1967 at the beginning of joining ABA, the team was one of the original 1 1 teams of the American Basketball Association. The league hopes that this team can settle in new york, so as to strengthen its momentum and compete with the NBA. However, the team was eventually named "New Jersey Americans" and became a country club, playing in a converted ordnance factory in Teaneck, New Jersey.
1967-68 season, American's first game was against Pittsburgh bagpipers on 19671October 23rd. In front of about 3000 fans, Joki Bella jumps the ball for both sides. The United States scored 36 wins and 42 losses in the first season. /kloc-Levin Tate, who was acquired from Oakland Oaks in October, became the team's scoring champion, averaging 23.6 points and ranking third in Aba. In terms of rebounds, Whitney grabbed 12.9 rebounds per game, which was the highest in the team. The club's defense is the third worst in the league, and the score is the fourth least. Although three of the top five free throws in the league came from the United States, the team's free throw percentage ranked second in the league. But the high percentage of free throws did not attract fans to Teaneck, New Jersey: the audience per game was less than 1000 that season. The New Jersey team's record of 36 wins and 42 losses is the same as that of Kentucky's last school team, ranking fourth in the Eastern Division of Aba League. So in the play-offs, the Americans lost to Kentucky and missed the playoffs.
1968-69 season, considering the depression of New Jersey's ball market, despite the humiliating experience of 1967-68 season, the team owner moved the New Jersey Americans to Cormac Arena in Long Island, new york after the end of this season. At that time, there were two professional teams in new york, Mets and Jets. A reporter in new york named the new American team "new york Nets", which rhymes with the English of the first two teams. This suggestion was adopted by the team owner. This season, * * * 23 players put on the nets, only 6 players spent the whole season in the team, and the club's transactions reached as many as 10. Walter Simon became the team's scoring champion with an average of 2 1. 1, while Bobby Lloyd hit 49 free throws in a row, setting an ABA league record. However, the team's attack is weak and the defense is full of loopholes. Regular season score 17 wins 6 1 negative, the worst record in the league.
1969 to 1975
1968- 1969 After the end of the season, former boss Arthur Brown sold the Nets to billionaire Roy Bo on May 26th 1969, and Bo immediately moved the team to another stadium on Long Island-Island Garden Stadium in West hempstead, on the grounds that it was most similar to new york. St John's University coach Lou Canes was also hired as the team's general manager and head coach. At the same time, the team has also added many new forces, such as Lloyd Randolph and defender Bill Melzi. 1969-70 season ended, and the Nets got their first taste of the playoffs with a record of 39 wins and 45 losses. With the strengthening of the team, the stadium is closer to the city and the audience has tripled. In the first round of the playoffs, the team stubbornly blocked Kentucky from going to the school team at 45-39, and finally lost at 3-4.
1972- 1973 season, in the draft of 1972, the Nets selected Brian Taylor, the best American player from Princeton University, and Jim Joynes from Marquette University. However, Rick Barry defected to the Golden State Warriors in the NBA, which dealt a fatal blow to the team. In the end, the team scored only 30 wins and 54 losses in the 1972- 1973 season and was eliminated by the Carolina cougar in the first round of the playoffs. But in the offseason, the Nets got the star of the league-Julius Erving, and the team also added two young rookies, Larry Kenon and john williamson.
1973- 1974 season, the Nets scored 55 wins and 29 losses and won the first place in the East. Julius Erving became the league's scoring champion, ranking sixth in assists, third in steals and blocked shots, and finally won the MVP of that year. In the first round of the playoffs, he defeated the Virginia defender 4-/kloc-0-0, and the Eastern Conference finals averaged 12 points to sweep Kentucky into the finals. In the finals, he successfully defeated the Utah Star Team in front of 15934 fans to win the championship.
