are the AHL affiliate to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League....

 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

Muskegon, Michigan

Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...

's LC Walker Arena and renamed the Michigan Mayhem

Michigan Mayhem

The Michigan Mayhem was a minor league professional basketball team based in Muskegon, Michigan that competed in the Continental Basketball Association. In the CBA's 2004-05 season the Mayhem finished third in the league's Eastern Conference. The team played its home games at the L.C...

in 2004, which has now been disbanded as well.