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| Conference | Eastern Conference |
| Division | Atlantic |
| Founded | 1967 |
| History | New Jersey Americans 1967-1968 New York Nets 1968-1977 New Jersey Nets 1977-present |
| Arena | Izod Center |
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Team colors | Navy, Red, Dark Silver, Silver, White |
| Owner | Forest City Enterprises Bruce Ratner Mary Higgins Clark Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter |
| General manager | Kiki Vandeweghe |
| Head coach | Lawrence Frank |
| D-League affiliate | Colorado 14ers |
| Championships | ABA: 2 (1974, 1976) NBA: 0 |
| Conference titles | 2 (2002, 2003) |
| Division titles | ABA: 1 (1974) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) |
| Official website | njnets.com |
The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division. The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each The Atlantic Division is a division in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, and later Continental Airlines Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Forest City Enterprises () is a $9-billion diversified Real estate management and development company based in Cleveland Ohio. Bruce Ratner (born January 23 1945 in Cleveland Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Ratner the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (December 24 1927 in the Bronx New York) is an American author of suspense Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Ernest Maurice "Kiki" Vandeweghe III (born August 1, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a former National Basketball Association Lawrence Frank (born August 23 1970, in New York City) is an American Basketball coach The NBA Development League, or D-League, is the National Basketball Association 's officially sponsored and operated developmental Basketball organization The Colorado 14ers are a team in the NBA Development League which began play in 2006-07 The American Basketball Association ( ABA) was a professional Basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged in part with the National The American Basketball Association ( ABA) was a professional Basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged in part with the National Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each The Atlantic Division is a division in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. They are currently based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and play their home games at the Izod Center. East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, and later Continental Airlines Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the The team is scheduled to be relocated to the Brooklyn borough of New York City for the 2010-11 season. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York
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Franchise history
1967 to 1976 - The ABA Years
The franchise was established in 1967 as part of the American Basketball Association, with trucking magnate Arthur Brown as the owner. The American Basketball Association ( ABA) was a professional Basketball league founded in 1967, and eventually merged in part with the National He had intended to call the team the New York Freighters, playing at the 69th Regiment Armory on Manhattan's east side, but pressure from the New York Knicks forced the Armory to back out three months before opening day. The 69th Regiment Armory located at 68 Lexington Avenue, New York New York, is a historical building completed in 1904 [1]
Brown found it difficult to find a suitable venue in New York City. Some were booked solid, and others had owners who didn't want to anger the Knicks by opening their doors to a rival team. Scrambling for a venue, the team settled on the Armory in Teaneck, New Jersey, and changed its name to the New Jersey Americans. Teaneck Armory is an armory and Arena located on a site in Teaneck, New Jersey. Teaneck (ˈtiːnɛk is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, and is a Suburb in the New York metropolitan area.
The Americans did fairly well in their first season, tying the Kentucky Colonels for the last playoff spot in the Eastern Division. The Kentucky Colonels were a member of the American Basketball Association for all of the league's 9 years However, the Armory was booked, forcing the Americans to scramble for a last-minute replacement.
They found one in the Long Island Arena in Commack, New York. Long Island Arena (also known as the Commack Arena) was an indoor arena in Commack New York, that stood until 1996. Commack (/KO-mack/ or /KOM-mack/ KOM-mack is the original pronunciation and used by long time inhabitants of the area KO-mack is used by the majority of population who have or whose However, when the Americans and Colonels arrived, they found a bizarre scene. The floor had several missing boards and bolts, and was unstable in several areas (one player claimed to have seen one side of the floor come up when he stepped on another). There was no padding on the backboards or basket supports, and one basket appeared to be higher than the other. There was also a large amount of condensation from a hockey game the previous night. After the Colonels refused to play, league commissioner George Mikan forfeited the game to the Colonels. George Lawrence Mikan Jr (June 18 1924 &ndash June 1 2005 nicknamed Mr
For the second season, the team opted to stay on Long Island, where it changed its name to the New York Nets. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches The team was renamed to "Nets" to rhyme with the names of the two other professional sports teams that played in the New York metropolitan area at the time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets. The New York metropolitan area, often referred to as the Tri-State Area, is the most populous Metropolitan area in the United States and is also one "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. Note There were three earlier and unrelated major American professional football leagues of the same name One in 1926, one in 1936-1937 and one in 1940-1941 The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. "Nets" was also a nickname that related to basketball in general, since it is part of the hoop.
The team finished last in its first New York season and drew a paltry 1,108 a game - about half of what it had drawn a year earlier. They posted a hideous 17-61 record, and shuffled 23 different players on and off the roster. Brown sold the team to clothing manufacturer Roy Boe after that season. Boe got busy right away during the 1969 off season. After failing in their pursuit for UCLA star Lew Alcindor, who was drafted and then signed by the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks, the team acquired Rick Barry from the Virginia Squires and the Island Garden in West Hempstead became their new home. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr; April 16 1947 is an American athlete and retired professional Basketball player widely considered The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional Basketball team based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Richard (Rick Francis Dennis Barry III (born March 28 1944 in Elizabeth New Jersey) is a retired American professional Basketball player The Virginia Squires was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from 1967 through 1976 Island Garden is a new indoor Arena in West Hempstead New York. West Hempstead is a Suburban community (and Census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The Nets finished in third place and in the playoffs in 1969-70, and attendance went up threefold to 3,504. The 1969–70 NBA Season was the 24th season of the National Basketball Association. After two years at the Island Garden, the team moved to the new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale for the 1971-72 season. } The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, commonly known as Nassau Coliseum (or simply The Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale New York Uniondale is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) as well as a suburb of New York City in Nassau County, New York, United States The 1971–72 NBA season was the 26th season of the National Basketball Association.
In 1972, two years after the acquisition of Barry, the Nets advanced to the ABA finals. However, they could not overcome the Indiana Pacers and lost the series four games to two. Barry left after that postseason, sending the Nets into rebuilding mode. The 1972-73 season was one of disappointment, as the Nets only won 30 games. The 1972–73 NBA season was the 27th season of the National Basketball Association.