1974-75 season, the Nets were 58 wins and 26 losses, but the loss of a play-off made KFC the first in the East. In the first round of the playoffs, the Nets played against the St. Louis Spirit Team, with 32 wins and 52 losses. The Nets easily won the first game, but were later defeated by the young St. Louis spirit team in straight sets, successfully defended their title and went out early. After the playoffs, the team sent Larry Kenon to San Antonio in exchange for Sven Nate. Then Billy Pats was sent to the Spurs. In return, the Nets got four players, Ricky Jones and Kim Hughes.
1975 to 1980
1975- 1976 One month before the start of the season, the Nets and Denver, the two strongest ABA teams, submitted their applications to the NBA, but they still play in the ABA league this season. Nets continue to perform well in the regular season. Julius Erving became the league's leading scorer with an average of 29.3 points per game. The team won 55 games, only five less than the first Denver. The Nets struggled to beat San Antonio 4-3 in the semi-final of the league, beat Denver Nuggets 4-/kloc-0-0 in the ABA finals, and became the ABA champion for the second time in three years. Players: Owen averaged 34.7 points in the playoffs, won the playoff MVP trophy, and also won his third regular season MVP trophy. After winning this championship, ABA and NBA reached an agreement, ABA agreed that Nets, San Antonio, Denver and Indiana should join the NBA, and Nets also paid $3.2 million to the NBA as an "admission fee".
1976-77 season, the Nets achieved the worst 22 wins and 60 losses in the league, and the team was the only team in the league whose total score failed to exceed 8,000 points. Among those players who have finished the season, Robert Hawkins scored the most, playing 52 games, averaging 19.3 points per game. 1976-77 Before the season, the home of the Nets moved to the Rutgers Sports Center in Taway, Pisca, New Jersey, and changed its name to "New Jersey Nets". He played there for four seasons until the new arena in Caochangdi was completed.
1977- 1978 season, the performance of the Nets was not worse than that of 1976-77 season, and it became the worst team in the league again, with only 24 victories. The only player worth mentioning this year is the 6-foot-7 Tennessee rookie forward bernard king, who was selected as the rookie of the year with 24.2 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. During the offseason, the team's financial problems made Bo flatly sell the team to two partners, Joseph Tao Bo and Allen Cohen.
1978-79 season, striker Bernard king (averaging 2 1.6 points) and defender John Williamson (averaging 22.2 points) occupied the top two in the scoring list. Veteran center George Johnson ranks second in the league with 3.24 blocked shots per game. Second-year guard "Running Eddie" Edward Jordan also ranked second in the league with 2.45 steals per game. The Nets won 65,438+03 games more than the 65,438+0977-78 season, which made the team experience the NBA playoffs for the first time. Although the taste was not wonderful, it was swept out of the house by Philadelphia in the first round.
In the 1979 NBA draft, the Nets hold two first-round draft picks, Calvin Nath, who is eighth, and Cliff Robinson, who is 1 1. Then the Nets traded bernard king (because of his bad habits off the court), John Simone Giannelli and Jim Bojland for Ricky Kelly of Utah Jazz. This season, the team's record is 34 wins and 48 losses. The trade will help the ball not fall deeper, but the Nets have accumulated a large number of old players.
1980 to 1986
In the NBA draft of 1980, the Nets selected 6-foot-7 forward Mike Okolen and 6-foot 1 1 center Mike Geminsky in the sixth and seventh picks respectively. This makes the team's frontcourt combination younger. However, the head coach Kevin Lockley paid the price for the team's immaturity. After eight years of leading the team, he was replaced by assistant coach Bob McKinnon because of his poor record. The Nets announced in March that Larry Brown, the three-time ABA coach of the year, would take over the team at the end of this season. The Nets finally scored only 24 wins and 58 losses in the season of 1980- 198 1, ranking at the bottom of the Atlantic.
1983- 1984 season, Stan Albeck became the new head coach of the Nets. This is the first time that the team has not changed its starting lineup before the season since joining the NBA. Darryl dawkins led the pack in fouls (22 times), and Buck Williams became the top three rebounds in the league for the third consecutive season with 12.9 rebounds. Otis Birdsong represented the New Jersey Nets in the 1984 Denver All-Star Game.
