Brooklyn Nets

The **Brooklyn Nets** are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the New York City community of Brooklyn. They play their home games in the, Barclays Center.

The team was founded as the **New Jersey Americans** in 1967, and played in the American Basketball Association (ABA). After one season in that state, they moved to Long Island, becoming the **New York Nets**. In 1976, the Nets were one of four ABA teams that joined the NBA, and returned to New Jersey a year later, becoming the **New Jersey Nets**. After their return to New Jersey, they played on the campus of Rutgers University. In 1981, they moved to East Rutherford, closer to New York City.  In 2002 and 2003 they appeared in the NBA Finals lead by point guard Jason Kidd and head coach Byron Scott. In 2010, they moved to Newark, and played there until their new Brooklyn arena was built. Once they moved to Brooklyn, they became the Brooklyn Nets.

## Home arenas

- Teaneck Armory (1967–1968)
- Long Island Arena (1968–1969)
- Island Garden (1969–1971)
- Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1971–1977)
- Louis Brown Athletic Center|Rutgers Athletic Center (1977–1981)
- Izod Center|Brendan T. Byrne Arena/Continental Airlines Arena/Izod Center (1981–2011)
- Prudential Center (2010-2012)
- Barclays Center (2012–present)

### Individual awards

**NBA Rookie of the Year**
- Buck Williams – 1982
- Derrick Coleman – 1991

**NBA Executive of the Year**
- Rod Thorn – 2002

**NBA Sportsmanship Award**
- Patty Mills – 2022

**J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award**
- Wayne Ellington – 2016

**All-NBA First Team**
- Jason Kidd – 2002, 2004

**All-NBA Second Team**
- Buck Williams – 1983
- Jason Kidd – 2003
- Kevin Durant – 2022

**All-NBA Third Team**
- Dražen Petrović – 1993
- Derrick Coleman – 1993, 1994
- Stephon Marbury – 2000
- Kyrie Irving – 2021

**NBA All-Defensive First Team**
- Jason Kidd – 2002, 2006

**NBA All-Defensive Second Team**
- Buck Williams – 1988
- Jason Kidd – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

**NBA All-Rookie Team**
- Bernard King – 1978
- Buck Williams – 1982
- Derrick Coleman 1991
- Keith Van Horn – 1998
- Kenyon Martin – 2001
- Brook Lopez – 2009
- Mason Plumlee – 2014

**NBA All-Rookie Team|NBA Rookie Second Team**
- Chris Morris – 1989
- Kerry Kittles – 1997
- Richard Jefferson – 2002
- Nenad Krstic – 2004
- Marcus Williams – 2007
- MarShon Brooks – 2012
- Bojan Bogdanović – 2015

## Infobox (basketball club)

- **name**: Brooklyn Nets
- **current**: 2023–24 Brooklyn Nets season
- **logo**: Brooklyn Nets newlogo.svg
- **imagesize**: 150px
- **conference**: Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern
- **division**: Atlantic Division (NBA), Atlantic
- **founded**: 1967
- **history**: **New Jersey Americans**
1967–1968 (ABA)
**New York Nets**
1968–1976 (ABA)
1976–1977 (NBA)
**New Jersey Nets**
1977–2012
**Brooklyn Nets**
2012–present
- **arena**: Barclays Center
- **location**: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
- **colors**: Black, white

- **sponsor**: Infor
- **president**: Maureen Hanlon
- **gm**: Sean Marks
- **coach**: Jordi Fernandez
- **owner**: Mikhail Prokhorov (51%)
Joseph Tsai (49%)
- **affiliation**: Long Island Nets
- **league champs**: **2**
**ABA: 2** (1974 ABA Playoffs, 1974, 1976 ABA Playoffs, 1976)
**NBA:** **0**
- **conf champs**: **5**
**ABA:** **3** (1972 ABA Playoffs, 1972, 1974 ABA Playoffs, 1974, 1976 ABA Playoffs, 1976)
**NBA:** **2** (2002 NBA Playoffs, 2002, 2003 NBA Playoffs, 2003)
- **div champs**: **5**
**ABA:** **1** (1973–74 ABA season, 1974)
**NBA:** **4** (2001–02 NBA season, 2002, 2002–03 NBA season, 2003, 2003–04 NBA season, 2004, 2005–06 NBA season, 2006)
- **ret nums**: **7** (Dražen Petrović, 3, Jason Kidd, 5, Bill Russell, 6, John Williamson (basketball, born 1951), 23, Bill Melchionni, 25, Julius Erving, 32, Buck Williams, 52)
- **1 title**: Association
- **1 pattern b**: _brooklynnets_association
- **1 pattern s**: _2018-19_BRK_association
- **2 title**: Icon
- **2 pattern b**: _brooklynnets_icon
- **2 pattern s**: _2018-19_BRK_icon
- **3 title**: Statement
- **3 pattern b**: _2018-19_BRK_statement
- **3 pattern s**: _2018-19_BRK_statement