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November 12, 2009
A Net Reaches Out to Fans, Wherever They Are
The New York Times
by Richard Sandomir
Nets guard Devin Harris sat at a table between the bread section and the produce aisle at a Pathmark here signing autographs and quietly representing a team that plays in New Jersey but wants to escape to Brooklyn.
...“I’ve always been a fan of being personal with fans, to see me up close, rather than just giving money to charity,” he said, as he signed his name to the small yellow picture frames given to about 50 shoppers and fans by Western Union, a Nets sponsor that invited Harris to the supermarket, where it has a money transfer outlet.
“I just like connecting with people,” he said, a rack of Bundt cakes behind his chair.
...Harris would be active under any circumstance, but he and his teammates must simultaneously maintain the franchise’s New Jersey fan base while building one in Brooklyn, where the team hopes to move in a few years to an arena that is part of the long-delayed Atlantic Yards project.
“Fans are in a tough situation,” Harris said. “They wonder where we’re going, to Newark or Brooklyn.”
NoLandGrab: Harris and his teammates must wonder, too.
Posted by eric at November 12, 2009 11:21 AM