This season, the Nets started with 65,438+09 wins and 6 losses, but in the first round of the playoffs, they met defending champion Philadelphia, and Stan Albeck led the team to win the first two games with the best of five games. In the most crucial fifth game, the Nets won by three points, which is the first playoff series victory since the Nets joined the NBA. Later, the Nets and Milwaukee competed for the Eastern Conference finals. After the 2-2 draw, the Nets lost two games in a row, and the sixth game ended by one point.
1984- 1985 season, injuries suddenly attacked the entire own basket. Darryl dawkins missed 43 games due to back injury, Albert King missed 40 games, Mike O 'Koren missed 39 games and Otis Birdsong missed 26 games due to knee injury. Coach Stan Albeck had to make 13 different starting lineups in the regular season. The only full-time player is Buck Williams, who played 82 games and ranked first in the league with 3 182 minutes. After missing almost half of the 1983-84 season, Michael Ray Richardson finally played the best season of his career: averaging 20. 1 minute, 8.6 assists and 5.6 rebounds.
During the offseason, coach Stan Albeck stepped down and was replaced by Dave Wall. 1985- 1986 At the beginning of the season, the Nets scored 23 wins 14 losses, which finally helped the Nets advance to the playoffs with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, but were swept out by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs. Players: Buck Williams was elected as an All-Star for the third time, and handed over his report card of 15.9 points 12.0 rebounds per game. As the starting center, Mike Geminsky performed very well, and became the team's scoring champion with 16.5 points, averaging 8.2 rebounds per game. As for Milwaukee people, they stepped on the bodies and entered the next round.
1986 to 1990
1985- 1986 season is the beginning of the Nets winning percentage below 50% for seven consecutive seasons. 1986- 1987 season, injuries continue to ravage the nets. Darryl dawkins ended his career with a back injury after only six games. Otis Birdsong announced his season reimbursement after playing seven games. Buck Williams is the only player who keeps playing. Orlando Woollich, a free agent from Chicago, became the team's scoring champion with 20.7 points. In the end, the Nets ranked last with a record of 24 wins and 58 losses.
1986- 1987 During the season, injuries still plagued the team like a nightmare. The team set a new NBA record: Nets players missed more games because of injuries than any other team in league history. Even Buck Williams was knocked down by injury. Although Buck Williams only played 70 games for the Nets, he kept ahead in scoring, rebounding, average playing time and shooting percentage.
1987- 1988 season, the Nets started with 2 wins 13 losses, so coach Dave Wall was dismissed. Bob McKinnon, the team's deputy general manager, took over the team, but only achieved 65,438+00 wins and 29 losses, and had to give way to willis reed, a member of the Hall of Fame. After willis reed coached, the team still didn't improve. At the end of the season, he only won 19 and 63 losses, only winning two more games than the worst Los Angeles Clippers in the league.
1988- 1989 During the season, the team made some personnel changes, including Qiao Ba Ricarol, Lester Connor and Mike Mickey. These players joined the team in the offseason and were inserted into the starting lineup by Willis Lidian. In the end, the team only got 26 wins and 56 losses this season, and thanks to the expansion team Charlotte Hornets, the Nets were spared the humiliation of being the last in the Atlantic. Buck Williams once again became the team's rebounding king with an average of 9.4 rebounds per game, but it was the first time in his career that he didn't get double-digit rebounds.
After a year in charge of the team, willis reed was promoted to club manager. Bill fitch became the new coach of the team. Before the start of the 1989-90 season, the Nets traded the best player Buck Williams for the injured center sam bowie and the first round 12 draft pick. The team used this draft pick to select point guard mutch Bralock. Although he missed 32 games because of a finger injury in the rookie season, his overall performance was still very good. Sam bowie became the team's rebounding king with an average of 10.438+0. But in the end, the team only won 17 games this season, less than any other team in the league, even less than the two expansion teams Orlando and Minnesota.
