The South Florida Gold is a professional minor-league basketball team based in
Lake Worth, Florida, that began play in 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, ...
in the
2013–2014 season.
The team was found in an audit by the
School District of Palm Beach County to have posed as two different charities to get reduced rent for gym rental during the 2013–2014 and 2014–2015 seasons.
, the Gold have appeared on the league's rankings at #3, putting them behind 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 ...
and the
Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks.
As of April 11, 2016, the Gold have appeared on the league's rankings at #2.
As of April 4, 2017, the Gold has appeared on the league's rankings at #1 for three consecutive weeks and maintained a top-four spot during the season.
, the Gold has appeared on the league's rankings at #1 for three consecutive weeks. The South Florida Gold finished 3rd of 120 teams nationwide. The Gold also finished 2nd in a tournament held in Mexico at the launch of ABA Mexico.
As of March 4, 2019, the Gold have appeared at #1 for one week, for the final league rankings of the regular season.
References
External links
Official South Florida Gold website
Defunct American Basketball Association (2000–present) teams
Basketball teams in Florida
Boynton Beach, Florida
Basketball teams established in 2013
2013 establishments in Florida
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