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The Jacksonville Bluewaves were a basketball team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They played in the World Basketball Association, a small league with six teams in Florida and Georgia, in the 2010 season. In July 2010, it was announced that the Bluewaves would be joining the new
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, ...
the next season under head coach and owner Kevin Waters. Later, however, it was announced that the Jacksonville ABA team would be a new franchise, with Waters serving as coach and general manager, and that the Bluewaves were defunct. The new team was eventually named the
Jacksonville Giants The Jacksonville Giants are a professional minor league basketball team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were the 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 National Champions of the new American Basketball Association (ABA), which they join ...
. However, a team calling themselves the Jacksonville Bluewaves played some regular season games against teams in the Continental Basketball League in the summer of 2011.


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Jacksonville Bluewaves official site
Sports teams in Jacksonville, Florida Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams World Basketball Association teams Defunct basketball teams in Florida Basketball teams established in 2009 2011 disestablishments in Florida 2009 establishments in Florida Basketball teams disestablished in 2011 {{JacksonvilleFL-stub