Early on, one of the big fears about Barclays Center, along with traffic and community disruption, was an increase in crime around the arena. Well, so far, the biggest problem, say police, was a rowdy crowd at a Justin Bieber concert. No really.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Brett Yormark spoke about the Nets first half year in the borough, ticking off accomplishments and challenges and noting Brooklyn wasn't expecting a championship "overnight." Lowering expectations?

The wonders of technology at Barclays Center! The Nets and the arena have introduced new apps that permit the denizens of the upper bowl to order food for pick-up without waiting on line. You can message the scoreboard as well! Music too!

Friday night’s game marked the 86th ticketed event at Barclays Center, which opened 126 days ago on September 28. It also marked the arrival of the 1,000,000th fan at the arena, about half of them Nes fans, the rest at concerts and family shows, etc.

Nets fan Jonny Black has spent hours coming up with what we have adopted as the Official NetsDaily Celebratory GIF! Working at the edge of the PhotoShop envelope, he has included Nets players and his benefactor in a never-ending dance of joy.

They came with posters and a giant Brook Lopez head, letters that spelled out "ALL STAR" and a LOT of enthusiasm. The NetsDaily "Loud and Proud" sections, sponsored by GothamGooner, did their best to show Lopez he deserves to be an All-Star.

Remember back in August when Deron Williams surprised some streetballers during a photo shoot for Red Bull at Brooklyn's Tillary Park Courts? He remembers the courts were in bad shape ... and is doing something about it ... one assist at a time.

The tweets were later deleted but enough were saved to show that Jerry Stackhouse and some Nets fans engaged in what could be called an ugly exchange after the Timberwolves game Wednesday night and into Thursday morning.