New Jersey Nets

American basketball team

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The Brooklyn Nets, formerly the New Jersey Nets, are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Founded in 1967 as the New Jersey Americans, the team played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and won championships in 1974 and 1976. The ABA introduced innovations like the three-point shot and a distinctive red, white, and blue ball.12

The Nets joined the NBA in 1976 after the leagues merged. The team relocated to Brooklyn in 2012, establishing their home at the Barclays Center. Notable players who have been part of the franchise include Julius Erving, Jason Kidd, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant.1

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John Calipari
NBA
…of basketball operations for the New Jersey Nets in 1996. He had a rough first season as the team went 26–56. However, in 1997–98 he led the team to a winning record, 43–39, and a playoff berth, though the team lost in the first round. In his third season the…
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…of basketball operations for the New Jersey Nets in 1996. He had a rough first season as the team went 26–56. However, in 1997–98 he led the team to a winning record, 43–39, and a playoff berth, though the team lost in the first round. In his third season the…
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Jason Kidd
Collegiate and NBA playing career
…Suns dealt him to the New Jersey Nets. Kidd helped engineer one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the league’s history, taking the long-moribund Nets to consecutive NBA finals in his first two seasons with the team (losses to the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in 2002 and…
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…Suns dealt him to the New Jersey Nets. Kidd helped engineer one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the league’s history, taking the long-moribund Nets to consecutive NBA finals in his first two seasons with the team (losses to the Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs in 2002 and…
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Mikhail Prokhorov
…American professional basketball team the New Jersey Nets (which relocated to Brooklyn, New York, in 2012). He turned to politics in 2011, assuming the leadership of the liberal Right Cause party in Russia and announcing his intention to run for parliament. He was thwarted, however, by internecine conflict that resulted…
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…American professional basketball team the New Jersey Nets (which relocated to Brooklyn, New York, in 2012). He turned to politics in 2011, assuming the leadership of the liberal Right Cause party in Russia and announcing his intention to run for parliament. He was thwarted, however, by internecine conflict that resulted…
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