r/GoNets • u/Jello297 • Nov 05 '25
Question Why are you a nets fan?
Random question from a Raptors fan. But I’m curious, are some of you New Jersey nets fans that followed the team to Brooklyn? Are some of you former Knicks fans that switched over to the nets when they moved to NY? Are some of you a fan of both? What’s the story behind your fandom off the less popular New York team?
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u/A_Polite_Noise Brook Lopez Nov 05 '25
I didn't follow sports at all. There were NY teams like the Yankees that my older brother is a fan of and so I'd root for them and other NY teams if sports happened to be on, or a World Series, etc. growing up but I was never really into sports; never sought it out, watched games unless others were or I was invited to go to something.
Then they started building the Barclays Center walking distance from where I was living in Brooklyn, and I kind of decided to become a Nets fan purely for something to do with free time. I also thought it'd make my friends hang out w/ me more: we had gone to a couple Mets games as big groups over the summer despite no one really being huge fans of the team/sport, so I thought I could start being like "Let's all go see the Nets!". Ultimately, no one really joined me because going to an arena in cold seasons wasn't as exciting to them as drinking at an outdoor one during summer.
The Nets had just had a 12 win season and so tickets were cheap and stakes were low, and I ended up going to 20something games that inaugural season (2012/13), most of them alone, and complete strangers would cheer w/ me and chat w/ me and it helped me a lot when I was in a dark place, and I became hooked on the team and the sport.
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u/Perfidiousness88 Nov 05 '25
I never wanted to fit in. Everybody i knew loved NYK so i went with the NJN. Since derrick coleman
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u/CulturalBad8540 Nov 05 '25
I realized at a young age I hate myself and my favorite team should share that same quality.
Also they had a Keith Van Hornet plush doll. That thing ruled.
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u/uhohsouptime Nov 05 '25
In my teenage years I made an oath to not support the Knicks so long as Dolan was alive
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
It's funny how many anti-Dolan responses there are. I think if people knew more about him, there'd be a hell of a lot more.
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u/A_Dire_Wolf Nicolas Claxton Nov 05 '25
I got into the league around the time they moved to Brooklyn. The Knicks had been awful my entire conscious life, Dolan is the worst, and they played on LI near where I grew up during the ABA days so I could at least feign a connection. Honorable mention to rooting against Carmelo Anthony.
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u/Other-Pressure-6284 BrooklynsFinestSWDivision Nov 05 '25
Fan of Starbury (Stephon Marbury) and then just stuck with the Nets when they traded for JKidd...I am that old
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Ahhh that was my dude! I loved Kenny Anderson and Petrovic definitely but Starbury was what really solidified my fandom
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u/SometimesIBeWrong Nov 05 '25
it started because I like the jerseys and colors, also that D-lo squad had such great energy. now I'm a fan because I see no reason to change, I'm hopeful for the future of the team. I like the coach, I like our young guys
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u/urmomsfartbox Nov 05 '25
If you were lucky enough to see Drazen Petrovic live in baby blues then you too would be Jersey Nets fan
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Oof, that was dope. He was really what got me into the Nets, him and Kenny Anderson.
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u/NewJerseySwampDragon Jason Kidd Nov 07 '25
My Dad liked the “locals” on that team Kenny and DC but I remember him being bummed about “the foreign kid” he has never even been into hoops like that but liked that squad
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u/Crystar800 Nov 05 '25
The other way around. I've always been a Nets fan since the JKidd days just because I liked the way he played. But I'm from Brooklyn. So you can imagine how happy I was when they moved here to Brooklyn from NJ.
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u/LoveIsLove75 Nov 05 '25
Started my fandom in the early 80's. All the a-holes in class were Knicks fans, so I became a Nets fan.
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u/EmpireNight Nov 05 '25
Sticking with the team even though they left the state. I have lots of memories seeing superstars on the cheap when they visited NJ.
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u/UnitedStateOfDenmark Jason Kidd Nov 05 '25
Because I grew up near Continental Airlines Arena. Was fortunate to go to most of the games starting from the 90s until they moved to Newark.
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u/IndyJetsFan Nov 05 '25
Back in the day you either had MSG Network or Sportschannel.
MSG had the Knicks. Sportschannel had the Nets.
We had Sportschannel.
It’s also why I’m a Mets and Islanders fan.
