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March 20, 2012
Nets Gain—and Losses
Brooklyn Based
So, it looks like Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard isn’t moving north anytime soon.
And All-Star point guard Deron Williams may not be moving east with the rest of his team when they leapfrog over Manhattan from New Jersey to Brooklyn.
In other words, our soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets don’t seem likely to give us the opportunity to root for the winning team all that often. Barring some miracle finish to the shortened season, right now the Nets are on the verge of missing the playoffs for the fifth year in a row. The franchise is only two years removed from the worst NBA record of all time [NLG: Not Quite. The Philadelphia 76ers won three fewer games in 1972-73]. Next year has the potential to be a long season, which could add to the frustration Brooklynites are already likely to feel amid all the talk of eminent domain, traffic jams and affordable housing bait-and-switch that already surrounds the Barclays Center, the Nets’ arena.
So what does it mean to Brooklyn basketball fans if, in fact, our new home team sucks?
Posted by eric at March 20, 2012 10:39 PM