1990 to 1995
After the Nets hit the bottom in the season of 1989- 1990, they began to recover slowly. First, he won the Syracuse University striker Derek Coleman in the 1990 draft, then signed Reggie Kiusel to supplement the backcourt strength, and then traded Drazen Petrowitz from Portland Trailblazers to strengthen the bench strength. But in the end, the Nets ended the season with a score of 26 wins and 56 losses, winning two more games than Miami Heat, the penultimate in the Atlantic. Players: Derek Coleman proved himself to be the best player in the draft by winning a new King's trophy. Reggie Keyes became the team's scoring champion with an average of 18.6 points per game, and the Nets ranked first in the league's blocked shots with 600 blocks.
199 1-92 season, the Nets were lucky to win the high draft for the second year in a row and chose young point guard Kenny Anderson of George Institute of Technology. But some problems about the contract made Anderson report to the team after the start of the season. The Nets didn't start well this season. They lost 1 1 in the first three games and1in the first 25 games, but from that moment on, the team became official and finally got the first playoff qualification since 1986 with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses. The team lost to Cleveland Cavaliers by 1-3 in the first round of the playoffs, but the only victory was the first playoff victory since 1984. Apart from winning, Coach Fitch got along very well with this young team. Derek Coleman averaged 19.8 points and 9.5 rebounds per game, while Drazen Petrowitz became the team's scoring champion with 20.6 points, ranking second in the league in three-point shooting percentage (44.4%). However, Coach Fitch was criticized for using mutch Blalock and kenny anderson and left at the end of the season.
1992-93 season, Willis Reid invited the famous coach Chuck Daley (former Detroit Pistons head coach) to take the helm of the team. Before the start of the regular season, Daley decided to let Kenny Anderson be the starting point guard of the team, so he sent Blalock and Roy Hinson to Atlanta in exchange for Lamill Robinson. At the end of the regular season, the team's record of 43 wins and 39 losses is satisfactory enough. Players: Kenny Anderson scored 16.9 per game before injury and sent 8.2 assists.
When the Nets entered the playoffs, Sam Bowie and Chris Dudley, two centers, lost their fighting power. The Nets faced Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs and the team was eliminated 2-3. One month after the end of the playoffs, the tragedy happened: Drazen Pitlovits was killed in a car accident while visiting his German girlfriend. He has just played a brilliant season in the NBA, averaging 22.3 points per game, and Drazen Petrowitz is the team's scoring champion.
1993-94 season, Drazen Petrovitz's departure left an irreparable vacancy, and the players could not meet the requirements of challenging the Atlantic crown. But Coleman and Kenny Anderson are the best in the league. Coleman averaged 20.2 points per game, 14 per game, and 1 1.3 ranked ninth in the rebounding league. Anderson ranked fourth in the league with 9.6 assists, and his score (18.8 points per game) was the highest among all point guards. In the end, the Nets achieved a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, which is the second best result in the regular season since the club joined the NBA. When facing the Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, the Nets were swept out 0-4.
At the beginning of the 1994-95 season, the expectation of the Nets increased obviously because they entered the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. But by the end of this season, the team only scored 30 wins and 52 losses, less than 1993-94 season 15 games. 13 this season, different players were knocked down by injuries and missed a total of 320 games due to injuries. Kevin Edwards missed 68 games, benoit benjamin 2 1 game, Derek Coleman 26 games, Kenny Anderson1game, Chris Morris 1 1 game. Inka Dell, a rookie in the first round, played only three minutes in the whole season. Only Amon Gillian survived the injury (average 14.8 points and 7.5 rebounds) and played the whole season. The Nets' shooting percentage (43.6%) and steals (544) are the lowest in the league this season, and defense can't bring pressure to opponents at all.
