New Jersey Nets

Guide Note

The New Jersey Nets play in the Atlantic Division of the NBA's Eastern Conference. The Nets currently play at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, but are scheduled to be moved to Brooklyn, New York for the 2010-11 season..

Fast Facts

1. Conference: Eastern Conference
2. Division: Atlantic
3. Founded: 1967
4. Arena: Izod Center
5. City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
6. Team colors: Navy, Red, Dark Silver, Silver, White
7. Owners: Forest City Enterprises, Bruce Ratner, Mary Higgins Clark, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
8. Championships: ABA: 2 (1974, 1976) NBA: 0
9. Conference titles: 2 (2002, 2003)
10. Division titles: ABA: 1 (1974) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)

The New Jersey franchise was founded in 1967 as a member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). When the ABA and NBA merged in 1976, The Nets were one of four ABA teams to join the NBA. The Nets were currently located in New York at this time, but where moved back to Jersey after the Knicks forced them to pay $4.8 million for "invading" the their NBA territory. In their first four years in New Jersey, the team managed to have four straight losing seasons.

The Nets are currently scheduled to move to Brooklyn for the 2010-11 season.