The history books say the franchise that is now the Brooklyn Nets is rooted in an old American Basketball Association club that played its first season as the New Jersey Americans.
But the franchise was intended to be a New York entry when the ABA was launched in 1967. Arthur J. Brown bought into the new league with the express intent of playing in New York, according to an April 2012 report from NJ.com.
The team would play under the same name his semi-pro touring team had been known as — the New York Freighters.