NBA Screwed up Moving to Brooklyn

[AB Ziggy]

they dont know
muthafukkin internet got these kids all kindsa fukked up

And even Harlem too. nikkas will say it's all cac but will forget black people still very much present despite the changing demographics, especially in East Harlem.

And as for BX, have yet to see a single cac or hipster my whole life, even in Mott Haven that news like to prop up as the next big development.

 

[Insun Park]

Let's ignore the West Indian, Russian, and Italian communities that take up whole neighborhoods in Brooklyn. I live in crown heights and work in Bensonhurst. Never seen a single midwestern hipster in either place

The same nikkas with that mentality, would end up being chased off the block Usain fast. Could you imagine them going to Two First, thinking it's Silicon Valley?

Where do you out of town nikkas get these statistics from? You always say this shyt about Brooklyn but you are not even from here. Brooklyn has a large black and hispanic population. You think all of Brooklyn is just Williamsburg? Have you ever been to Brownsville,East new York,Flatbush,Bed Stuy,Crown Heights,Coney Island,Canarsie? There is a large black population in Brooklyn dummy.

How do you guys afford rent there?

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Where do you out of town nikkas get these statistics from? You always say this shyt about Brooklyn but you are not even from here. Brooklyn has a large black and hispanic population. You think all of Brooklyn is just Williamsburg? Have you ever been to Brownsville,East new York,Flatbush,Bed Stuy,Crown Heights,Coney Island,Canarsie? There is a large black population in Brooklyn dummy.

yep, was there last year... use to come to Brooklyn in the early 90s and mid 1993-1998ish to visit my cousins... shyt done changed mayne..

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

You acting like them Jersey muthafukkas wont jump on that bandwagon once the Nets get hot

Jersey muthafukkas didnt even jump on the New Jersey Nets bandwagon when they made the finals in 2002 and 03'

 

[Super Ramon]

Just imagine if the nets would have moved to Brooklyn with these 3

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Good for me, I live 2 miles from Barclays. I catch games out there all the time for cheap


Might go check the Lakers out on the 14th, can get seats damn near on the floor for 100 bucks

 

[mson]

shyt was sold out when I went to see them play the Knicks last year. The team is bad and it's the winter.

yep, was there last year... use to come to Brooklyn in the early 90s and mid 1993-1998ish to visit my cousins... shyt done changed mayne..

You didn't even know that Harlem was a part of NYC. Stop it.

 

[O YOU MAD BRA]

You have to be in NYC right now to really understand. The gentrifiers who move here just aren't interested in Basketball. The poor immigrants who come here have no connection to Basketball. The people who live here now don't have the same emotional connection to this city as some of the 30 and over folks who have LEFT NYC.

U missin my point. People will develop or fake that emotional attachment once Bk starts really winning



N1kkas couldn't name 5 clippers fans they knew personally 10 years ago now check them boy's out..... Point being, People like to cheer celebrate etc. A winning team in Brooklyn will bring the city out

 

[Carolina Slim]

NY absolutely have bandwagon nikkas, but we have to be up there amongst the best when it comes to loyalty. I've seen Mets fans rock a full Mets outfit at the Yankees parade with zero fukks given. I know some Jets fans who still argue with me now, saying next year is the year. You peeped the Cubs? The Nets are a Jersey team, not Brooklyn. Always will be.

It goes to show you how much influence Jay has. He's another reason BK was hype for this, but once Jay kept it moving, so did Brooklyn.

that was me.... When the Yankees won in 1998, I was working at a law firm at 1 Broadway. That location was right where they would start the parades. For the company, it was almost like a day off since everyone was outside for the parade. Since I was a Mets fan, I was like and stayed inside and worked. But eventually I decided to go out and see what was good. I was able to see my n1gga Darryl Strawberry on his float, and I shouted out "DARRYL!!!! 1986 BABY!!!!" Straw looked over at me and pointed at me on some and everybody else around started booing "What? Mets fan?!? Get outta here!!!" But I was gucci though... Went back inside the building like

 

[No Homo]

that was me.... When the Yankees won in 1998, I was working at a law firm at 1 Broadway. That location was right where they would start the parades. For the company, it was almost like a day off since everyone was outside for the parade. Since I was a Mets fan, I was like and stayed inside and worked. But eventually I decided to go out and see what was good. I was able to see my n1gga Darryl Strawberry on his float, and I shouted out "DARRYL!!!! 1986 BABY!!!!" Straw looked over at me and pointed at me on some and everybody else around started booing "What? Mets fan?!? Get outta here!!!" But I was gucci though... Went back inside the building like

 

[BXKingPin82]

Jersey muthafukkas didnt even jump on the New Jersey Nets bandwagon when they made the finals in 2002 and 03'

yes they did

muthafukkas even tried to "adopt" the Mets when they was on fire
dont tell me about Jersey i have to suffer in this bytch damn near all week for work
shyt im in Trenton NOW!

 

[stepbackj34spud]

nope, even when they made the playoffs, it was empty as hell. terrible decision.

Should've just moved them to Vancouver, Seattle or some shyt.

No it wasn't.. You don't know what the fukk you're talking about. The year they had the lineup of Williams, Johnson Lopez, Pierce and KG, the arena was always packed. They just don't have a good team out there so nobody is coming out to see them.

 

[Wear My Dawg's Hat]

You have to be in NYC right now to really understand. The gentrifiers who move here just aren't interested in Basketball. The poor immigrants who come here have no connection to Basketball. The people who live here now don't have the same emotional connection to this city as some of the 30 and over folks who have LEFT NYC.

I don't think folks understand that the Nets move to Brooklyn was intended to help escalate massive gentrification there.

The Barclays arena was supposed to anchor the construction of multiple luxury apartment buildings surrounding it. The
economy has slowed down the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project.

Those $20K season ticket packages were never intended for Flatbush families just one generation removed from St. Kitts.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

I'm an OG New Jersey Nets fans and I can even admit that they had crappy attendance even in the Kidd peak era. They're probably doing better revenue wise compared to East Rutherford.

I do wish they stayed in Newark but couldn't do anything about it

 

[wizworld]

I don't think folks understand that the Nets move to Brooklyn was intended to help escalate massive gentrification there.

The Barclays arena was supposed to anchor the construction of multiple luxury apartment buildings surrounding it. The
economy has slowed down the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project.

Those $20K season ticket packages were never intended for Flatbush families just one generation removed from St. Kitts.

Yup.

As someone who admittedly doesn't have a ton of real estate knowledge, I'm amazed how little the whole thing had to do with the Nets franchise itself.