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Brooklyn Gets the Nets

Forget trying to revitalize Newark - the Nets decide to move to Brooklyn (though not officially for two years). The Knicks organization will probably be making phone calls all through the night, mulling over various improvements they should make to Madison Square Garden.

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By Jen Chung on January 21, 2004 9:51 PM

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  • Gem Stevens

    I understand that the contract stipulates that Brooklyn must be renamed Jersey and/or cede to New Jersey.

  • dodger

    Jake if you had lived in Brooklyn a really long time you wouldn't allow your fine associates to refer to UTB as DUMBO.

  • Your clock is off. It's 1:04.

  • Fuck.

  • i'm sorry- i've lived in brooklyn a good long time (20 years), and i think this is a good thing for our borough. go brooklyn nets!

  • WL

    Wow. An entire borough pinning its hopes on a basketball team poached from New Jersey. All they need now is a monorail...

    Did RATner sell Markowitz a bridge? RATner gets rich, local residents get screwed, and the city gets stuck with the tab.

    Meet the most hated man in NJ.

  • Domain

    Hey I got kicked out of a room at 41st and 8th due to eminent domain (courtesy New York Times), and I'll be the first to admit that me being kicked out was a good thing for the better of the city.

  • Trooth

    Brooklyn Gets the Nets.

    Residents Get the Boot.

    Eminent Domain at its finest.

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