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The new season is about to begin and the NJ Nets tickets are now available online. New Jersey Nets is a professional basketball team. They are based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team was founded in the year 1967. They played as New Jersey Americans during 1967–1968 and as New York Nets during 1968–1977. Since 1977, they have started playing as the New Jersey Nets. Initially, the team had been playing as a part of American Basketball Association (ABA). They joined NBA in 1977.

So far, New Jersey Nets have won two ABA championships – in 1974 and 1976. The team has not won any NBA championship. However, they do have two conference titles in their name – in 2002 and 2003. They have also won the NBA division titles four times in a row – in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006. The team has one ABA Division title in its name. The team has exhibited mixed performances. So far, the team has won 1094 matches and lost 1443. Watch the next season games by booking the NJ Nets tickets now.

New Jersey Nets have changed their home arena several times, which include Teaneck Armory (1967-1968), Long Island Arena (1968-1969), Island Garden (1969-1971), Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (1971-1977), Rutgers Athletic Center (1977-1981), and Continental Airlines Arena (1981-today). Izod Center is the new name for the Continental Airlines Arena. Forest City Enterprises, Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is the owner of its current franchise. Colorado 14ers handles the NBA D-League affiliate. Lawrence Frank is the current head coach of the team.

The Basketball Hall of Fame players from New Jersey Nets include Drazen Petrovicc, Julius Erving, Rick Barry, and Nate Archibald. Some of the star players from this team are Jason Kidd, Marcus Williams, Richard Jefferson, Stephon Marbury, etc. Jason Kidd has won the NBA All-Defensive Second Team award four times – in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2007. Buy NJ Nets tickets now to watch the best performances from these players.

Izod Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena. However, it mainly hosts basketball games. The stadium was formerly known as the Brendan Byrne Arena (1981-1996) and Continental Airlines Arena (1996-2007). The stadium is located on 50 Route 120, East Rutherford, New Jersey. It opened its door for various events in July 2, 1981. New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is the owner as well as the operator of this sports arena. The overall construction cost of Izod Center was $85 million. For NBA basketball matches, the maximum number of tickets that are sold is 20,049. This includes five categories of seats with different prices.

Besides New Jersey Nets, there have been some other tenants of this sports arena, which include New Jersey Rockets (MISL) (1981-1982), New Jersey Saints (NLL) (1987-1988), New Jersey Storm (NLL) (2002-2003), New Jersey Red Dogs, Gladiators (AFL) (1997-2002), New Jersey XTreme (NIFL) (2005), and 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

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