The 1973-74 season saw the Nets finally put all the pieces together. The 1973–74 NBA season was the 28th season of the National Basketball Association. The key event of the season though would come in the 1973 offseason, however, as the Nets acquired Julius Erving from the Virginia Squires. Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22 1950 and raised in Roosevelt New York) commonly known by the nickname Dr The Virginia Squires was a basketball franchise in the former American Basketball Association that existed from 1967 through 1976 With Erving, who was affectionately known as "Dr. J", the Nets ended the season with a franchise record 55 victories. After Erving was voted the ABA's MVP, the Nets advanced in the playoffs and won their first title, defeating the Utah Stars in the 1974 ABA Finals. This page is about the American Basketball Association (ABA team
The success continued into the 1974-75 season as they topped the previous season's win record by winning 58 games - a record that still stands to this day. The 1974–75 NBA season was the 29th season of the National Basketball Association. The Nets, though, were eliminated four games to one, by the Spirits of St. Louis in the first round of the 1975 ABA playoffs. The Spirits of St Louis were one of two teams still in existence at the end of the American Basketball Association that did not survive the merger with the NBA
The Nets continued their winning ways in the 1975-76 season-the final season for the ABA, with Erving leading them to a successful 55-win season; he also was named MVP again that year. The 1975–76 NBA season was the 30th season of the National Basketball Association. After a grueling series with the Denver Nuggets, the Nets won the last ABA championship series in league history in six games, giving the Nets their second championship in three years. The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado.
1976 to 1980 - Move to the NBA and back to New Jersey
During the summer of 1976, the ABA and NBA merged. As part of the merger agreement, four teams from the ABA - the Nets, Nuggets, Pacers and San Antonio Spurs - joined the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional Basketball team based in San Antonio Texas. The Nets and Nuggets had actually applied to join the NBA in 1975. Prior to their first NBA season, the Nets traded two draft picks to the Kansas City Kings for guard Nate Archibald. The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. Nathaniel "Tiny" Archibald (born September 2 1948 New York City is a retired American professional Basketball player The Nets appeared to be poised to pick up where they left off in the ABA.
However, they got a rude surprise when the Knicks forced them to pay $4. 8 million for "invading" the Knicks' NBA territory. Coming on the heels of the $3 million that the team had to pay for joining the NBA, this left Boe short of cash, and he was forced to renege on a promised pay raise for Erving. Erving refused to play for the Nets under these conditions, leaving Boe no choice but to sell Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers for $3 million. The Philadelphia 76ers (also known as the Sixers for short are a professional Basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Without Erving, the Nets wrote off the season as a lost cause. However, they lost all semblance of respectability when Archibald broke his foot in January. The team finished at 22-60, the worst record in the league. The team did set one record of sorts; in November 1976, they became the first NBA team ever to have an all-left-handed starting lineup, with Tim Bassett, Al Skinner, Bubbles Hawkins, Jan van Breda Kolff, and Kim Hughes. Eugene Timothy "Tim" Bassett (born April 1, 1951 in Washington D Albert L (Al Skinner (born June 16 1952 in Mount Vernon New York) is a men's College basketball head coach and a former collegiate For the Dutch footballer called Jan van Breda Kolff, his grandfather see Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer Jan Michael van Breda Kolff Kimberley John Hughes (born 26 January 1954 is a former Cricketer who played for Western Australia, Natal and Australia.
Prior to the 1977-78 season, Boe moved the franchise back to New Jersey, renaming the team the New Jersey Nets. The 1977–78 NBA season was the 32nd season of the National Basketball Association. While the team awaited the completion of a new arena at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, they played four seasons at the Rutgers Athletic Center (later renamed the Louis Brown Athletic Center) on the campus of Rutgers University. The Meadowlands Sports Complex is a sports and entertainment facility located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, owned and operated by the New Jersey Sports and The Louis Brown Athletic Center, more commonly known as the RAC (for its original name the Rutgers Athletic Center) is an 9000-seat multi-purpose Arena Rutgers The State University of New Jersey (also known as Rutgers University) is the largest institution for higher education in the state of New Jersey In 1978, Boe sold the team to a group of seven local businessmen (led by Joe Taub and Alan N. Cohen) who became known as the "Secaucus Seven". Alan N Cohen ( December 19, 1930 in Passaic New Jersey – August 10, 2004 in Boca Raton Florida) was the former co-owner Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, USA. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 15931 The first four years in New Jersey were disappointing, as the Nets suffered through four consecutive losing seasons.
The 1980s
The team moved into the Brendan Byrne Arena (known as the Continental Airlines Arena in 1996, and renamed the Izod Center in October 2007[2]) in 1981 and experienced modest success with four consecutive winning seasons. The Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, and later Continental Airlines Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the In 1982-83, while coached by Larry Brown, the Nets were having their best season since joining the NBA. The 1982–83 NBA season was the 37th season of the National Basketball Association. Lawrence Harvey Brown (born September 14 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is the head coach of the National Basketball Association However, Brown accepted the head coaching job at the University of Kansas during the last month of the season and was suspended for the rest of the season. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City The Nets would never recover from the coaching change and would lose in the first round of the playoffs to their Hudson River rival New York Knicks.
In the 1983-84 season, the Nets fielded what was believed to be their best team since joining the league. The 1983–84 NBA season was the 38th season of the National Basketball Association. Led by Darryl Dawkins, Buck Williams, Otis Birdsong, and Micheal Ray Richardson, the team won their first NBA playoff series, defeating the defending champion 76ers in the first round of the 1984 playoffs before falling to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals in six games. Darryl Dawkins (born January 11, 1957 in Orlando Florida) is a retired American professional Basketball player most noted for Charles Linwood Williams (born March 8 1960 in Rocky Mount North Carolina) better known as " Buck " is a retired American Otis Lee Birdsong (born December 9, 1955 in Winter Haven Florida) is an American former professional Basketball player Micheal "Sugar" Ray Richardson (born April 11 1955, in Lubbock Texas) is an American former professional Basketball player The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional Basketball team based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each
Injuries plagued the team during the 1984-85 season, but the Nets still managed to win 42 games before being eliminated from the playoffs by the Detroit Pistons in three games. The 1984–85 NBA season was the 39th season of the National Basketball Association. The 1985 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1984-85 season. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area The Nets would not qualify for the playoffs for the next seven seasons (1991-92) and would not have a winning record for eight (1992-93).
