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August 8, 2010
Prokhorov says team name change is in the can, but will the change affect "Brooklyn" or "Nets"? (My bet is the latter)
Atlantic Yards Report
Here is speculation as to the decision-making process used to rename the Nets.
Somehow one highlight in the Forbes Russia cover story (“Mikhail Prokhorov and American Basketball: Who Will Be the Winner?”) on the new principal owner of the New Jersey Nets was not translated by njnets.com.
Prokhorov plans to change the name of the team. As translated by a Russian-speaking reader of NetsDaily:
Q: What will be the team's name after the move to Brooklyn?
A: I can not tell you right now, but the documents are already submitted to the NBA office. The name change will happen in 2012 season.
Now that could just be a roundabout way of saying "Brooklyn Nets," which would, of course, be a name change. But there's a good bet it's not.
NoLandGrab: As as tribute to Spike Lee (who attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nets arena) and the corrupt process used to approve Atlantic Yards, maybe the Nets could be renamed the "Crooklyn Nets."
Posted by steve at August 8, 2010 11:58 AM