It's the ultimate Brooklyn hipster perk: bike valets. Starting Wednesday night at Barclays Center, arena management and Transportation Alternatives, an advocacy group, will team up to provide the service at the arena's northeast corner.

In an e-mail to Nets fans about the summer, Brett Yormark pronounces himself, "happy but not satisfied" with the season past, but optimistic going forward, both in terms of on-court and off-court operations.

Nets executive vice-president Fred Mangione tells SBJ about the process that took the Nets from New Jersey to Brooklyn, including previous iterations of the new logo, one of which has never been reported before ... and why it was dumped.

A.J. Matthews is a long-shot at making the NBA. A lot of things are against him. He turns 24 three days after the draft. He played at Division III Farmingdale State. Division III is not a hoops hotbed. But he is 7-foot and worked out at PNY Center.

ESPN's Darren Rovell reports that #Nets minority owner Jay-Z has, despite all the publicity, NOT yet sold his stake in the Nets. Rovell did not report on reasons behind the holdup.

Awards piling up for Barclays Center. On Wednesday night, at the annual Sports Business Journal awards ceremony, Barclays Center was named the "Sports Facility of the Year" A week ago, Architizer Magazine named the arena its "building of the year."

Fabolous was one of the first big names to embrace the Nets last spring. Now, a year after the Nets unveiled new uniforms, he's showing off a floral-themed version of the black-and-white, one with hand-painted roses lining the sides of the jersey.

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.

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."