The 1990s
During the early 1990s the Nets began to improve behind a core of young players, as New Jersey drafted Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson and acquired Drazen Petrovic in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers. Derrick D Coleman (born June 21 1967, in Mobile Alabama) is a retired American Basketball player in the NBA. Kenneth (Kenny Anderson (born October 9, 1970 in Queens, New York) is an American Basketball player Dražen Petrović ( October 22, 1964 &ndash June 7, 1993) was a Croatian Basketball player The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, is an American professional Basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. Despite a losing record during the 1991-92 season, the Nets qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, three games to one. The 1991–92 NBA season was the 46th season of the National Basketball Association. The 1992 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the National Basketball Association 's 1991-1992 season. The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional Basketball team based in Cleveland Ohio.
The team improved significantly in 1992-93, led by the trio of Coleman, Petrovic and Anderson, and former head coach, Chuck Daly. The 1992–93 NBA season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. However, injuries to both Anderson and Petrovic toward the end of the season sent the team into a 1-10 slump to end the regular season. The Nets finished the season at 43-39 and were seeded sixth in the Eastern Conference and faced the Cavaliers again in the first round. The 1993 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1992-1993 season. With Anderson recovered from a broken hand and Petrovic playing on an injured knee, the Nets lost a tough five-game series. However, the optimism of a team jelling was destroyed on June 7, when Petrovic was killed in an automobile accident in Germany at the age of 28. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins
Despite the devastating loss of Petrovic, the Nets managed to win 45 games during the 1993-94 season. The 1993–94 NBA season was the 48th season of the National Basketball Association. Anderson and Coleman made their only All-Star apperances this season. The Nets ended up losing to the New York Knicks the first round of the 1994 NBA Playoffs, three games to one. The 1994 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1993-1994 season. Daly resigned as head coach after the season and was replaced by Butch Beard. } Alfred "Butch" Beard Jr (born May 5, 1947 in Hardinsburg Kentucky) is a former National Basketball Association player and
The team struggled through the rest of the decade. During the mid-1990s the NBA's main image problem was that of the selfish, immature athlete and if one wanted to see a team that embodied that image, all one had to do was look at the Nets. In 1995, Coleman was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the poster child of the selfish NBA player, but with Anderson, Benoit Benjamin, Dwayne Schintzius and Chris Morris also on the roster, there were plenty of candidates for SI to choose from. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Lenard Benoit Benjamin (born November 22 1964, in Monroe Louisiana) is a retired American professional Basketball player who was Dwayne Kenneth Schintzius (born October 14 1968 in Brandon Florida) is an American Basketball player perhaps best known for his role as a Russian Christopher Nate Morris (born January 20, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a retired American professional Basketball player The team's image was so poor that in an effort to shed its losing image, management considered renaming the team "Swamp Dragons" or the "Fire Dragons" in 1994, but rejected the idea. In both the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons, the Nets finished with identical 30-52 records. The 1994–95 NBA season was the 49th season of the National Basketball Association. The 1995–96 NBA season was the 50th season of the National Basketball Association, although the league didn't celebrate this anniversary until the following season
In an effort to start anew, Coleman and Anderson were both traded during the 1995-96 season and John Calipari replaced Beard as head coach at the end of the season. John Vincent Calipari (born February 10 1959, in Moon Township (a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional Kerry Kittles was selected in the 1996 NBA Draft and midway through the 1996-97 season, the team traded for Sam Cassell. Kerry Kittles (born June 12 1974 in Dayton Ohio) is an American professional Basketball player who last played with the Los Angeles The 1996 NBA Draft was the 54th draft in the National Basketball Association. The 1996–97 NBA season was the 51st season of the National Basketball Association. Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland) commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American After a 26-56 win-loss season, the Nets made a major draft-day trade in June 1997, acquiring Keith Van Horn, Lucious Harris and two other players for Tim Thomas. Keith Adam Van Horn (born October 23 1975 in Fullerton California) is an American Basketball player who is under contract with the New Lucious H Harris (born December 18 1970, in Los Angeles California) is an American former professional Basketball player who was selected Timothy (Tim Mark Thomas (born on February 26 1977, in Paterson New Jersey) is an American professional Basketball player in the The only player from the early 1990s that the Nets retained was Jayson Williams, who was developing into a rebounding specialist. Jayson Williams (born February 22, 1968 in Ritter, South Carolina) is a former American NBA Basketball player
The 1997-98 season was a lone bright spot for the Nets in the late 1990s. The 1997–98 NBA season was the 52nd season of the National Basketball Association. The team played well under Calipari, winning 43 games and qualifying for the playoffs on the last day of the season. Power forward Jayson Williams was selected as a reserve in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. The Nets were seeded eighth in the Eastern Conference and lost to the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 playoffs in three straight games. The Chicago Bulls are an American professional Basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern The 1998 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1997-1998 season. The Nets played well and came close to taking the first two games.
