An original member of the
American Basketball Association (ABA), the Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in
Teaneck, New Jersey as the
New Jersey Americans. In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to
Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas as the
New York Nets. It won two
ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four ABA teams to be admitted into the NBA as part of the
ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The team then moved back to
New Jersey in 1977 and became the
New Jersey Nets. During their time in that state, the Nets saw periods of losing and misfortune intermittent with several periods of success, which culminated in two consecutive
NBA Finals appearances in the
2001–02 and
2002–03 seasons.
After 35 seasons in New Jersey, the team returned to the state of New York in 2012 to play in the new
Barclays Center in Brooklyn as the Brooklyn Nets.
Now that they are here in Brooklyn, the expectations are higher than ever, just stay tune to find out what happens next....
