Hello Coney Island! Starting Thursday, Brooklyn Nets-themed bikinis ("BROO" on the left, "KLYN" on the right), beach balls, towels, flip-flops, visors, and other Nets gear will be available in the Nets Shop a block off the Coney Island boardwalk.
We look at what's going on with the coaching search, post some draft notes, peer into the future of commuting from Manhattan and New Jersey to Brooklyn, examine how the Nets are aggressively marketing the Islanders and review the Emory College thing.
Brook Lopez was the NBA's best offensive center last season and improved his defense and rebounding as well. Is that enough for him to be named All-NBA? We'll find out soon enough. But that aside, Brook dominated in Brooklyn.
We dont know if this will become a political issue, but Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams took to Twitter this week to express his indignation at the Knicks collapse ... and while he was at it, diss the team that represents his borough.
In an interview on CNBC Wednesday about his plans for Nassau Coliseum, Bruce Ratner spoke about how he was surprised at the success the Nets and Barclays Center had in Brooklyn this year.
Tracy Collins is Brooklyn photographer who's chronicled the critics' fight to stop Atlantic Yards and Barclays Center. In recent days, he has posted a graphical timeline of the 3,000-plus days between announcement and opening night.
The Nets have quietly posted, a new, more Brooklyn-themed version of John Forte's "Brooklyn: Something to Lean on." The video features more Brooklyn and more game action, as well as more of Forte, a Brooklyn native.
Abraham Madkour, executive editor of Sports Business Journal, is out with the magazine's annual NBA Season Honors. The Nets were cited as the league's "biggest turnaround." Citing team insiders, SBJ says gate receipts jumped 250 percent.
In an interview with WCBS Radio, Brett Yormark put the Nets Game 7 Saturday in the context of the team's long journey to Brooklyn and how it's a "pretty big moment for us."
The Islanders are in the playoffs this season for the first time in six years (sound familiar?). They're moving to Brooklyn (sound familiar?) And Brett Yormark will be handling their marketing! (really familiar!) There will be more.
"It's the fourth quarter," the deep baritone cascades down from the speakers above. David Diamante is standing, his face on the big screen hanging above center court. It's time to stand up and cheer, now a ritual at Nets home games.
In an extensive interview with a Russian business magazine, Irina Pavlova says that while the Nets aren't making money (yet), the value of the team is now between $700 and $800 million, up from the $220 million Mikhail Prokhorov laid out in 2010.
Sports Business Journal reports that the Nets' 23.1 percent increase in attendance this season led the NBA, far outpacing the Houston Rockets, at 8.5 percent and the Pacers and Raptors, who were up 7.8 percent each.
The NBA's David Stern and the NHL's Gary Bettman both gave rave reviews to Brooklyn as one reviewed the Nets first season and the other pushed for the Islanders to move a year earlier than anticipated.
Restaurants are starting to spring up around Barclays Center. The big addition is likely to be Brooklyn SkyBox.across from the arena on Flatbush. Tony Roma's is opening up on Atlantic Avenue as well.
Mikhail Prokhorov was in Brooklyn to attend Nets playoff games vs. Chicago, but at the same time, his Mikhail Prokhorov Fund, was pushing culture, promoting the fund's three-year long cultural exchange with the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
As part of its Section 15 coverage, the New York Times features Jerome Dixon who regularly works the section at the east end of the arena. Dixon talks about his training, responsibilities and experiences as an usher. "I work for the guests." he says.
Lost in the coverage of Saturday's game was a realization that in the city that never sleeps (on basketball), the Nets looked as good or better than the Knicks did, beating the Celtics. And there's a lot to Brooklyn's rise.
Brook Lopez sat down with "Made Man," a mens' style website, and talked of the difference between playing in New Jersey and Brooklyn; who are the NBA's most stylish dressers, his best advice on dealing with the ladies, his favorite movie
The recurring themes of the Times "Section 15" series are of family connections enhanced by a trip to Barclays Center, the eclectic mix of fans, and the insidious way the arena and team are tempting Knicks fans to make the switch. Lots of that!
Tech investor and social media pioneer Alexis Ohanian told Bloomberg News Tuesday that he's "absolutely" interested in buying jay-Z's shares, equal to 0.067 percent of the team and a somewhat larger percentage of the Barclays Center holding company.
After news broke that Jay-Z was going to sell his shares in the Brooklyn Nets, he released a song called "Open Letter" and in it he criticizes someone within the Nets organization, calling them "f--king dweebs." Who is he talking about? Who knows.
The Nets are all but assured of homecourt advantage in the playoffs. So on April 20 or thereabouts, Barclays Center will host its first playoff game and as the latest episode of the "The Association" shows, the theme will be "Blackout in Brooklyn."
NetsDaily caught up with Jerry Stackhouse on the night the Nets unveiled the Brooklyn Dodgers 1955 championship banner, to talk about Jackie Robinson, the No. 42 and what to expect from the Nets in the playoffs.
Jay-Z, who joined Bruce Ratner in the original group of investors that bought the Nets a decade ago and became their iconic presence, is exchanging his role as owner for NBA agent. Adrian Wojnarowski reports Jay-Z is selling his stake in the team
Barclays Center announced Tuesday that the Islanders and the Devils will play a long-delayed preseason game next September 21 in Brooklyn. More important, there's word that the team may arrive in Brooklyn in 2014, a year earlier than planned.
