New Jersey Nets

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New Jersey Nets Information

The Garden State basketball team started 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, played their first game against the Pittsburgh Pipers. One year later, the team relocated to Long Island. Along with the move, their name was changed to the Nets to rhyme with the New York area sports teams- baseball’s Mets and football’s Jets.

The team currently plays at the Continental Airlines Arena in the New Jersey Meadowlands; 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 2011-2012 season, with help of part owner Jay-Z.

For the past three seasons, the Nets have struggled and have been trying to shake things up, getting rid of former leaders Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, and Richard Jefferson. In 2010, they finished with a league worst 12-70 record.

In 2010-11, the Nets doubled their win total from the previous season, but were still not good enough for the post-season at 24-58. This season, their last before returning to New York, the Nets find themselves once again at the bottom of the division. After this season, look for the Nets to get a fresh start.