The New Jersey Nets are moving to Brooklyn. Period. Nets’ Owner Bruce C. Ratner insists the team will not stay in New Jersey. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, elected to office in May 2006, still remains hopeful in keeping the team in New Jersey.

Ratner has always shared his vision of the Nets moving to Brooklyn that has caused hype in the media, including interest by rapper Jay-Z who was born and raised in the Marcy Projects of Brooklyn section Bedford-Stuyvesant.

With the growing real estate market in Brooklyn. Ratner argues that the team would fit in well with garnered support for the proposed Barclays Center. Despite protests, the Nets’ Owner has used his political power in addition to his influence in the community to forward the project.

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For the past couple weeks I’ve been raving about the young talent the New Jersey Nets have accumulated. In particular, the acquisition of Devin Harris has made the Nets a fast team. To have a guard that can conduct a one-man fast break, generate steals, run the high-hash screen and roll, and knock down the open jump shot has given the Nets an All-Star caliber replacement for Jason Kidd. His rise is reminiscent of the Kevin “KJ” Johnson trade to the Suns after Georgia Tech’s Mark Price won the starting point position in Cleveland. Harris, like Johnson, creates easy offense off the transition and finishes strong at the cup. Read More »