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The Search for the New Nets Mascot: Bring Back Sly??

Posted on: July 21st, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

Progress Report #1

We've already gotten some interesting suggestions.

@TheBKGame #MyBrooklynMascot I think a much less serious Knight could work as the Nets Mascot! pic.twitter.com/ylzDk9LBUj

— Mike King (@MikeKing00) July 21, 2014

Several calls to bring back Sly, the NJ Nets mascot:

@TheBKGame there is only one mascot design that should be considered pic.twitter.com/RYyb3zF4Rc

— Tyler Hernandez (@YoItsTizzy) July 21, 2014

Over at Reddit, hueypriest suggests, "New mascot needs to be a badass but huggable pit bull, or Jerry Stackhouse."
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Stylish, Adorable, Sexy and Furry: The Very Best of REP YOUR NETS 2013-14

Posted on: July 18th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

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RIP Brooklyknight — A tear-jerking video tribute

Posted on: July 12th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

Video by Cody Hart

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Nets fans react to Hollins hire

Posted on: July 2nd, 2014 by Devin Kharpertian Comments

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The Pride of Bosnia — Fan Art of Mirza Teletovic

Posted on: May 27th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

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Fan Art Smackdown — Nets vs. Heat Edition

Posted on: May 14th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

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Spike Lee’s Opposition to Brooklyn’s Team

Posted on: May 14th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

When Brooklyn Favorite Son Spike Lee declared that he would not switch his allegiance from the Knicks to the Nets, we all grumbled but actually could respect his deep loyalty to the blue and orange.

But it's a whole different matter when the Knicks are out of the picture. Former Borough President Marty Markowitz had pleaded with Lee to at least make the Brooklyn team his second favorite.

It now seems clear that Lee is not only for the Knicks, he's against the Nets. He rooted for the Heat and sat near the Heat bench at the last game. There's a slightly mitigating factor: Ray Allen, a star of his movie He Got Game, now plays for the Heat.

Still: Loyalty to the Knicks over the Nets makes some sense. But loyalty to Miami over Brooklyn?

Brooklyn traitor Spike Lee

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There are as many Knicks fans as Nets fans in Brooklyn (that’s the Nets’ strongest county)

Posted on: May 13th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

This extraordinary map from The New York Times shows which teams dominate in which areas based on Facebook likes. The New York Knicks are the majority team in all counties in the tri-state region, except for Brooklyn where it's a statistical tie: 22 percent Nets, 21 percent Knicks and 9 percent for the Heat.

By that one slender percentage point, the Nets avoided being the only NBA team to not be the majority team in a single county.

In East Rutherford, where the New Jersey Nets played, 25 percent were for the Knicks, 15 percent for the Nets and 14 percent for the Lakers. There were no New Jersey counties in which Nets fans outnumbered Knicks fans. In Uniondale, Long Island, where the Nets started playing, 32 percent are for the Knicks, 12 percent for the Lakers and 10 percent for the Nets. There were no counties in Long Island where Nets fans outnumbered Knicks fans.

You can get the stats for any county in the nation. Many other fascinating patterns: strange pockets of Celtics fans in Alabama? Many Bulls fans in New Mexico?

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Rep Your Nets — Nets v Heat Series

Posted on: May 11th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

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Caption Contest: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jay-Z and Beyonce Talk About the Issue of the Day

Posted on: May 10th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

Your captions:

@TheBKGame Bey: Weren't you in the notebook?" Jake: "no that was Ryan gosling."

— jeff castaneda (@mosjef73) May 11, 2014

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@TheBKGame @DDubshorty_nv82 "But why couldn't you quit him?!"

— Maria Hardy (@TorontoMia29) May 11, 2014

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Empty Seats Again? (Starts thin, ends thick & lively)

Posted on: May 10th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

At the last home game, Barclays lower deck was half empty at game time. It was a weeknight with a 7 pm start so some wondered whether that led to a slow-arriving crowd. This game is on a Saturday at 8 pm. How thick was the crowd at game time?

Ok, by 8:30 things were looking quite a bit better but still plenty of empties.

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Zeso’s Amazing Spray Paint Nets Art

Posted on: May 10th, 2014 by Rick Barry1971 Comments

This is so cool it deserves its own slideshow. From NYC artist Sezo who spraypainted this 7.5 x 28 feet mural. More of his work can be found at Zesoner on Instagram or http://www.zesoart.com/site/