The "Secaucus Seven" sold the team in 1998 to local real estate developers, who the next year signed an agreement with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to form YankeeNets, a holding company that would own the two teams along with increasing leverage in future broadcast contracts by negotiating together. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River Ohio) is an American Billionaire businessman and the principal Yankee Global Enterprises LLC (Yankee Global was formed in 1999 and is the owner of the New York Yankees Baseball club and the YES Network cable channel After getting offers from numerous broadcast partners, including what was their current rights holder Cablevision, YankeeNets decided to launch a new regional sports television called YES Network. Cablevision Systems Corporation ( is an American Cable television company The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES Network is a New York City regional Cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting Baseball games of the
The 1998-99 season was delayed for three months due to an owners' lockout of the players. The 1998–99 NBA season was the 53rd season of the National Basketball Association. When the abbreviated 50-game season began, the Nets were a fashionable choice by experts as a surprise team. However, Cassell was injured in the first game and the team started poorly. With the Nets underachieving at 3-15, the Nets traded Cassell to the Bucks, while the Nets acquired Stephon Marbury from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) nicknamed Starbury, is an American professional The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional Basketball team based in Minneapolis Minnesota, United States. After two more losses, Calipari was fired as head coach with the team at 3-17. The team never recovered from its poor start to finish at 16-34. With the Nets already eliminated from playoff contention in April, Marbury collided with Williams in a game against the Atlanta Hawks -- Williams broke his tibia and would never play in the NBA again. The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional Basketball team based in Atlanta Georgia. The tibia, shinbone, or shankbone is the larger and stronger of the two Bones in the Leg below the Knee in vertebrates and connects
From 1990 to 1997 the Nets played on a parquet-designed floor similar to the Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic and the Minnesota Timberwolves during their home games at the Continental Airlines Arena. The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the The Orlando Magic is a professional Basketball team based in Orlando Florida. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a professional Basketball team based in Minneapolis Minnesota, United States.
The 2000s
In 2000, the Nets hired as the team president Rod Thorn, a longtime NBA executive best known for drafting Michael Jordan while he was the Bulls' general manager. Rodney King "Rod" Thorn (born May 23, 1941, in Princeton West Virginia) is the president and general manager of the NBA 's New Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963 is a retired American professional Basketball player and active businessman Immediately, he began to assemble the components of the most talented team since the ABA champions of the mid-1970s. He started by hiring Byron Scott as coach. Byron Antom Scott (born March 28 1961 in Ogden, Utah) is a former National Basketball Association player and current head coach of the NBA's New Orleans With the first pick in the 2000 Draft, the Nets selected Kenyon Martin from the University of Cincinnati. The 2000 NBA Draft was held on June 28th 2000 in Minneapolis Minnesota (making it the last draft to be held in a team's arena-the Kenyon Lee Martin (born December 30 1977, in Saginaw Michigan) is an American professional Basketball player The University of Cincinnati is a Coeducational public Research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Stephon Marbury had become a star in New Jersey. He made the All-NBA 3rd Team in 2000 and he made his very first All-Star Game in 2001. Despite his individual efforts, he never led the Nets to the playoffs. On the night of the 2001 Draft, they traded the rights to their first round selection (Eddie Griffin) to the Houston Rockets for Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong, and selected Brian Scalabrine in the 2nd round. The 2001 NBA Draft took place on 27 June 2001 in New York City, New York. Eddie Jamaal Griffin ( May 30 1982 &ndash August 17 2007) was an American professional Basketball player The Houston Rockets are an American professional Basketball team based in Houston Texas. Richard Allen Jefferson (born June 21 1980 is a 6 ft 7 in (201 m American professional Basketball player Jason Paul Collins (born December 2, 1978 in Northridge California) is an American professional Basketball player for the Minnesota Brandon Simone Armstrong (born June 16 1980 in San Francisco California) is an American professional Basketball player formerly Brian David Scalabrine (born March 18 1978 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional Basketball player currently The trade was widely considered a smart move by the Nets as they needed to get younger and clear out much of the dead weight that was on the bench, as the Nets had the lowest scoring & oldest bench in the league.
Just one day after the 2001 Draft, Thorn made his boldest move. He traded all-star Marbury & role player Johnny Newman to the Phoenix Suns for All-Star/All-NBA point guard Jason Kidd and center Chris Dudley (who the Nets later released). John Sylvester Newman Jr (born November 28 1963, in Danville Virginia) is an American former professional Basketball player The Phoenix Suns are a professional Basketball team based in Phoenix Arizona. Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23 1973 is an American professional Basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks. For the keyboardist for Underoath see Christopher Dudley. Christen Guilford Dudley (born February 22, 1965) is The move gave the team something it had been lacking for practically its entire NBA existence, a floor leader who also made his teammates better. The Nets also signed former 76ers center Todd MacCulloch, who at the time was considered to be a rising center in the league. Todd Carlyle MacCulloch (born January 27 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian former professional Basketball player
That season, the Nets had their best season in their NBA history. The 2001–02 NBA season was the 56th season of the National Basketball Association. The team won its first Atlantic Division title, finishing the regular season at 52-30 and were seeded first in Eastern Conference and faced Indiana in the first round of the 2002 NBA Playoffs. The 2002 NBA Playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 2001–02 season.
After losing the first game at home, the Nets then went on to win the next two games, before losing game four on the road. In front of a sellout crowd, the Nets played one of the more memorable games in NBA Playoff history in game five. The Nets led by nine points with five minutes remaining in regulation, however Reggie Miller made a 35-foot three-pointer at the buzzer to send the game into overtime (as replays later showed, Miller's shot was actually after the buzzer and therefore should not have counted). Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24 1965 is a retired American professional Basketball player and one of the greatest NBA players of the 90s After Miller sent the game into double-overtime with a driving dunk, the Nets pulled away for a 120-109 victory. It is the only game in NBA history to end every quarter—the first quarter, first half, third quarter, second half, and first overtime—tied.
In the Eastern Conference Semi-finals, they defeated the Charlotte Hornets four games to one to advance to the Eastern Conference Championship for the first time facing the Boston Celtics. The New Orleans Hornets are a professional Basketball team based in New Orleans Louisiana, United States. The Boston Celtics are an American professional Basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, playing in the Atlantic Division of the After winning game one versus the Celtics, the Nets lost game two at home. In game three, the Nets led by 21 points going into the final period, but a tremendous Celtic comeback gave the Celtics a 94-90 victory and a 2-1 series lead. In game four played on Memorial Day afternoon in Boston, the Nets led most of the way but once again the Celtics found a way to tie the game with a minute remaining. Memorial Day is a United States Federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (on May in) However, in this game the Nets made enough plays at the end of the game to win it - Harris made two free throws with 6. 6 seconds left and when Paul Pierce missed two free throws that would have tied the game with 1 second left, the series was tied at two games each. Paul Anthony Pierce (born October 13 1977 in Oakland, California) nicknamed The Truth, is an American professional Basketball player for the In game five, the Nets went on a 20-1 run early in the fourth period to coast to a 103-92 victory and a 3-2 lead in the series. In game 6, the Nets trailed by 10 at halftime, but rallied in the second half to take the lead. Van Horn's three pointer off a Kittles pass with 50 seconds left in the game clinched the Nets their first Eastern Conference Championship, four games to two.
