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The Garden State basketball team started their existence in the American Basketball Association (ABA) playing in a converted armory in Teaneck, New Jersey. They were known then as the Americans and on October 23, 1967 they played their first game against the Pittsburgh Pipers. One year later, the team's location moved to New Yorkís Long Island. Along with the move, their name was changed to the Nets to rhyme with the New York area sports teams, the baseball Mets and the football Jets.
The team currently plays in the Continental Airlines Arena in the Meadowlands in New Jersey; however they are in the final stages of planning and if approved, the team will make the move back across the river to Brooklyn for the 2008-2009 season, with help of part owner, Jay-Z.
