Turnpike Team - A History of the New Jersey Nets, 1977-2012

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.

List 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

About the author

Lukasz Muniowski (Ph.D., American literature, University of Warsaw) has written numerous academic articles on various topics, including gentrification, geek culture, American literature, video games and television series. He lives in Poland.

Product details

• Authors: ¿Ukasz Muniowski, Lukasz Muniowski, Łukasz Muniowski
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2022
• EAN: 9781476689401
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-8940-1
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Basketball, New Jersey, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Sports teams & clubs, Sports teams and clubs