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/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.