In the 2002 NBA Finals, the Nets were swept by Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. The 2002 NBA Finals was the 56th championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6 1972 frequently referred to simply as " Shaq " is an African American Professional basketball Kobe Bean Bryant (born) is an American All-Star Shooting guard The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA team based in Los Angeles, California. New Jersey was the third straight victim to fall to the L. A. dynasty, who had dominated both Indiana and Philadelphia. Kidd and company were just too inexperienced and ill-equipped to deal with the Lakers.
Before the 2002-03 season, the Nets traded Van Horn and MacCulloch to obtain Dikembe Mutombo from the 76ers. The 2002–03 NBA season was the 57th season of the National Basketball Association. Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo (born June 25 1966) commonly referred to as Dikembe Mutombo, is a Congolese - American The move to improve the team did not work out as Mutombo sat out most of the season with a wrist injury, but received little time in the playoffs due to differences with coach Byron Scott. Despite Mutombo's absence, the Nets finished with a 49-33 record and repeated as Atlantic Division champs. In the 2003 NBA Playoffs, the Nets won their second consecutive Eastern Conference championship. The 2003 NBA playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association 's 2002-03 NBA season. They defeated the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs four games to two, then swept the Celtics and Detroit Pistons in consecutive series to advance to the 2003 NBA Finals, this time facing the Western Conference champion San Antonio Spurs. The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional Basketball team based in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The 2003 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2002-03 NBA season. The Western Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of fifteen teams and organized in three divisions of five teams each The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional Basketball team based in San Antonio Texas. They split the first four games in the series, but the Nets played erratically in a Game 5 loss at home to go down in the series three games to two. In Game 6, the Nets led the Spurs by 10 points on the road with 10 minutes remaining, but the Spurs went on a 19-0 run to take the title in six games.
Following the 2003 Finals, Kidd became a free agent and the Spurs pursued signing him away from the Nets. However, Kidd re-signed with the Nets, stating that he had "unfinished business" in New Jersey. Another factor in Kidd's decision was the signing of free-agent Alonzo Mourning. Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr (born February 8, 1970, in Chesapeake Virginia) is an American professional Basketball player who But Mourning's tenure with the Nets would be disastrous, as he missed most of the 2003-04 season due to a kidney ailment. The 2003–04 NBA season was the 58th season of the National Basketball Association.
During the 2003-04 season, New Jersey performed poorly early in the season, and head coach Byron Scott was fired. Lawrence Frank became the interim head coach on January 26, 2004, succeeding Scott, after serving as an assistant coach with the team since the 2000-01 season. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association.
However, the Nets rebounded from this early season lull, and again won the Atlantic Division title, and swept their crosstown rival Knicks in the first round. The 2004 NBA Playoffs were the postseason of the National Basketball Association 's 2003-04 season. However, their run of conference championships was halted in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals by the eventual NBA champion Detroit Pistons. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area After the teams split the first four games, each one large routs at home, the Nets took Game 5 in Detroit in triple-overtime, only to fall short in Game 6 in New Jersey. The Pistons won Game 7 in a rout and took the series 4 games to 3. Jason Kidd, playing on an injured knee that eventually required surgery after the season, was held scoreless in Game 7. Jason Frederick Kidd (born March 23 1973 is an American professional Basketball player in the NBA who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks.
After the season, the Nets were forced to trade Kerry Kittles and Kenyon Martin, to the Clippers and Nuggets respectively, because new owner Bruce Ratner was unwilling to pay the remainder of their contracts. The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They received only draft picks in return for two key players in the team's recent success. Unbeknownst to New Jersey however, was the fact that Kittles went under the knife for the fifth time to correct his knee, and Martin would need microfracture surgery in both knees. The 2004-05 season looked gloomy for the Nets. The 2004–05 NBA season was the 59th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA Their star Kidd was recovering from his own microfracture surgery and the young Richard Jefferson was handed the reins for New Jersey. The team got off to a 2-11 start, and even with Jason Kidd returning from injury, the outlook was bleak. However, the Nets made a major deal by obtaining disgruntled star Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Mourning, who was released by the Raptors (and subsequently rejoined the Miami Heat), Eric Williams, Aaron Williams and draft picks. Vincent Lamar Carter (born on January 26, 1977) known as Vince Carter, is an American professional Basketball player in the The Toronto Raptors are a professional Basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The Miami Heat (often referred to simply as the Heat, including in some official team publications with HEAT in all capital letters are a professional Basketball Mourning himself had become disgruntled, saying the Nets "betrayed" him and that New Jersey's progress to that point was not what he "signed up for". This move made the Nets major players again, as they featured on of the top 1-2-3's in the league with Kidd, Carter, and Jefferson respectively. However, it was short lived, as Jefferson was injured in a game against the Detroit Pistons, and would require season ending surgery. The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area
However, this would not doom the Nets entirely. Teamed with Kidd, a rejuvenated Vince Carter rallied the team from being more than 10 games out of the playoffs to gain the final seed in the Eastern Conference with a win in the last game of the season. However, the Nets could not overcome O'Neal again even with Jefferson back from his injury and were swept by the Heat in the First Round of the 2005 NBA Playoffs. Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal (born March 6 1972 frequently referred to simply as " Shaq " is an African American Professional basketball The 2005 NBA Playoffs were the postseason of the National Basketball Association 's 2004-05 season.