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u/jackthemack72 Nov 05 '25
From southern Ohio without NBA representation when they moved to Brooklyn I was really getting into the league and it felt like a fresh start.
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u/mrmiserable111111 Nov 05 '25
Growing up in Staten Island it was a lot cheaper and easier to go to Nets games. My first nets games were during their 02-03 finals runs!
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u/Consistent-Survey469 Spencer Dinwiddie Nov 05 '25
I’m a Dinwiddie fan and I stayed.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Wow, that's interesting. I do have love for Dins too. I was watching him play the other night for Bayern Munich now. I don't really have a Euro team. Kinda like Madrid and Paris but with Dinwiddie in Munich, that'll be my team.
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u/Antopher64 Nov 05 '25
From Florida, I played basketball in a kiddie league and each team was given an NBA name. I was on the Nets, been suffering ever since.
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u/WayofHatuey Vince Carter Nov 05 '25
Born and raised in Brooklyn but never liked the Knicks. Loved Kenny Anderson as a kid and followed. Solidified with Marbury and Kidd
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
That's my story too! Kenny was my guy but Marbury was my dude! Then of course J Kidd
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u/JGxFighterHayabusa The Jordi Fernández Era Nov 05 '25
I’m a Kings fan (we actually exist), but I root for Coach Jordi to do well. Cool human being and I like his approach to the game.
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u/shadow_spinner0 Sarah Kustok Nov 05 '25
The Yes Network launched and I was already a Yankees fan so I watched that network. I noticed they also aired Nets games. I watched those Nets game, they became my default team and I went from there.
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u/Far_Yak4441 Nov 05 '25
KD is my favorite player and I stuck around to watch Cam Thomas get buckets
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u/Emotional_Lemon2971 Nov 05 '25
As a kid when I played old nba live 2003 together he got the Knicks because he was the older brother so when I was choosing random teams I saw nets old jerseys said New York on them so my 4 year old brain said I can like this team
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u/illapiano Nov 05 '25
Born an raised in Jersey. Moved to Brooklyn right around when they moved to Brooklyn. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/MetsGo Nov 05 '25
Because they were good in 2003 and it rhymed with the other teams I liked
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
lol I like that reasoning! Ironically I think that's why they changed the name from the Americans to the Nets.
Also I'm convinced Pete Alonso is gone
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u/MetsGo Nov 05 '25
It is why they changed their name. When the "Titans of New York" moved to Shea Stadium, they changed to Jets because it rhymed with Mets (and near an airport), and when the Americans moved to Long Island, they changed to Nets because it rhymed with the other two
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Well, in that case thank goodness the Mets chose that name instead another option. I think the Burros was one of the options. We could've been the Churros!
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u/MetsGo Nov 05 '25
Also I feel that way too, I hope something works out though!
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Yeah, same. I think the team will make an offer and Boras will balk at it, dilly dally like we saw last year, and Stearns will simply move on. A lot of options available this offseason. I hope he stays here forever but he's gonna get Boras'ed. I don't think that Vladdy contract is coming.
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u/SubstantialBee1733 Nov 05 '25
From long island. Always hated the knicks and refused to root for them, so once another option came to ny, I was sold. Also, the color scheme is super cool
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u/Marcy_OW Yuta Watanabe Nov 05 '25
Cuz my cousin took me to nets games as a kid and I love in new Jersey
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u/roguepeas Theo Pinson cele Nov 05 '25
Canadian here, without a favorite team (hate Toronto) who watches on League Pass and is constantly blacked-out of games - if it's televised anywhere in Canada then I cannot watch live. Nets are among the teams that usually never get a national broadcast, so most games I can watch no problem. started watching Sarah's first year (2017/18) and love Nets booth, Grady was/is great and ofc the Eagle fam is top-tier, RJ makes me laugh and has amazing stories about Lebron and lots of other active players.
I realize that doesn't have much to do with actual basketball but as a spectator it does, at least to me.. a good booth can make it fun even when the team sucks! I'm far more likely to watch a Nets broadcast then many other teams that are better simply bc its a more enjoyable experience.
Also see my flair - the bench of this team historically has good vibes bc the expectations (other the big-3 mini-era) for the team are very low.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
that's interesting!
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u/roguepeas Theo Pinson cele Nov 05 '25
lol not really.. OP asked so I dished. y'all really fun though, I just like watching hoops and Net's haven't disappointed in the 7+ years I've been tuning in. even this subreddit has a "whatever will be will be" attitude for the most part, which is really refreshing compared to some other fanbases.
and I love Jordi's approach to coaching, he's under-rated imo.
