The Brooklyn Nets is a professional basketball player from the United States of America. They also used to play in the American Basketball Association and hold two ABA Championship titles.
Team Profile
The Brooklyn Nets, also known simply as Brooklyn or the Nets, were established in 1967. They play in the National Basketball Association in the Eastern Conference and the Atlantic Division.
Their current home arena is the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Their team colors are Black and White. They are affiliated with the Long Island Nets in the NBA G League.
As of 2024, the team’s Head Coach is Kevin Ollie.
History
They are currently based in Brooklyn, New York, but were previously in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team was founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans and later changed its name to the New York Nets.
In the 1973-74 season, the team signed Julius Erving from the then-Virginia Squares. Along with him, the season was finished by the Nets with 55 victories which was a franchise record. Erving was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the ABA.
| Country |
United States
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| City | Brooklyn, New York |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Ground | Barclays Center |
| Nickname | Nets |
| Coach | Kevin Ollie |
| Website | nba.com/nets |
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The team is owned by Joseph Tsai. The General Manager is Sean Marks while the CEO is Sam Zussman.
With Erving, the Nets moved ahead in the playoffs and in the 1974 ABA Finals defeated the [[Utah Stars] and won their first title. This winning streak continued in the 1974-75 season also and the team won 58 games – this record still exists.
However, in the first round of the 1975 ABA playoffs, the Spirits of St. Louis defeated the Nets by four games to one.
In the 1975-76 season, the Nets continued winning. This season was the last for the ABA in which Erving led the Nets to 55 wins. He was selected as Most Valuable Player for a second time. The Nets won their second championship in three years.
During the early 1990s, the Nets began to improve on a whole new set of young players, as New Jersey drafted Derrick Coleman and Kenny Anderson and acquired Drazen Petrovic in a trade with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Despite a losing record during the 1991-92 season, the Nets qualified for the playoffs, but went down losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round, three games to one.
In the 2007-08 season, the Nets were seeded at 4th position of the Eastern conference. The Nets won only 34 games at the end of the regular season and did not qualify for the playoffs.
In 2012, the Nets moved to Brooklyn, shifting to a simple black and white uniform, and have been regulars in the playoffs since. In the 2020-21 season, they formed the ‘Big Three’ with Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving but failed to reach the NBA Finals.
Notable Players
Nate Archibald, Rick Barry, Julius Erving, and Drazen Petovic are some of the more notable players who have played for the Nets roster at one time or another.
The currently roster includes Mikal Bridges, Ben Simmons, and Dennis Schroder.
Major Achievements
- 2 ABA Championships
- 2 Conference Titles
- 5 Division Titles