- New Jersey Nets seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the
New Jersey Nets professionalbasketball franchise. The Nets were founded as the New Jersey Americans in 1967, a charter franchise of theAmerican Basketball Association . A year later, the team moved toLong Island ,New York , and were rechristened the New York Nets. There, behind the play of Hall of FamerJulius Erving , the team won its only two championships, in 1974 and 1976. After the 1975-76 season, the league merged with theNational Basketball Association , and the Nets were one of four franchises who joined the older league. After a season of competing with the in-market rivalNew York Knicks , the team moved back toNew Jersey as theNew Jersey Nets , where they remain to this day.Footnotes
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