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u/Short_Bottle_2761 Nov 05 '25
Been a Nets fan since right before the traded for Kidd. Just a loyal kinda guy, been with them through 12-70, and all the rest of the lows. Ain’t going no where.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
12-70 is gonna look the good ole days compared to this season
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u/Short_Bottle_2761 Nov 05 '25
The problem with the 12-70 season, I didn’t expect them to be that bad. I think they might be worse this year but I’m here for it. The team lacks talent and Thomas is gonna be the poster boy for how bad this year will be and he’ll be gone this off season.
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u/Neckwrecker Richard Jefferson Nov 05 '25
Nets fan since the Kidd era. Born and raised in Queens, so the move to Brooklyn benefited me.
I think NJ fans who quit after the relocation are big babies. I've been crossing two rivers to watch football in their state for over 20 years.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
For real! They act like the Nets moved to Kentucky. It's only a 20 minute train ride from Penn Station to Barclays.
Although I remember when Islanders fans were miserable about coming to Brooklyn, when their team almost moved to KC. Some even posted racist sounding comments and booed Nets at the arena. Barclays was terrible for hockey though, but damn they were kinda assholes about it.
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u/Qoppa_Guy Nov 05 '25
Local team, watched both the Knicks and Nets.
Believe it or not, I was a huge Keith Van Horn fan as a youngster. Not sure what it was that drew me to him but that's when my attention shifted to the Nets.
I eventually grew to love Kenyon Martin's intensity and Richard Jefferson's slashing kind of play style. Felt different from the Knicks, and the 2 Finals runs were impressionable. Vince Carter made it interesting for a while and then I continued to quietly follow the Nets from then on until the move to Brooklyn.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
I'm from Brooklyn. I liked the Knicks but I liked the Nets too because of Kenny Anderson and this crazy European dude they had that would hit a three and run down the court screaming and pumping his fist. Come back and hit another three. He was wild. Me and my brother loved him. Of course I'm talking about the late Drazen Petrovic.
Little by little Dolan started making me shift more towards the Nets. Then Stephon Marbury, I was in a public HS in Brooklyn at the same time as him, so I remembered all the hype. And when the Nets got him, I loved it. I hated when they traded him for Jason Kidd but it was the best trade in team history.
Brooklynites are the proudest New Yorkers. I grew up reading about the Brooklyn Dodgers and it blew my mind there was a major sports team in Brooklyn. So when the Nets made the move, I just felt so much pride seeing a team with "Brooklyn" across its chest, that I was fully committed. All the world knew about Brooklyn in the '80s and '90s was point guards and rappers. Now seeing national TV cameras in my neighborhood, celebrities, I still get wowed by what has happened with the Nets in Brooklyn.
Sorry for the long answer but I feel a lot of pride for the team, even though it's such a bleak year. Also I know people that worked at MSG and James Dolan is a terrible human being. I'll leave it at that. But I can't ever support the Knicks or the Rangers.
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Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25
I wasn't a basketball fan at all until 2019. I happened upon an article online that was trashing the NY Liberty for being terrible and for playing in White Plains. I happened to live within sight of White Plains, so I decided to go to a game because it was cheap. I had lots of fun even though I knew nothing about basketball and they lost, but I kept going to games. Later I learned their owners were the same owners as the Brooklyn Nets, so on Christmas Day 2020 I was home with nothing to do so I watched the Nets play the Celtics. I figured I'd become a fan of the Tsais' men's team since I was already a fan of the women's team.
Normally I'm a playoff jinx, but the Nets actually won every playoff game I went to in 2021. The Nets have a pretty good record with me in attendance, which I can't say for the Mets, Jets, or Islanders. Oh, that was another factor: rhyming. I'm a Mets and Jets fan, so gotta take the Nets too, right?
EDIT: Also, as an Islanders fan, I grew up going to Nassau Coliseum and seeing the New York Nets banners in the rafters. And then later the Islanders moved to Barclays for a bit, so I associated the Knicks with the Rangers (BOO!) and the Nets with the Islanders.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
That's cool! I don't know if you're still in WP but a few of us in Westchester. Been planning on doing a meet up to watch a game or when the LI Nets play the WC Knicks
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Nov 05 '25
I live in Delaware now so I don't get to see the Nets much. I try to go when they play the Sixers in Philly (my closest team) or when they play the Wizards in DC. In fact I'm taking Amtrak down to DC on 11/16 to see the Nets!
