Brooklyn Nets
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Founded
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What were the Nets called before?
The franchise was founded in 1967 and was known as the New Jersey Americans during its first season. The team began playing its home games on Long Island in the 1968–69 season, which led the team to change its name to the New York Nets.
When did New York Nets change name to Brooklyn Nets?
Why are they called the New Jersey Nets?
Nets - The name "Nets" was used because it rhymes with the names of two other professional sports teams that played in the New York metropolitan area at the time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets, and because it relates to basketball in general, as it is part of the
When did the Nets move from New Jersey to Brooklyn?