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This is a list of seasons completed by the Brooklyn Nets professional basketball team. The Nets were founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967, a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association (ABA). A year later, the club relocated to Long Island, New York, and were renamed as the New York Nets.
Brooklyn Nets retired numbers [20] No. Player Position Tenure Date 3 Dražen Petrović: G: 1990–1993: November 11, 1993 5 Jason Kidd: G: 2001–2008: October 17, 2013 6 Bill Russell — Retired across NBA: August 11, 2022 23 John Williamson: G: 1973–1980: December 7, 1990 25 Bill Melchionni: G: 1969–1976: September 1976 32 Julius Erving ...
The Brooklyn Nets primary logo from 2012 to 2024, designed by Timothy Morris.. The Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans, followed by a period spent in Long Island as the New York Nets and later returning to play as the New Jersey Nets.
The team financed that payment by selling Erving's contract to the Philadelphia 76ers; [16] and the Nets went from winning the last ABA title in 1975–76 to having the worst record in the NBA in 1976–77. The team then moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and became the New Jersey Nets.
The Nets finished with a record of 49–33, their first winning season since 2005–06, the 2nd best record in the Atlantic Division and the 4th best in the Eastern Conference. When considering the Nets' time in the NBA only, the 49–33 record is also tied for the second best in franchise history at the time, and the 23–18 record on the road ...
The team was moved to the Rutgers Athletic Center in New Jersey; after the 1976–77 NBA season, the team was renamed the New Jersey Nets. Since they joined the NBA, the Nets have won 4 divisional championships, 2 conference championships and appeared in the playoffs 16 times. [1] [2] The Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012, and now play as the ...
The 2009–10 New Jersey Nets season was the 43rd season of the franchise, 34th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the team's final season at the Izod Center . With a loss to the Dallas Mavericks on December 2, 2009 , the Nets became the first team in NBA history to start the season 0–18. [ 1 ]
The Nets finished third in the Atlantic Division with a 40–42 record. [ 9 ] Dražen Petrović led the team in scoring averaging 20.6 points per game, and finished in second place in Most Improved Player voting, [ 10 ] while second-year star Derrick Coleman averaged 19.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and Sam Bowie provided the ...