The Brooklyn Nets are a professional basketball team from the United States that is located in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. The Nets compete in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The squad plays its home games at Barclays Center. The team was founded in 1967 as a founding member of the American Basketball Association, a competition to the NBA.
They moved to Long Island, New York, and adopted the name New York Nets after playing their initial season there as the New Jersey Americans.
The Nets, led by superstar point guard Jason Kidd, made it to the NBA Finals in each of the following two seasons (2001–2002 and 2002–2003), but they were unable to claim the title.
After the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team left the city in 1957, the club has been playing at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn since the summer of 2012.
The Nets have made the playoffs seven times since relocating to Brooklyn, making it as far as the Conference Semifinals in 2014 and 2021.
Is Jay-Z still part owner of the Brooklyn Nets?
No, Jay-Z is not part owner of the Brooklyn Nets anymore. Jay-Z revealed in 2013 that he was starting Roc Nation Sports, a sports agency.
Jay-Z lost his right to buy a stake in an NBA franchise after registering as a sports agent. In 2013, Jay-Z sold his interest to Will Pan.