During the offseason of 2005, the Nets actively pursued a starting-quality power forward through free agency. They had drafted Antoine Wright, a 6' 7" swingman because all the talented power forwards were taken in the draft, and still needed to fill the void left by Kenyon Martin. Antoine Domonick Wright (born February 6 1984 in West Covina, California) is an American professional Basketball player
Eventually settling on Shareef Abdur-Rahim, they actively courted him and gained his approval even though they could only offer him the mid-level exception. Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born December 11 1976 in Marietta Georgia) is a retired American professional basketball player In order to get him a larger, more lucrative contract, the Nets pursued a sign-and-trade with Portland. There, negotiations hit a snag because Portland demanded a first-round draft pick, which the Nets adamantly refused to part with. Eventually, the Nets agreed to give Portland a protected first-round pick and their trade exception acquired from the Kerry Kittles trade. This allowed the Nets to keep their mid-level exception for signing other players. However, Thorn decided to void the Abdur-Rahim trade when he failed his physical examination because of a pre-existing knee injury. Abdur-Rahim would vehemently deny any injury and said he felt like "damaged goods". He would need surgery at the end of the '07 season. To fill Abdur-Rahim's slot on the roster, the Nets acquired Marc Jackson from the Sixers. Marc Anthony Jackson (born January 16 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player
They used part of the remaining mid-level exception to re-sign Clifford Robinson for two years in response to Brian Scalabrine's departure. Clifford Ralph Robinson (referred to as Clifford (or Cliff) Robinson) (born December 16 1966, in Buffalo New York) is Brian David Scalabrine (born March 18 1978 in Long Beach, California) is an American professional Basketball player currently A back-up to Kidd was also sought and they actively courted free agents such as Keyon Dooling before turning their attention to talented, but aggravating (at times) Jeff McInnis, whom they eventually signed and was a non-factor in the Nets Season due to injury and eventually was traded. Keyon Latwae Dooling (born May 8, 1980 in Fort Lauderdale Florida) is an American professional Basketball player who currently Jeffrey McInnis (born October 22 1974 in Charlotte North Carolina) is an American NBA Basketball player
The Nets started the 2005-06 season slowly, struggling to a 9-12 record in their first 21 games. The 2005–06 NBA season was the 60th season of the National Basketball Association. However, behind strong play by Carter, Kidd & Jefferson the team won their next 10 games (their final 8 games in December and first two games in January) to surge to top of the division. After the winning streak, the Nets returned to their earlier mediocre play (winning only 13 of their next 29 games), but starting on March 12 the Nets won their next 14 games in a row - the longest winning streak in the NBA this season and matching the franchise record set in 2004. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving The streak ended on April 8, 2006 when the Nets loss to the Cavaliers 108-102 at home. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. They set a team record with 20 road victories this season.
The Nets finished the 2005-06 regular season with a 49-33 record. They clinched their 4th Atlantic Division championship in the last five seasons and the 3rd seed the Eastern Conference playoffs, playing the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2006 NBA Playoffs. The 2006 NBA Playoffs was the postseason of the National Basketball Association 's 2005-06 season. It seemed they had returned to their elite status of a few years back. They defeated the Pacers and advanced to the second round where they played the Heat, in a rematch of 2005's first round Eastern Conference loss. On May 16, 2006, the Nets lost the best-of-seven series 4-1 to the Heat. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Nets fans were left to wonder what might have been as Cliff Robinson, one of the team's key defenders against Shaq, was suspended following Game 1 of that series for failing a drug test.
Highlights of the season include the naming of Vince Carter to the All-Star Team in 2006. The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. Originally named as a reserve, an injury to Jermaine O'Neal elevated Carter to a starting position. Jermaine Lee O'Neal (born October 13 1978, in Columbia South Carolina) is an American professional Basketball player who plays Kidd, meanwhile, was named to the NBA All-Defensive team at the end of the season.
The 2006-07 NBA season fared poorly for the Nets but finished on a bright note, as they suffered a barrage of injuries starting in the preseason to mid December. Many experts predicted they would win the Atlantic easily (Charles Barkley went as far as to say the Nets would win the Eastern Conference), but the season did not turn out as hoped. Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20 1963 is an American retired professional Basketball player The Nets finished the regular season at . 500 (41-41) and lost the Atlantic Division title to the surprising Toronto Raptors. The Toronto Raptors are a professional Basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. The early-season loss of Nenad Krstić to a freak Knee injury and the two-month absence of Richard Jefferson caused by an ankle injury caused the Nets to stumble mid-season. Nenad Krstić (pronounced NE-nad KURS-titch) ( Ненад Крстић) (born July 25 1983 in Kraljevo, SR Serbia, The anterior cruciate ligament (or ACL) is one of the four major Ligaments of the Knee. Richard Allen Jefferson (born June 21 1980 is a 6 ft 7 in (201 m American professional Basketball player However, Jefferson went back into action on March 9 against Houston and helped the Nets regain a winning momentum, allowing them to win 10 of their last 13 games. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Among the highlights of the regular season were the naming of Kidd and Carter to the '07 East All-Star team and Kidd's selection to the 2007 All-Defensive 2nd Team. New Jersey finished with the 6th seed in the East and faced the 3rd seeded Toronto Raptors, feeding their newly developed rivalry. The Nets beat the Raptors in six games thanks in part to the fourth quarter heroics of Richard Jefferson on both ends of the floor lifting them to a one-point victory. Their playoff run ended, however, in the following round as they fell to the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers 4-2 in the best-of-seven series. LeBron Raymone James (born December 30 1984 in Akron Ohio) is an American professional Basketball player who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional Basketball team based in Cleveland Ohio. Since their runs at the NBA title, New Jersey has been eliminated by three of the last four Eastern Conference champs, two of whom went on to win the title. In the 2007 NBA Draft, the Nets used the 17th pick to pick "troubled" Boston College player Sean Williams. The 2007 NBA Draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City and For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Sean Williams (born September 13 1986, in Houston Texas) is an American Basketball player for the NBA 's They then lost Mikki Moore to the Sacramento Kings, but gained Jamal Magloire from the Portland Trailblazers. Clinton Renard "Mikki" (pronounced "MY-key" (born November 4, 1975 in Orangeburg South Carolina) is an American professional The Sacramento Kings are a professional Basketball team based in Sacramento California. Jamaal Dane Magloire (born May 21 1978) is a Canadian professional Basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, is an American professional Basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.
