The Basketball History of Brooklyn Nets Daily News Edition

BROOKLYN HAVE BATTLED through a grueling 2020/21 regular season, fighting every game in the tough Eastern Conference. Harden dishes, Durant drives … the Nets are flying! The intensity is unbearable, every possession feels decisive. Fans hold their breath … the buzzer sounds, and Brooklyn clinches 2nd place in the Eastern Conference, their highest ranking in 17 years! Celebration erupts — the Nets are back among the NBA elite!

Follow the story of the Brooklyn Nets through a book of authentic Daily News newspaper articles, curated from reports dating back to 1970. This edition charts the franchise’s history — exactly as it was reported at the time.

Featuring:

– Julius “Dr. J” Irving leading the Nets to two ABA championships before the 1976 NBA/ABA merger
– The team’s return to New Jersey, the sale of Irving, and decades of early NBA struggles
– Jason Kidd’s transformative era, including back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003
– The move to Brooklyn in 2012 and the franchise’s resurgence, including the 2020/21 season’s Eastern Conference 2nd-place finish

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to create a unique keepsake. Whether for a Nets fan, a basketball historian, or someone who followed the team from the ABA days, you hold not just a gift, but a piece of Nets history ready to be passed on.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.