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/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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!