Utah Rockies
As part of the franchise shift , Spirits owners Daniel and Ozzie Silna proposed that they would sell the team to a group in Utah , and then purchase the Kentucky Colonels with the intention of moving the franchise to Buffalo , New York , home of the Buffalo Braves , an NBA team that was contemplating moving to Florida . Colonels owner John Y . Brown , Jr . , ultimately took a cash payout when the ABA-NBA merger occurred , and used the money to purchase a 50% interest in the Braves himself . 
<triplet> Buffalo Braves <subj> Buffalo, New York <obj> headquarters location