Miami Midnites

Miami Midnites

Founded	2014
League	FBA (2014-present) ABA (2014-present)
Team history	Miami Midnites (2014-present)
Based in	Davie, Florida
Arena	David Posnack Jewish Community Center
Colors	Yellow, Orange
Owner	Jeffrey Rosen
Head coach	Damon Wilcox
Championships	2 (2014, 2015-FBA)

The Miami Midnites are a professional minor league basketball team based in Miami, Florida. Established in 2014, the club was an affiliate of the Maccabi Haifa B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League.^[1] The team is owned by Jeffrey Rosen,^[2][3] CEO of Triangle Entertainment.

Competing in the Florida Basketball Association, the Midnites named Florida Hall of Fame coach Marcos '"Shakey" Rodriguez its first head coach in April 2014. After an 11–1 regular season, Miami defeated Palm Beach Knights (141–121) in the FBA Playoff semifinals before capturing the league championship against Tampa Bay Rebels 98-82 on August 10, 2014.^[4][5]

After the FBA Summer season, Miami Midnites joined the American Basketball Association for the 2014–15 season.^[6] Miami were members of the ABA Southeast Division.

In their first season competing in the ABA Miami advanced through the league playoffs before losing in the ABA Championship to Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks.

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• Yoav Saffar (born 1975), Israeli basketball player

• Miami Midnites official site
• @MiamiMidnites
• Maccabi Haifa B.C. official site