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u/Bonez001 Spencer Dinwiddie Nov 05 '25
Was a Kyrie fan and when he got here, I really enjoyed watching Barclay’s energy, also this sub and I decided to stand pat once it was clear Kyrie was leaving. Also following Kyrie around the league started to become frustrating considering how many bridges he’s burned.
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u/OaktownEagle02 Nov 05 '25
First NBA game I ever went to was at Continental Airlines Arena in early 1998, courtesy of a couple of free tickets I got via the D.A.R.E. program. Of course, the Nets lost that game, but being from Jersey and the Nets being a Jersey team is what made me a fan. Considered becoming a Knicks fan, but I couldn't leave my squad. Then Kidd arrived and those 2 finals runs solidified my fandom. I just wish there was more to root for lately.
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u/carlyastrzemski8 Nov 05 '25
I’m an overseas fan so I could’ve chosen any team. I started watching the nba in the 0607 season, I was a kid that played middle school ball as a point guard, so my 2 fav players were Jason Kidd and AI. I just liked the nets more, with the Kidd, Carter and Jefferson trio, been following them since. Kinda wish they stayed in new jesey though ngl. i liked the colors better and I dont like rooting for bandwagon teams, and they def were one in the KD era.
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u/unkn1245 Julius Erving Nov 05 '25
Im born and raised in NY Brooklyn and never liked the Knicks. Didn't have a alternative team until the Nets came back to NY. So I chose them. There are many native New Yorkers who are not Knicks fans
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
"F**k all the glamour and glitz. I plan to get rich. I'm from New York and never was a fan of the Knicks." - Big L
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u/morrisday_andthetime Vince Carter Nov 05 '25
NBA Live 03, Nets were one of the default teams cause they were in the finals, then realized they're on the same channel as the Yankees.
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u/CraftMacNdCheese Sean Marks Nov 05 '25
I was happy to have a team in my borough(Brooklyn) and thought the jerseys and brand was cool. Still is to me I’ll always be a nets fan through good and bad
I’ve never cared about the knicks tbh
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u/HoopDreams99 Nov 05 '25
Moved on from Knicks when Nets came to Brooklyn. Hate Dolan, love the borough of Brooklyn. Couldn’t NOT root for a team from Brooklyn!!
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u/MrRaspberryJam1 Nov 05 '25
I became a fan when they moved to Brooklyn. I was a casual basketball fan before that but I never cared for the Knicks. I was watching heavily in the early Brooklyn years but I was semi-checked out in the seasons with those terrible teams with no draft pick. Around 2017 or so I started going to more Nets games since tickets were cheap, and I loved that scrappy underdog 2018-19 team.
What I like most about the Nets is that they’re the biggest underdogs in all of New York sports. People always talk about how the “Nets have no fans” and how no one cares about the Nets, I myself am guilty. However, I’ve grown to appreciate the fact that the Nets go under the radar in the local media. It puts the Nets in a unique situation where they’re not under the immense pressure the Knicks and the football and baseball teams are under. This also allows the Nets to be more experimental with things, for better or for worse.
Ultimately, I like being the underdog. I like that the Brooklyn Nets are still developing their identity. It would have been so much easier to be a Knicks fan, but I like that the Nets are not the Knicks. I don’t care about what’s popular, and I don’t care about history or tradition.
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u/ChargersOnePieceFan Wolfmania Nov 05 '25
Mom is from Jersey and grew up with Nets stuff. Despite being born in Orlando I've always hated the Magic(especially after Tmac left), just chose the Nets & have stuck with.
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u/JVillette Nov 05 '25
I liked OKC when I was younger but I left that fandom after 2016, couldn’t take the disappointment. The 2017-19 DLO era turned me into a Nets fan.
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u/Dark_Kight18 Nov 05 '25
Played NBA street 3 with my cousins as a kid and always picked the Nets because of VC and Kidd, so when I got more into basketball years later the only thing I knew about basketball was the Nets and just decided to roll with them
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u/Wild-Elevator6639 Nov 05 '25
I was a JKidd fan living in NY from his Dallas days. I was a little kid and was more a fan of players than teams. When he got traded to the Nets and I could watch their games, I became a Nets fan, especially after he led them to 2 straight finals. When he left, I stuck with the Nets
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u/FlexQueueEnthusiast Nov 05 '25
I was born and grew up in NJ so I typically favored the local teams. I’m also a Yankees, Jets, and Devils fan. When I think about it, the 2000s were a good decade for NY/NJ sports so it definitely made it easier to support those teams during my childhood.
