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Brooklyn Nets
2014–15 Brooklyn Nets season
Conference	Eastern
Division	Atlantic
Founded	1967 (Joined NBA in 1976)
History	New Jersey Americans (ABA) 1967–1968 New York Nets (ABA) 1968–1976 New York Nets (NBA) 1976–1977 New Jersey Nets 1977–2012 Brooklyn Nets 2012–present
Arena	Barclays Center
Location	New York City, New York
Team colors	Black, White
Head coach	Lionel Hollins
Ownership	Mikhail Prokhorov, principal (80%) Bruce Ratner, minority
Championships	2 ABA: 2 (1974, 1976)
Conference titles	2 (2002, 2003)
Division titles	6 ABA: 2 (1974, 1975) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
Retired numbers	7 (3, 4, 5, 23, 25, 32, 52)
Home Away

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. They compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association. They were known as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets, all of whom remain in the league today).

In 1977, the team returned to the nearby state of New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012. During this time, the Nets won two consecutive Eastern Conference championships (in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons), but failed to win a championship. In the summer of 2012, the team moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and was renamed the Brooklyn Nets.

History

The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 and initially played in Teaneck, New Jersey, as the New Jersey Americans. In its early years, the team led a nomadic existence, moving to Long Island in 1968 and playing in various arenas there as the New York Nets.

Led by Hall of Famer Julius "Dr. J" Erving, the Nets won two ABA championships in New York before becoming one of four ABA teams to be admitted into the NBA as part of the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. The team then moved back to New Jersey in 1977 and became the New Jersey Nets. During their time in that state, the Nets saw periods of losing and misfortune intermittent with several periods of success, which culminated in two consecutive NBA Finals appearances in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons by teams led by point guard Jason Kidd.

After playing 35 seasons in New Jersey, the team moved back to the state of New York, changed its geographic name to Brooklyn, and began playing in the new Barclays Center, starting with the 2012–13 NBA season.

Rivalries

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics were once rivals of the Nets during the early 2000s because of their respective locations and their burgeoning stars. The Nets were led by Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, while the Celtics were experiencing newfound success behind Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker. The rivalry began to heat up in the 2002 Eastern Conference Finals, which was preceded by trash-talking from the Celtics who claimed Martin was a "fake" tough guy. Things progressed as the series started, and on-court tensions seemed to spill into the stands. Celtic fans berated Kidd and his family with chants of "Wife Beater!" in response to Kidd's 2001 domestic abuse charge. When the series returned to New Jersey, Nets fans responded, with some brandishing signs that read "Will someone please stab Paul Pierce?" referring to a night club incident in 2000 in which Pierce was stabbed 11 times. When asked about the fan barbs being traded, Kenyon Martin stated, "Our fans hate them, their fans hate us." Bill Walton said at the time that Nets-Celtics was the "beginning of the next great NBA rivalry" during the Eastern Conference Finals in 2002 with the Nets advancing to the NBA Finals, though New Jersey would go on to sweep Boston in the 2003 playoffs.

In 2012, there were indications that the rivalry might be rekindled when an altercation occurred on the court on November 28, resulting in the ejection of Rajon Rondo, Gerald Wallace, and Kris Humphries. Rondo was suspended for two games in the aftermath, while Wallace and Kevin Garnett were fined. The story was revisited on December 25, when Wallace grabbed Garnett's shorts and the two had to be broken up by referees and players alike.

However, the rivalry between the Nets and the Celtics appeared significantly cooled off by the June 2013 blockbuster trade that dealt Celtics stars Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Nets in exchange for Wallace, Humphries, and others. This move was billed as a merger of the two Atlantic Division teams. Celtics announcer Sean Grande said "It's almost as if you found a great home for these guys. You couldn't have found a better place. These guys will be in the New York market, they'll be on a competitive team, they'll stay on national TV. It's funny, because the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So with Celtics fans feeling the way they do about the Heat, feeling the way they do about the Knicks, the Nets are going to become almost the second team now."

