It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Not in Brooklyn. Not four years into what was supposed to be a new beginning, a new culture, a new era of promise and distinction. These weren’t supposed to be the same old Nets, a franchise only worth our attention when an opposing team of note comes to town.
That’s the way it was when they played at the IZOD Center, also known as Continental Airlines Arena and Brendan Byrne Arena before that.