Global InformationBrooklyn Nets information
| Brooklyn Nets | ||||
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 2023–24 Brooklyn Nets season | ||||
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| Conference | Eastern | |||
| Division | Atlantic | |||
| Founded | 1967 | |||
| History | New Jersey Americans 1967–1968 (ABA) New York Nets 1968–1976 (ABA) 1976–1977 (NBA) New Jersey Nets 1977–2012 Brooklyn Nets 2012–present[1][2] | |||
| Arena | Barclays Center | |||
| Location | Brooklyn, New York | |||
| Team colors | Black, white[3][4][5] | |||
| Main sponsor | Webull[6] | |||
| CEO | Sam Zussman[7][8] | |||
| General manager | Sean Marks | |||
| Head coach | Kevin Ollie (interim) | |||
| Ownership | Joseph Tsai[9][10] | |||
| Affiliation(s) | Long Island Nets | |||
| Championships | 2 ABA: 2 (1974, 1976) NBA: 0 | |||
| Conference titles | 2 (2002, 2003) | |||
| Division titles | 5 ABA: 1 (1974) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) | |||
| Retired numbers | 6 (3, 5, 23, 25, 32, 52) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other is the New York Knicks. The club was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before relocating to Long Island, New York, in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers, and Denver Nuggets), all of whom remain in the league to this day.
In 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012. Led by star point guard Jason Kidd, the Nets reached the NBA Finals in two consecutive NBA seasons (2001–02 and 2002–03), but failed to win a championship.[11] In the summer of 2012, the team moved to Barclays Center in Brooklyn,[12] becoming the first major sports franchise in the borough since the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team in 1957.[13] Since moving to Brooklyn, the Nets have qualified for the playoffs on eight occasions, including trips to the Conference Semifinals in 2014 and 2021.
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- ^ "NBA.com/Stats–Brooklyn Nets seasons". Stats.NBA.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ^ "Brooklyn Nets Unveil Black & White Team Colors and Logos". BrooklynNets.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. April 30, 2012. Archived from the original on May 13, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
- ^ "Nets Logo History". BrooklynNets.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on December 11, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "Brooklyn Nets Reproduction and Usage Guideline Sheet". NBA Properties, Inc. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ "Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty form Global Multi-year Partnership with Webull". BrooklynNets.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. September 27, 2021. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
- ^ "Sam Zussman". BrooklynNets.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ "Sports and Entertainment Industry Veteran Sam Zussman Named Chief Executive Officer of BSE Global". BrooklynNets.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. June 9, 2022. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ "Mikhail Prokhorov to Sell Full Ownership of Barclays Center and Controlling Interest in the Brooklyn Nets to Joe Tsai". BrooklynNets.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. August 16, 2019. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ^ "Joe Tsai Completes Acquisition of Full Ownership of Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center". BrooklynNets.com (Press release). NBA Media Ventures, LLC. September 18, 2019. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ Shoals, Bethlehem (March 19, 2020). "Jason Kidd | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
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