A quiet initiative has given Brooklyn’s Nets a global fanbase, particularly in China

For those who believe that the Brooklyn Nets “don’t have any fans” or who claim to have “never met a Nets fan,” ignoring attendance data is just one bit of denial. Barclays Center sold out 99% of the time the Brooklyns took the court last season. That’s only 0.6% less than what the Knicks drew to Madison Square Garden despite a nearly 20-win difference in their records.

Sure fans of other teams take advantage of the more reasonably priced tickets than one finds a mile or two to the northwest and there will always be a rooting section for teams from Toronto to Los Angeles, some years more than others. After all, only 48% of New York City’s population was born in New York State, an even…