NetsDaily · Apr 21, 2016
History repeats itself as Nets branch out to Long Island
Long Island native Anthony Puccio takes a look at the Nets eastward trek, then and now., with both a Long Island native as head coach and a D-League team, the Long Island Nets.
The Nets had some of their most glorious days on the court, not as the New Jersey Nets, not as the Brooklyn Nets, but rather as the New York Nets ... of Long Island. They won two championships as a team in ABA behind one of the ABA/NBA's greatest of all time, Julius "Dr. J" Erving.
That history is hardly ever talked about, but that could change. The Nets D-League expansion team and their new coach are both about Long Island.