Description
Book Synopsis A sense of impending doom surrounded the New Jersey Nets. No matter how well things were going for the perennial underdogs, something would go wrong sooner or later--injuries, bad trades, inner conflicts. But if the Nets were never a stable organization, it made following them as entertaining as it was painful. The team''s 2012 move to Brooklyn was supposed to make a clean break with their past.
That past was in fact rich and eventful, filled with heroes, often unfairly vilified or underappreciated. Shedding new light on the careers of such figures as Julius Erving, Buck Williams, Sam Bowie, Derrick Coleman, Stephon Marbury, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter, this book celebrates a team of strong-willed individuals whose best efforts always ended in heartbreak.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: Hello, Brooklyn
- 1. ABA to NBA, Jersey to New York to Jersey
- 2. Trading, Leaving, Winning
- 3. Good Luck, Buck
- 4. New Logo, New Problems
- 5. Imagine Swamp Dragons
- 6. Truth or Dare
- 7. A New Hope
- 8. All Alone
- 9. What the Kidd Did
- 10. As Close as It Gets
- 11. The Beginning of the End
- 12. Two Carters
- 13. The Fall
- 14. Goodbye, Jersey
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