For the 2007-2008 season, many were excited for the upcoming season, but resulted in what many Nets fans said as the most disappointing season of the decade. Early Injuries to Vince Carter and Nenad Kristic disrupted the Nets season from the get-go. With little bright notes, the season was a complete mess. A 9 game losing streak for the Nets, the Jason Kidd "headache", trading their franchise player, and not making it to the post season for the 1st time in 7 years. However their were a few bright notes, like young guys Josh Boone and Sean Williams becoming major contributors & Marcus Williams showing progress. Richard Jefferson ranked in top 10 scoring leaders of the season, at #9. And Vince Carter emerged as the leader of the Nets and was 1 of only 3 players (Kobe Bryant and Lebron James the other 2) to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists a game. The popular assumption is that with a off-season together this will be back in the post season, but team president Rod Thorn has already promised changes would be made, & Coach Lawrence Frank vowed that as long as he's at the helm "A season like this will never happen again". Rodney King "Rod" Thorn (born May 23, 1941, in Princeton West Virginia) is the president and general manager of the NBA 's New Lawrence Frank (born August 23 1970, in New York City) is an American Basketball coach
Planned relocation to New York City
In 2004, after failing to secure a deal for a new arena in Newark, New Jersey, YankeeNets sold the franchise to a group headed by real estate developer Bruce Ratner for $300 million, beating out a group lead by Charles Kushner and Jon Corzine. Newark is the largest city in New Jersey, United States and the County seat of Essex County. Yankee Global Enterprises LLC (Yankee Global was formed in 1999 and is the owner of the New York Yankees Baseball club and the YES Network cable channel Bruce Ratner (born January 23 1945 in Cleveland Ohio) is president and CEO of Forest City Ratner the New York division of Forest City Enterprises, which is Charles Kushner is a New Jersey Real estate magnate and a major donor to Democratic politicians most notably to Governor of New Jersey Jon Stevens Corzine (born January 1 1947 is the Governor of New Jersey and a former United States Senator While Kushner and Corzine wanted to keep the Nets in New Jersey, Ratner planned to move the team back to New York. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous In 2005 the Nets announced plans to locating the team in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Prospect Heights is a Neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. One of the members of the ownership group is rap mogul and Brooklyn native Jay-Z. Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella The team would be renamed either Brooklyn Nets (current working title) or have a new name attached to its Brooklyn location.
The Barclays Center is the center of an extensive redevelopment project called the Atlantic Yards being built by Ratner's real estate development company. The Barclays Center is a proposed sports Arena to be built partly on a platform over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority -owned Atlantic Yards at The Atlantic Yards is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project of 16 high-rise buildings currently proposed in the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and The site of the arena is nearby to the site that Walter O'Malley wanted to use for a new stadium for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the early 1950s. Walter Francis O'Malley (October 9 1903 &ndash August 9 1979 was an American The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA The plan was rejected and resulted in the team's relocation to Los Angeles in 1958. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Nets would be the first major professional sports team to play their games in Brooklyn since the departure of the Dodgers. The arena is in the final planning stages. The Nets originally planned to move across the Hudson River for the beginning of the 2009-10 season. The Hudson River, called Muh-he-kun-ne-tuk, the Great Mohegan by the Iroquois, or as the Lenape Native Americans called it in Unami However, on January 3, 2008 the team announced that it would not start to play at the Barclays Center until 2010 at the earliest. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two. [3] It is unknown whether the team will move during the middle of the 2009-10 season or wait for the beginning of the next season (2010-11). In September 2006, the team and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority announced an extension of their lease to keep the team in the Meadowlands until 2013, with a provision to leave as early as 2009 if the Brooklyn arena is completed. [4]
In December 2006, the Atlantic Yards was approved, but still is subject to lawsuits before construction.
In the event the Brooklyn arena project is rejected, the Star-Ledger article stated that Nets management has indicated that staying in the Meadowlands is their top alternative to the Brooklyn arena. However, the New Jersey Devils have an open invitation for the Nets to move to their arena, the Prudential Center, which opened in Newark for the start of the 2007-08 hockey season. This article is about the sports arena in Newark New Jersey For the Boston Massachusetts complex see Prudential Tower. New Jersey state officials have called to close the Izod Center now that the Prudential Center is open, but with the Nets' extension, that is unlikely.
If the Nets ultimately do not move to Brooklyn, it is unknown if Ratner would continue to own the team in New Jersey or put it up for sale, since the arena project was the main reason he bought the team. Alternative possibilities discussed in the past include the Nets playing their home games at Madison Square Garden or returning to Long Island to share a new or refurbished arena with the New York Islanders. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City. The New York Islanders are a professional Ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York.
Season-by-season records
Radio and television
The television home of the Nets is currently the YES Network, which the Nets joined after the merger of the operations of the Yankees and Nets (under the corporation banner YankeeNets). This is a list of seasons completed by the New Jersey Nets professional Basketball franchise. The Yankees Entertainment and Sports (YES Network is a New York City regional Cable TV channel dedicated to broadcasting Baseball games of the The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. Yankee Global Enterprises LLC (Yankee Global was formed in 1999 and is the owner of the New York Yankees Baseball club and the YES Network cable channel The Nets have stayed on YES despite the dissolution of YankeeNets and Bruce Ratner's purchase of the team. Prior to that the Nets' TV home was Fox Sports Net New York and SportsChannel New York. MSG Plus ( MSG+) is a Regional sports network in the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York MSG Plus ( MSG+) is a Regional sports network in the New York City metropolitan area, whose reach expands to cover the entire state of New York
The team's local broadcast partner is WWOR, and games have aired on WLNY in the past as well. WWOR-TV, channel 9 is a MyNetworkTV -affiliated television station licensed to Secaucus New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area WLNY-DT is a full-service independent television station, licensed to Riverhead New York, with studios in Melville.
