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July 27, 2012
Nets CEO happy his team opening its season in a big way
NYPost.com
by Tim Bontemps
Nets CEO Brett Yormark has been saying since before the Nets finished playing New Jersey that the days of seeing Knicks fans turn Nets “home” games into MSG West were going to end once the Nets began play in Brooklyn this fall.
Yormark won’t have to wait to prove he’s right, as the NBA officially unveiled the schedule Thursday night, and the Nets will open the brand new Barclays Center against the Knicks at 8 p.m.
...“It’s no surprise that I’m a big advocate for a Nets-Knicks game opening night,” Yormark said Thursday in a phone interview. “I personally encouraged the league to go in that direction."
...“Trust me, those are Brooklyn Nets fans buying those seats,” Yormark said. “What happened in New Jersey, for how long it happened, for however long it happened, it’s in the past. That will not happen in Brooklyn.
NoLandGrab: If history shows one thing, it's that trusting Brett Yormark is not a profitable path.
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Between Markowitz and team CEO Brett Yormark – who said Thursday that he requested the Knicks as the opening opponent – there’s a lot of confidence that Knicks fans won’t overrun the arena and boo the Brooklyn’s first pre-game introduction. Even a smattering of boos against the Knicks, historically a major victory for the Nets, would now be a disappointment.
Either they know something we don’t, or they’re signing up for embarrassment on opening night.
We shall see.
Posted by eric at July 27, 2012 11:21 AM