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1972–73 New York Islanders season

So, despite having expanded to 14 teams just two years before, the NHL hastily awarded a Long Island-based franchise to clothing manufacturer Roy Boe, owner of the American Basketball Association's New York Nets.

Alexandria Township, New Jersey

Jayson Williams (born 1968), former NBA player with the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers, who owned an estate that featured a private basketball court, a personalized movie theatre and many other features.

Bob Lobel

During a 2003 edition of Sports Final, Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan said that the wife of New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd needed someone to "smack" her for taking his young children to NBA playoff games where they could be taunted.

Bob Ryan

At that time, Ryan said that Joumana Kidd, then-wife of then-New Jersey Nets guard Jason Kidd needed someone to "smack" her for taking her son T.J., then 4 years old, to NBA play-off night games where they could be taunted.

Chip Cipolla

He later broadcast games of the New York Mets, New York Rangers, New Jersey Nets and New York Cosmos, the North American Soccer League team which presented him with a 1972 championship ring.

Elden Campbell

His longest tenures were with the Lakers and the Hornets (in Charlotte and New Orleans); he would also play with the Seattle SuperSonics and briefly for the New Jersey Nets, spending most of the final two seasons of his career as a member of the Detroit Pistons, being on roster in the 2004 NBA Championship team.

George Norcross III

In April 2012, a group of influential New Jersey business executives headed by Norcross, former New Jersey Nets owner Lewis Katz and cable TV mogul H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest purchased The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News and Philly.com media properties for $55 million.

Jan van Breda Kolff

The son of coaching great Butch van Breda Kolff, V.B.K., as he was referred to, played from 1975 to 1983 for the Denver Nuggets, Kentucky Colonels, and Virginia Squires in the American Basketball Association, and the New York/New Jersey Nets in the National Basketball Association.

Johan Petro

On July 10, 2010, the New Jersey Nets signed Petro to a three-year deal worth $10 million, reported by Yahoo! Sports.

Marco Glorious

He is most widely known for his work as the audience producer of The Wendy Williams Show, as well as being the master of ceremonies for the former New Jersey Nets.

Ray Oliver

His resume includes prior experience as a strength and conditioning coach in the NFL (Tampa Bay 1992) and in the NBA (New Jersey Nets, ’96-97).

West Nottingham Academy

More recent notable alumni include world-renowned painter Eric Fischl and basketball player Josh Boone(PF), a player on the University of Connecticut's 2004 Men's National Championship Team and current member of the NBA's New Jersey Nets.

Zoran Planinić

In the summer of 2006, Planinić and the New Jersey Nets agreed to a buyout, in which he was sent back to Europe to spend the season with TAU Cerámica of the Spanish ACB League, a team that also featured talented NBA prospect Tiago Splitter.


see also

1992–93 New Jersey Nets season

The 1992–93 New Jersey Nets season was the 26th season, 17th in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Jason Levien

Levien also represented Omri Casspi and Yotam Halperin, two of the first Israeli players drafted into the NBA, the Utah Jazz's Ukrainian-born center, Kyrylo Fesenko, the New Jersey Nets' Courtney Lee, Orlando Magic's Hedo Türkoğlu and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rusher Earnest Graham, among others.

NBA regular season records

:* 8 by Eddie Jordan, New Jersey Nets (at Chicago Bulls) on October 23, 1979