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Brooklyn Nets

American basketball team
Also known as: New Jersey Americans, New Jersey Nets, New York Nets(Show More)
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Brooklyn Nets, American professional basketball team based in Brooklyn, New York, that plays in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), the Nets won two championships (1974 and 1976). The franchise was founded in 1967 and was known as the New Jersey Americans during its first season. The team began playing its home games on Long Island in the 1968–69 season, which led the...

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