New York Knicks

The Knicks–Nets rivalry has historically been a geographical one, with the Knicks playing in Madison Square Garden in the New York City borough of Manhattan and the Nets playing in the New York City suburbs of Long Island and in New Jersey, and since 2012, at Barclays Center in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Media outlets have noted the Knicks–Nets rivalry's similarity to those of other New York City teams, such as Major League Baseball's Subway Series rivalry between the American League's New York Yankees and the National League's New York Mets and National Football League's rivalry between the NFC East's New York Giants and the AFC East's New York Jets, the result of the boroughs' proximity through the New York City Subway. Historically, the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn competed via the Dodgers–Giants rivalry, when the two teams were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. Like the Knicks and Nets, the Giants and Dodgers played in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, and were fierce divisional rivals. The rivalry between the New York Islanders and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League will also have this distinction once the Islanders move to Barclays Center in 2015. Due to the Knicks being located in Manhattan and the Nets being located in Brooklyn, some media outlets have dubbed this rivalry "Clash of the Boroughs".

Toronto Raptors

A rivalry with the Toronto Raptors had emerged in 2004, when then-Raptor Vince Carter had been traded to the then-New Jersey Nets. However, the two teams would not meet in the playoffs until 2007, when the Nets defeated the Raptors in the First Round series, 4–2, after a go-ahead shot by Richard Jefferson with 8 seconds left in Game 6 led to a 98–97 victory. Seven years later, the two teams would meet once again in the First Round, where the series would end in Game 7, after a game-winning block by Paul Pierce, giving the Nets the 104–103 victory. The series was also noted for controversy when Toronto Raptor's General Manager Masai Ujiri made derogatory remarks towards Brooklyn at a fan rally outside Maple Leaf Square before Game 1. Ujiri later apologized at halftime.

Culture

Mascot

The mascot of the New Jersey Nets was Sly the Silver Fox, who debuted on October 31, 1997 as part of the rebranding of the Nets for the 1997–98 season. Prior to that, the Nets' mascot was an anthropomorphic dragon named Duncan the Dragon.

The Nets introduced a new super hero mascot for their move to Brooklyn named BrooklyKnight (a play on the demonym Brooklynite) on November 3, 2012 – he was lowered from the ceiling of the Barclays Center amid sparks and fanfare and introduced by Nets PA announcer David Diamante: "Here to defend Brooklyn, he's the BrooklyKnight." The mascot was co-created by Marvel Entertainment, a sister company to NBA broadcasters ABC and ESPN. A 32-page comic book titled BrooklyKnight #1, written by Jason Aaron and drawn by Mike Deodato Jr., was released by Marvel to commemorate the unveiling of the mascot. After the Nets' second season in Brooklyn, the franchise decided to discontinue the BrooklyKnight mascot.

Team anthem

On November 3, 2012, the Nets introduced a new team anthem titled "Brooklyn: Something To Lean On", written and recorded by Brooklyn-born musician John Forté. The song is notable for its refrain, which features the "Brooklyn" chant that has been popular with fans in Barclays Center.

Management

The Nets' front office in 2013 included Mikhail Prokhorov (Principal Owner), Brett Yormark (CEO, Brooklyn Nets), Billy King (General Manager), and Jeff Gewirtz (Executive Vice President, Business Affairs & Chief Legal Officer).

Ownership history

The original owner of the Nets franchise was trucking magnate Arthur J. Brown, who was the founder of the American Basketball Association team that was then known as the New Jersey Americans in 1967. The next year, Brown renamed the franchise to the New York Nets following a move to Long Island, and sold the team for $1.1 million to entrepreneur Roy Boe. Due to financial losses suffered while the team was in Long Island, Boe moved the team back to New Jersey in 1977 and sold the team a year later to a group of seven local businessmen led by Alan N. Cohen and Joseph Taub, who became known as the "Secaucus Seven".

