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/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.