It’s time Nets and its fans thump their chests against Knicks in Brooklyn

One veteran has been giving out tickets to fans in effort to pack Barclays with Nets fans. Another younger player asks whether the place is going to get filled out. After all, the Nets were two games above .500 and momentum was building when the question was brought up.

My answer was simple: Once the winning starts and something is established, fans will start showing up. This player wasn’t worried, he was antsy. Antsy because he knows how great Brooklyn can be if fans show up.

I bring this up because the Brooklyn Nets enter Friday’s home game against the New York Knicks as the hottest team in the NBA an 18-5 record since December 6. The Knicks are on the opposite end of that discussion with…