1995 to 2000
1995- 1996 season, the team entered the reconstruction period. The team sent derrick coleman and kenny anderson away in the middle of the season. Without Coleman and Anderson, other Nets players began to show their talents. Amon Gillian became the first Nets player to win the honor of "Best of the Week" in two years. Chris childs flashed slowly, averaging 12.8 points and 7.8 assists. Jason Williams has grown into one of the top rebounders in the league, averaging 10.0 rebounds per game, and scored 25 rebounds in a single game against seattle supersonics at 1.996+0.30. But the team has no core, so it is difficult to win. In the end, it was only 30 wins and 52 losses, ranking sixth in the Atlantic Division and missing the playoffs for the second time in a row. Butch Beard was fired at the end of the season, and john calipari, the famous coach of the University of Massachusetts, was asked to take over the team.
Coach calipari's plan to make the team a winning teacher began in the 1996- 1997 season, although the team's record in the 96-97 season was even worse, with only 26 wins and 56 losses. Players: Carey Kittles, a rookie who played the whole season and averaged almost 37 minutes per game, shot 37.7% from the three-point line, ranked fourth in scoring (16.4 points per game), second in steals (1.9 times per game) and fifth in assists (3 times per game). Before the trade deadline, the Nets and Dallas Mavericks reached one of the biggest deals in NBA history, at least in terms of the number of players traded. Nets sent point guard robert parker, guard Halid Reeves, forward Ed O 'Bannon and center shawn bradley, forward Chris Gatling, guards Jimmy Jackson and sam cassell, and centers eric montross and george mccloud.
1997-98 season, although the team lost three games in a row to the powerful Chicago Bulls in the first round of the playoffs, its tenacious performance attracted people's attention, which is the first time since 1994 to return to the playoffs. The team started with a four-game winning streak and beat Detroit on the last day of the season to secure a playoff spot. The heart and soul of the team is jason williams, who averaged 12.6 points and 13.6 rebounds per game (the second in the league), and appeared in Madison Square Garden as a new york, representing the team as an all-star. Keith Van Horne, another Nets All-Star, quickly adapted to the NBA after missing the first 17 games, and became the team's best scorer with 19.7 points per game.
1998-99 season, the Nets have the league's most horrible scoring duo, the league's stealing king, and one of the best rebounders in the league. However, after experiencing large-scale injuries and slow season contraction, the team only won 16 and lost 34 games, and missed the playoffs. John calipari was fired after the team's poor start of 3 wins 17 losses. After Don Casey took over the team, his record rebounded and he won 1 1 in the last 2 games. Stephon Marbury has averaged 36.5 points in the last four games. The Nets won Stephon Marbury through an explosive transaction involving 8 players from 3 teams. Marbury played 3/kloc-0 games in the Nets, averaging 23.4 points and 8.7 assists. In the end, this season's results averaged 2 1.3 points and 8.9 assists per game.
1999-00 season, Stephon Marbury sent his 2000th assist, Kendall-Jill scored his first10000th point, but the team only scored 3 1 win 5 1 loss, and missed the playoffs again. The fate of the Nets has been ups and downs this season. The team started with the worst 2 wins 15 losses in the team's history, but there are still three weeks left in the season. At the beginning of April 2000, it is very promising to win a playoff seat. But injuries once again destroyed the team. In the first week of April, the main force of the team was knocked down by injury. Stephon Marbury-knee injury, rookie Evan Eschmeyer-ankle injury, starting point guard Carey Kittles-knee injury. On April 7, 2000, 85- 103 lost to Miami Heat and was eliminated from the playoff list.
2000-2009
In the first season of 2000-0 1 season, Byron Scott coached the Nets, so he couldn't get the team into the envisaged track: the team had too many injuries. At the beginning of the season, Carey Kittles, Gammy Fick and Keith Van Horne were all unavailable. Since then, the team can no longer have a chemical reaction, because once a new player is injured, it is necessary to adjust the lineup. The team ended the 2000-200 1 season with 26 wins and 56 losses, and missed the playoffs for the third time in a row.
