Miami Floridians

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The Miami Floridians were a professional basketball team that competed in the American Basketball Association during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Miami Floridians canonical 11
Floridians 2
The Floridians 2

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Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Basketball Association team
basketball team
defunct basketball team
conference Eastern Division
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1972
divisionTitle 1969–70 Eastern Division regular-season title (shared)
homeArena Hollywood Sportatorium
Jacksonville Coliseum
Miami Beach Convention Hall
surface form: Miami Beach Auditorium

Miami Beach Convention Hall
Tampa Bay area venues
homeCity Miami
inception 1968
league American Basketball Association
locatedIn Miami
notableCoach Bob Bass
Hal Blitman
Jim Pollard
notablePlayer Donnie Freeman
Larry Jones
Mack Calvin
Warren Jabali
owner Jim Pollard
surface form: Jim Pollard (ownership group member)

Ned Doyle
predecessor Minnesota Muskies
seasonOfPlay 1968–69 ABA season
1969–70 ABA season
1970–71 ABA season
1971–72 ABA season
sport basketball
state Florida
teamColors black
orange
white

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ABA hadFranchise Miami Floridians
subject surface form: American Basketball Association
Minnesota Muskies relocatedTo Miami Floridians
Atlantic Division formerTeam Miami Floridians
ABA Eastern Conference hasPart Miami Floridians
ABA Eastern Conference hasPart Miami Floridians
this entity surface form: Floridians
Les Hunter memberOfSportsTeam Miami Floridians
1969–70 ABA season featuredTeam Miami Floridians
1971–72 ABA season playoffParticipant Miami Floridians
this entity surface form: Floridians
Hal Blitman employer Miami Floridians
Donnie Freeman memberOfSportsTeam Miami Floridians
Ned Doyle ownerOf Miami Floridians
Mack Calvin playedFor Miami Floridians
this entity surface form: The Floridians
Larry Jones playedFor Miami Floridians
this entity surface form: The Floridians
Minnesota Muskies (ABA) relocatedTo Miami Floridians
Minnesota Muskies (ABA) successorTeam Miami Floridians