Success did not come early or often for
the New Jersey Nets franchise. As one
of the four ABA teams absorbed into the
NBA in 1976, the Nets made the playoffs
only once in their first five years in
the league. And during those formative
years, New Jersey didn’t even have
a home they could call their own as they
played their home games on the campus
of Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ.
The fortunes of the franchise changed
in 1981. That year the Nets christened
their new home court at the Brendan Byrne
Arena (now Continental Airlines Arena)
and had a draft most teams only dream
out.
The season before in 1980-81, the Nets
had yet another forgettable season. The
team was only able to win 24 games and
head coach Kevin Loughery resigned midway
through the season. Buy
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