At some point, the Nets will have a bright, shiny new training facility that no doubt will be the envy of the NBA. Until then, they will divide time between sites on either side of the Hudson, in E. Rutherford and Brooklyn. It's not easy.
In 2008, Mikhail Prokhorovo took over Russian Biathlon. Things were bad. The director was convicted of plotting to murder a politician and there were doping charges. As he has with the Nets, Prokhorov spent money and now Russia's biathletes are back!
One league official called the Nets training facility in East Rutherford a "war zone." There's flooding inside the 65,000 square feet facility. On Sports Center, Deron Williams said it's damaged and they will work out at Barclays practice court.
How big of a deal would it be for the Nets to site their training facility in Manhattan? Very! Apparently, it's a possibility. The Commercial Observer reports the Nets abandoned the idea of Red Hook an are looking at sites in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
we look at numbers from Friday re: the lack of congestion and unruly behavior; share what we hear about who's doing well; update roll-outs; congratulate Jake Appleman on his book contract to pen the definitive history of the Nets; plus a final note.
The Nets are looking at a number of sites for their new training facility. According to a Brooklyn website, in addition to visiting site near Brooklyn Ikea in Red Hook, team representatives visited a school bus depot, also in Red Hook, recently.
We visited the site at 280 Richards Street, Brooklyn, Saturday, the one that the Nets executives walked through Wednesday as they look at venues for the Nets new training center. There are advantages as well as disadvantages.
It's getting exciting. It's September 1. On October 1, training camp opens (for the next to last time in New Jersey). On November 1, the Brooklyn Nets will battle the New York Knicks, the first time two New York teams have faced each other since 1977
Crain's New York Business reports that the Nets visited a site in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn Thursday, one with spectacular views of Lower Manhattan, as they push their plan to build a new training facility to replace the PNY Center.