After a lengthy ownership of the franchise and numerous attempts to improve the financial situation of the team, the "Secaucus Seven" finally sold the team in 1998 to a group of local real estate developers led by Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz, who called themselves the "Community Youth Organization" (CYO) and wanted to move the team to Newark, New Jersey. The next year the group signed an agreement with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner to form YankeeNets, a holding company that would own the two teams, and later also the New Jersey Devils, and increase leverage in future broadcast contracts by negotiating together. After receiving offers from numerous broadcast partners, including what was then their current rights holder Cablevision, YankeeNets decided to launch its own regional sports television called the YES Network.

YankeeNets would ultimately fail in its attempts to secure a deal with Newark to construct a new arena in the city. By that point in time, tensions between the management of the Yankees, Nets, and the Devils had cause a rift between them, and a decision was made to split the group up. With their plan to move the Nets now dead, the CYO placed the team on sale. After a short bidding process, the group secured a deal with real estate developer Bruce Ratner to buy the team for $300 million, defeating a similar offer by Charles Kushner and Senator Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey. Ratner had purchased the team with the intent of moving it to a new arena in Brooklyn, which was to be a centerpiece of the large-scale Atlantic Yards development.

On September 24, 2009, Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's third-richest man according to Forbes, confirmed his intention to become majority owner of the Nets. Prokhorov sent an offer to the team owners requesting that the control shareholding of the basketball club be sold to his company, Onexim, for a symbolic price. In return, Prokhorov would fund a loan for the construction of a $700 million arena in Brooklyn and attract additional funds from Western banks. Prokhorov stated that he initiated the deal to help push Russian basketball to a new level of development. On May 11, 2010, following approval from the other owners of the NBA, Prokhorov had become a principal owner of the Nets.

Season-by-season records

Facilities

Home arenas

Practice facilities

The Nets' training center, and the headquarters for the team's basketball operations, have been located at the 65,000-square-foot PNY Center in East Rutherford, NJ, since 1998. Prior to that, the team had practiced at the APA Recreation Center in North Bergen, NJ, sharing their lockers and practice courts with truck drivers who used the facility. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in November 2012, PNY Center suffered power outage and extensive water damage due to flooding, and for several months, the team used the smaller training spaces and practice courts inside the Barclays Center instead.

On June 26, 2014, the Nets announced their intention to move their training center to the Industry City complex in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The new facility, to be known as the Hospital for Special Surgery Training Center (HSS Center), will be built on the roof of an empty warehouse in the complex, occupying 70,000 square feet of space in total. The renovation project will cost roughly $50 million.

Players and coaches

Current roster

Brooklyn Nets roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 4 Beekman, Reece (TW) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 2001-10-08 Virginia F 44 Bogdanović, Bojan  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 226 lb (103 kg) 1989-04-18 Croatia F/C 33 Claxton, Nic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-04-17 Georgia F 21 Clowney, Noah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2004-07-14 Alabama F 28 Finney-Smith, Dorian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1993-05-04 Florida F 2 Johnson, Cameron 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1996-03-03 North Carolina G 45 Johnson, Keon 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2002-03-10 Tennessee F 16 Martin, Jaylen (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 2004-01-28 FSUS (FL) G 13 Martin, Tyrese (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-03-07 Connecticut G 8 Melton, De'Anthony  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1998-05-28 USC G 7 Milton, Shake 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-09-26 SMU F/C 20 Sharpe, Day'Ron  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 2001-11-06 North Carolina G/F 10 Simmons, Ben 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996-07-20 LSU G 24 Thomas, Cam 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2001-10-13 LSU F 9 Watford, Trendon  6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 2000-11-09 LSU F 0 Whitehead, Dariq 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2004-08-01 Duke F 1 Williams, Ziaire 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 2001-09-12 Stanford F 22 Wilson, Jalen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 2000-11-04 Kansas

