The Miami Midnites are a professional

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team based in

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. Established in 2014, the club was an affiliate of the Maccabi Haifa B.C. of the

Israeli Basketball Premier League Ligat HaAl ( he, ליגת העל, lit., ''Supreme League or Premier League''), or the Israeli Basketball Premier League, is the top-tier level league of professional sports, professional competition in Israeli sports club, club basketball, making ...

, The team is owned by Jeffrey Rosen, CEO of Triangle Entertainment.

History

Competing in the

Florida Basketball Association The Florida Basketball Association (FBA) is a semi-professional men's basketball league that began play in the fall of 2012 with teams in Orlando, Lake Wales, and Palm Beach Gardens. The commissioner of the FBA is former NBA player Greg Kite. H ...

, 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 Rebel
98-82
on August 10, 2014. After the FBA Summer season, Miami Midnites joined the

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

for the 2014–15 season. 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 The Shreveport Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Shreveport, Louisiana that plays in The Basketball League (TBL). History Rio Grande Valley/Southeast Texas (2006-2011) Originally known as the Rio Grande Valley Silverados, the ...

Season-by-season

Notable players

Yoav Saffar Yoav Saffar (יואב ספר; September 30, 1975) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the power forward position. He was a member of the 2000 and 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet. Biography Saffar was born in Jaffa, ...

(born 1975), Israeli basketball player

References

External links

Miami Midnites official site@MiamiMidnitesMaccabi Haifa B.C. official site
{{Florida Sports Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams 2014 establishments in Florida Basketball teams established in 2014 Basketball teams in Miami Davie, Florida Maccabi Haifa B.C.