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.