In the 200 1-02 season, the Nets won the best 52 wins in the team's history. The team won the trophies of the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Division, and went all the way to the finals. It all started when jason kidd moved to the team. Jason kidd has become one of the top five triple-double manufacturing machines in the history of this season. After defeating Indiana, Charlotte and Boston in the playoffs, the Nets lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in the finals and unfortunately missed the championship trophy.
In the 2002-03 season, the Nets entered the finals for the second consecutive year. However, in the finals, the team lost to the Spurs 2-4 and missed the championship again. The team also swept the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons in the playoffs. Apart from the defeat in the finals, this is another successful year for the team. Sophomore Richard Jefferson's outstanding performance in the position of small forward, kenyon Martin is still one of the most dominant power forwards in the East, and Jason Kidd maintains a leading position and leads the team forward.
In the 2003-04 season, after the 2003 finals, Jason Kidd became a free agent, rejected the pursuit of the Spurs and renewed his contract with the Nets. At the same time, the team signed Allonzot Mourning, but Mourning, regarded as the final puzzle of winning the championship, was soon reimbursed for the whole season because of kidney disease. This season, the team still won the title of the Atlantic Division, but lost to the later champion Pistons in the Eastern Conference semi-final. The Nets won the fifth semi-final game in Detroit through the legendary overtime, but easily lost the sixth game at home, and finally the team was eliminated with a total score of 3-4.
In 2004-2007, the Nets were tepid. They got playoff tickets in all three seasons, but they failed to break through the second round and quit the championship race early. In 2007-2009, the Nets' record was not ideal, ranking at the bottom of the league, and missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.
2009 to 20 15
In 2009, the New Jersey Nets set a negative record. From the first game of the season, 18 lost several games in a row, setting the worst season opening record since the establishment of the NBA. It was not until 19 that Charlotte Bobcats lost by six points and won the first victory of the season. At the end of the season, with 12 games left, they only won. In the subsequent 2009 draft lottery, the Nets only got the flower-exploring sign, thus missing the opportunity of John Wall's reconstruction.
After the end of 2011/2 season, the team officially moved to Brooklyn, new york, officially ending its 35-year history in New Jersey. With the addition of star players such as Johnson and Gerald Wallace in the summer transfer period, and the high salary renewal of star Deron Williams, the Brooklyn Nets have become a very competitive team in the East, and it is expected to enter a five-year absence period after the 2006-07 season.
In the 20 12- 13 season, the Nets moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn and successfully reached the long-awaited playoffs this season. In the first round of the playoffs, I met the fifth seed Chicago Bulls, and the first four games 1 win and 3 losses brought the situation to the seventh game. In the end, the Nets lost to the Bulls 93-99 in the first round.
In the 20 13- 14 season, Brooklyn Nets replaced rookie coach Jason Kidd and finally reached the playoffs with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses. In the first round of the playoffs, they met the third seed Toronto Raptors, the champion of the Atlantic Division. The first six games were 3 wins and 3 losses. The Nets won the second round with 104- 103, but were eliminated by defending champion Miami Heat 1-4 in the second round.
In the 20 14- 15 season, coach Jason Kidd wanted not only to be the head coach, but also to have the right to appoint personnel, but was rejected by the top management of the Nets. Finally, the top management of the Nets dismissed Kidd from class and switched to Milwaukee Bucks as the head coach. The Nets will get 20 15 and 20 19 second-round draft picks from the Bucks, and then appoint Lionel hollins, the former grizzlies head coach, as the new head coach of the team. This season, the Nets successfully reached the playoffs with 38 wins and 44 losses. However, in the first round of the playoffs, it was eliminated 4-2 by the Atlanta Hawks, the first seed in the East and the champion in the Southeast Division.