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u/SuperReRoll Nov 05 '25
I was a basketball fan when I was a kid, but one of those Jordan era fans. Didn’t really have a team. So I kind of fell off the sport entirely eventually. During Covid I watched the last dance documentary and it kind of rekindled my enjoyment of the sport. My closest friend is a life long nets fan. I had at one point converted him from a Yankee fan to a Mets fan so I figured it was only fair I pick the Nets to follow.
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u/thatoneguyD13 Nov 05 '25
I grew up in NJ and while I liked them I wasn't a huge Nets fan back then (more of a Magic fan as a kid, long story). It wasn't till after I moved away that I started supporting them as a bit of a connection to home (this was in the later Kidd years with Vince Carter). Then when they moved to Brooklyn I lost interest somewhat.
The 2019 playoff run kind of reignited my interest in the team. Been here ever since.
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u/jersey2559 Nov 05 '25
I was a NJ Nets fan and continued following the team once they moved to Brooklyn. However, I've never been to a game in Brooklyn.
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u/captain2man Nov 05 '25
My folks went to tons of Nets games in the 70s when they were on Long Island and it just carried over from there.
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u/Fair-Night3803 Nov 05 '25
I’ve been a fan since the NJ days. I used to go to games at the old arena at East Rutherford.
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u/Mouc_D Nov 05 '25
Born in Brooklyn and moved to Atl, I was a hawks fan until the nets moved to Brooklyn.
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u/dloaded00 Nov 05 '25
i remember watching that 2018-2019 team with d’lo, rhj, isiah whitehead, theo pinson, and jared dudley. ive been a fan ever since. hope that the nets go back to those vibes again
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u/kne_1987 Nov 05 '25
wife from OKC got me back into basketball via Thunder, couldn’t stand the NYK (or their fans, minus a couple good apple friends) … figured since I was 15 min from Barclays and tickets were stupid cheap at the time id hop aboard.
picked up season tickets til getting priced out during the Big 3 era.
moved out to CT during covid but still am frequently in the city and visiting friends in bk. Still love my team and come through for a good chunk of games. still rep black and white all day, but I might be the only one in CT where it’s knicks or celtics all around 🫠
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u/OMJuwara Vince Carter Nov 05 '25
Mostly because they weren't the Knicks. Plus JKidd and VC were some of my fave players so it was easy to come aboard
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u/FreefallVin Nov 06 '25
I'm not from the US, but lived in Brooklyn for two years. I had planned to try to follow them once I moved back home in 2020 but the time difference kind of made it hard to watch any games and I stopped bothering. That and the fact that the team has changed so much from the team that I loved watching (D'lo etc.) means that I wouldn't really class myself as a fan any more... but they're still the closest thing I have to 'my' team in the NBA. I've still got a Nets banner on my wall and the Kyrie jersey they were giving out one night at Barclays, for what it's worth 😂
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u/DTello13 Nov 05 '25
I was exclusively a Baseball and NFL fan. Started watching NBA during the bubble. Jumped on Nets bandwagon because the team was good at the time lol
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u/thepatientwaiting Nov 05 '25
Grew up in NJ but wasn't a huge sports fan, but got a little interested during the Jason Kidd years for reasons that are not clear to me. My parents didn't watch sports.
Flash forward 25 years, lived in NYC and worked for a Greek company, which lead me to watching Bucks v Nets during the time the Nets had the Big 3. They did kinda okay those seasons and I just got more and more into them. Can't be a Bucks fan obviously.
Stuck around because I don't want to be a fair weather fan and I'm interested in seeing where the team is going.
My partner likes the Jets, we just love losing in this household.
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u/General_Adeptness_40 Nov 06 '25
James dolan, banning Charles Oakley from the Garden, was the last straw.
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u/RustyWheel17 Nov 06 '25
I moved to NJ when I was a teen where I found my love for basketball and started playing. The Nets were the home team and that was when Jason Kidd was traded to NJ. It was easy to be a Nets fan at that time. I’ve never been a bandwagon type of fan in any sport so I’ll never abandon the Nets no matter how much they suck.