The current radio home of the Nets is WFAN, who took over the radio rights to the Nets after losing their basketball contract with the Knicks (who moved to WEPN). WFAN (660 AM) also known as "Sports Radio 66" or "The FAN", is a Radio station in New York City. WEPN (1050 kHz branded as 1050 ESPN New York, is a 24-hour Sports radio station in New York City featuring national and local sports talk programs Prior to that, Nets games aired on WNEW-AM, WQEW, and WOR. WBBR is a Radio station, broadcasting at 1130 AM in New York City. WQEW (1560 kHz is a Radio Disney affiliate licensed to New York City. WOR is a class A (nighttime Clear channel) AM radio station located in New York New York, U
Marv Albert and Ian Eagle share television duties for the Nets (Albert calls a majority of the games; Eagle subs when Albert is not available due to other commitments). Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American television and radio Sportscaster, honored for his work Ian Eagle (ˈaɪən born February 9, 1969) is an American Sports announcer calling National Football League (NFL games on CBS, Chris Carrino is the radio voice for the Nets. Chris Carrino is the current radio play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets. Mark Jackson is the YES color analyst, with Tim Capstraw providing analysis on the radio. Mark A Jackson (born April 1 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American professional Basketball player who played Tim Capstraw (Born 1961 is a Color commentator for the New Jersey Nets and NBA TV.
Other broadcasters who have worked for the Nets include Howard David, Bob Papa, Bill Raftery, Kelly Tripucka, Albert King, and Mike O'Koren. Howard David is a veteran American sportscaster Biography Over the years David has been the radio Play-by-play man for several pro sports teams including Bob Papa (born September 19 1964) is an American Sportscaster. Bill Raftery (born April 19, 1943) is an American Basketball analyst and former college basketball coach Peter Kelly Tripucka (born February 16, 1959 in Glen Ridge New Jersey) was a National Basketball Association player for the Detroit Pistons Albert King ( April 25 1923 &ndash December 21 1992) was an American Blues Guitarist and Singer Mike O'Koren (born February 7 1958, in Jersey City New Jersey) is a retired American professional Basketball player and associate
Home arenas
- Teaneck Armory (1967-1968)
- Long Island Arena (1968-1969)
- Island Garden (1969-1971)
- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1971-1977)
- Rutgers Athletic Center (1977-1981)
- Continental Airlines Arena/Izod Center (1981-Present)
Players
Basketball Hall of Fame players
- Nate Archibald - played one season with Nets, 1976-77, the last season on Long Island
- Rick Barry - played for the Nets only while the team was a member of the ABA
- Julius Erving - played for the Nets only while the team was a member of the ABA
- Drazen Petrovic - played 3 seasons for the Nets, died in a car accident after Nets were eliminated from 1993 NBA Playoffs
Retired numbers
- 3 - Dražen Petrović, G, 1990-93
- 4 - Wendell Ladner, F, 1974-75
- 23 - John Williamson, G, 1973-80
- 25 - Bill Melchionni, G, 1969-76
- 32 - Julius Erving, F, 1973-76
- 52 - Buck Williams, F, 1981-89
List of National Basketball Association Retired Numbers
Individual Awards
- Buck Williams (1982-1983) - 3rd Team
- Derrick Coleman (1993-1994) - 3rd Team
- Stephon Marbury (1999-2000) - 3rd Team
- Jason Kidd (2001-2002) - 1st Team
- Jason Kidd (2002-2003) - 2nd Team
- Jason Kidd (2003-2004) - 1st Team
- Buck Williams (1987-1988) - 2nd Team
- Jason Kidd (2001-2002),(2005-2006) - 1st Team
- Jason Kidd (2002-2003), (2003-2004), (2004-2005), (2006-2007) - 2nd Team
- Buck Williams (1981-1982)
- Chris Morris (1988-1989) - 2nd Team
- Derrick Coleman (1990-1991) - 1st Team
- Kerry Kittles (1996-1997) - 2nd Team
- Keith Van Horn (1997-1998) - 1st Team
- Kenyon Martin (2000-2001) - 1st Team
- Richard Jefferson (2001-2002) - 2nd Team
- Nenad Krstic (2004-2005) - 2nd Team
- Marcus Williams (2006-2007) - 2nd Team
Current roster
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- Max Zaslofsky 1967-68 to 1968-69
- York Larese 1969-70
- Lou Carnesecca 1970-71 to 1972-73
- Kevin Loughery 1973-74 to 1980-81
- Bob MacKinnon 1980-81
- Larry Brown 1981-82 to 1982-83
- Bill Blair 1982-83
- Stan Albeck 1983-84 to 1984-85
- Dave Wohl 1985-86 to 1987-88
- Bob MacKinnon 1987-88
- Willis Reed 1987-88 to 1988-89
- Bill Fitch 1989-90 to 1991-92
- Chuck Daly 1992-93 to 1993-94
- Butch Beard 1994-95 to 1995-96
- John Calipari 1996-97 to 1998-99
- Don Casey 1998-1999 to 1999-2000
- Byron Scott 2000-01 to 2003-04
- Lawrence Frank 2003-04 to present
High points
Individual awards
- Buck Williams - 1982
- Derrick Coleman - 1991
- Rod Thorn - 2002
- Jason Kidd - 2002, 2004
- Buck Williams - 1983
- Jason Kidd - 2003
- Drazen Petrovic - 1993
- Derrick Coleman - 1993, 1994
- Stephon Marbury - 2000
- Jason Kidd - 2002, 2006
- Buck Williams - 1988
- Jason Kidd - 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
- Bernard King - 1978
- Buck Williams - 1982
- Derrick Coleman 1991
- Keith Van Horn - 1998
- Kenyon Martin - 2001
- Chris Morris - 1989
- Kerry Kittles - 1997
- Richard Jefferson - 2002
- Nenad Krstic - 2004
- Marcus Williams - 2007
References
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External links
- New Jersey Nets Official Website
- "Going Hard" by M Bars
- Location, Location, Location – the naming rights bar is raised again thanks to the Big Apple Nets Naming Rights Deal
- New Nets Stadium To Be Funded By Former Slave-Trade Bank
- New Jersey Nets Trade History
- New Jersey Nets fan site
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