In 1988, the newspaper “Miami Herald Newspaper” announced a competition for the best logo for the team. The Miami Heat logo, developed by Mark Henderson. The victory remained for the last option. The names Suntan, Vice (a reference to the cult series of the ’80s), and Heat were the finalists.
In addition to references to the past, all the more or less significant symbols of Florida were among the names: the sun, palm trees, tornadoes, and beaches. It is not a surprise that Floridians have become one of those who was determined by the results of voting among the fans of the future NBA club. The team went to the playoffs of the ABA in 1972, where it was defeated in four matches and soon ceased to exist. In 1970, hoping to give the team the size of the staff, the new owners got rid of the geographical prefix, shortening the name to Floridians. Traditionally, Miami had already been a place where the professional basketball club was based: in 1968, the Minnesota Muskies moved here, who was later renamed into Miami Floridians. In 1987, David Stern, the Commissioner of the National Basketball Association, approved the creation of two NBA clubs in Miami and Orlando. In essence, the local sandy beaches were a kind of a shade of real Florida, the unofficial world capital of drug trafficking. The reason for such a cautious attitude is the ambiguous reputation of the state. For a long time, Florida remained one of the few densely populated and perspective (from a financial point of view) states that the NBA diligently avoided.
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