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- Conference: Eastern Conference
- Division: Atlantic
- Founded: 1967
- Arena: Izod Center
- City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
- Team colors: Navy, Red, Dark Silver, Silver, White
- Owners: Forest City Enterprises, Bruce Ratner, Mary Higgins Clark, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
- Championships: ABA: 2 (1974, 1976) NBA: 0
- Conference titles: 2 (2002, 2003)
- Division titles: ABA: 1 (1974) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
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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.
After the Nets finished the 2008-2009 season with 34 wins, missing the playoffs, team president Rod Thorn announced that he would evaluate whether head coach Lawrence Frank would continue with the team. On April 29, 2009, Thorn announced that Frank would continue with the team.ESPN.com: Frank to Return as Coach
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In the Beginning
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.
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New Jersey Nets Leadership
- Bruce Ratner:
- Principal Owner
- CEO of New York Division of Forest City Enterprises
- Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter:
- Part Owner
- CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records
- Lawrence Frank
- 2004 - present: Head Coach
- Former Vancouver Grizzlies Assistant Coach
- Bruce Ratner:
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