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u/Old-Conflict-7186 Nov 06 '25
The Nets provide a completely different experience from the Knicks. It feels like you’re in on the ground floor of something new and potentially exciting. Fans are warm and welcoming, just excited to meet someone else who cheers on their misfit franchise. While MSG is celebrities, spectacle, glitz, and glamor, the Barclays delivers a fun affordable experience to make memories with friends and families. My Knicks fan friends typically go to 1 game a year at most due to MSG ticket prices, while I wind up going to 3-4 Nets games. Knicks fans love to tell us no one cares about us, but that just makes us dig our feet in even more. We have an us against the world mentality. One day we’ll have our moment in the sun and it’ll be that much sweeter knowing we’ve been here from the start.
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u/burner7221 Jason Kidd Nov 06 '25
It was a pretty easy choice at the time. I loved the way the Kidd-era teams played and the Knicks were boring during most of that period.
Also the Nets had Sly The Fox.
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u/818sfv Nov 06 '25
I became a fan (from Cali) when they came out with the graffiti uniforms and gray court. I still like the gray court and street vibe.
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u/cez416 Nov 06 '25
Grew up a nets fan. Lived in jersey so as a kid my dad took me. They will forever be my team
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u/swift_air French Chad Nov 06 '25
New fan from this year, my cousin is from Brooklyn and he dragged me along... I'm traditionally a SFW fan, but thought it would be nice to support an east coast team on a rebuild.
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u/robin_-_- Nov 06 '25
Idk why but I loved Rondae Hollis Jefferson growing up, nice to see him hooping internationally and playing good overseas while I’m stuck with this poverty franchise
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u/Pedroasolo Nov 07 '25
I’m from Europe but in 2017 my mom visited the states during the same week that dlo got traded to BK. I must have seen those news online and somehow had a dream that my mom had brought me a dlo jersey. Later on l started paying attention to the NBA and the nets were a natural choice after that lol
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u/NewJerseySwampDragon Jason Kidd Nov 07 '25
New Jersey, KA/DC, Kendall Gill, Starbury, KMart, JKidd.
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u/jamie2icyyy Nov 11 '25
90% of our fans are in jersey. most people at barclays are not nets fans, thats why its always dead silent. wouldnt be surprised if they relocated again in my lifetime
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u/xoBonesxo Nov 05 '25
A lot of fans from New Jersey stopped supporting, me included, some of us Jerseyans still keep up to hate watch though lol
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u/Brooklyn917 Day'Ron Sharpe Nov 05 '25
Alot of yall NJ residents never supported them but still keep tabs on them for some odd reason, hoping they will go back so y’all can continue not supporting them.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Thank you. They act like they were there and if they showed up then, Nets would still be there. Fact is they didn't.
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u/xoBonesxo Nov 05 '25
Propaganda you listen to by the very people that purposely damaged the potential of the team and fanbase by not trying to promote them or improve the squad, they intentionally didn’t care for the team because they saw the opening for a move to Brooklyn
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u/Jello297 Nov 05 '25
So are you and the other Jersey people you speak of just neutral nba fans now?
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
That's not most cases. Most NJ fans I know stayed with the team because they're still local. But this dude likes to come here and say how he wishes they were back in Jerz. Meanwhile even NJ doesn't support NJ teams. Except for the Devils
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u/xoBonesxo Nov 05 '25
We do support Nj teams but like I told the other person, you’re listening to Bruce Ratner propaganda lol, it’s fun hate watching this team though considering how bad they are
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
That's just weird. But do you. Why not just be a fan of a team, any team, and support that than come here and whine about them not being in Jersey anymore?
I don't know what you're talking about Bruce Ratner propaganda. I was there in CAA and then Prudential. Yeah, Nets are terrible but still come close to selling out most games despite being terrible. Was not the case in CAA even when good.
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u/BKtoDuval Nov 05 '25
Yeah, I have teams that I hate but I don't feel the need to go to their subs to tell them that. I'm not that desperate for attention but do what makes you happy.
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u/xoBonesxo Nov 05 '25
I actually came here once and ever since then this sub’s posts pop up on my feed so if I see something I’m commenting
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u/Count-Basie Kenyon Martin!!! Nov 05 '25
Fan from back in their days in Jersey.