Head coach Jordi Fernández Assistant coach(es) Travis Bader Deividas Dulkys Ryan Forehan-Kelly Dutch Gaitley Connor Griffin Jay Hernandez Steve Hetzel Juwan Howard Corey Vinson Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: December 22, 2024

Retained draft rights

The Nets hold the draft rights to the following unsigned draft picks who have been playing outside the NBA. A drafted player, either an international draftee or a college draftee who isn't signed by the team that drafted him, is allowed to sign with any non-NBA teams. In this case, the team retains the player's draft rights in the NBA until one year after the player's contract with the non-NBA team ends. This list includes draft rights that were acquired from trades with other teams.

Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Current team	Note(s)	Ref
2014	2	59	Xavier Thames	G	United States	Fort Wayne Mad Ants (D-League)	Acquired from the Toronto Raptors

Franchise leaders

Bold denotes still active with team. Italics denotes still active but not with team. "Name*" includes points scored for the team while in the ABA.

Points scored (regular season) (as of the end of the 2014-15 season)

1. Buck Williams (10,440)
2. Vince Carter (8,834)
3. Richard Jefferson (8,507)
4. Brook Lopez (7,404)
5. Jason Kidd (7,373)
6. John Williamson* (7,202)
7. Julius Erving* (7,104)
8. Kerry Kittles (7,096)
9. Derrick Coleman (6,930)
10. Chris Morris (6,762)
11. Mike Gminski (6,415)
12. Billy Paultz* (6,297)
13. Bill Melchionni* (6,230)
14. Otis Birdsong (5,968)
15. Keith Van Horn (5,700)
16. Albert King (5,595)
17. Kendall Gill (4,932)
18. Darwin Cook (4,699)
19. Kenny Anderson (4,655)
20. Deron Williams (4,609)
21. Kenyon Martin (4,269)
22. Rick Barry* (4,252)
23. Stephon Marbury (3,963)
24. Bernard King (3,901)
25. Brian Taylor* (3,804)
26. Drazen Petrovic (3,798)
27. Devin Harris (3,747)
28. Darryl Dawkins (3,687)
29. Walt Simon* (3,634)
30. Armen Gilliam (3,611)

Other Statistics (regular season) (as of the end of the 2014-15 season)

Minutes Played

1. Buck Williams (23,100)
2. Jason Kidd (18,733)
3. Richard Jefferson (17,499)
4. Kerry Kittles (16,686)
5. Bill Melchionni* (15,337)

Rebounds

1. Buck Williams (7,576)
2. Billy Paultz* (4,544)
3. Derrick Coleman (3,690)
4. Mike Gminski (3,671)
5. Jason Kidd (3,662)

Assists

1. Jason Kidd (4,620)
2. Bill Melchionni* (3,044)
3. Kenny Anderson (2,363)
4. Deron Williams (2,078)
5. Darwin Cook (1,970)

Steals

1. Jason Kidd (950)
2. Darwin Cook (875)
3. Kerry Kittles (803)
4. Chris Morris (784)
5. Kendall Gill (652)

Blocks

1. George Johnson (863)
2. Brook Lopez (724)
3. Buck Williams (696)
4. Mike Gminski (599)
5. Derrick Coleman (559)

Retired numbers

*Not in the rafters.

Basketball Hall of Famers

*Played or coached for the franchise during its time in the ABA.

Individual awards

NBA Rookie of the Year

• Buck Williams – 1982
• Derrick Coleman – 1991

NBA Executive of the Year

• Rod Thorn – 2002

ABA Most Valuable Player Award

• Julius Erving – 1974, 1975, 1976

ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player

• Julius Erving – 1974, 1976

ABA Rookie of the Year Award

• Brian Taylor – 1973

NBA All-Star Game

• Jason Kidd (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008; DNP 2007)
• Buck Williams (1982, 1983, 1986)
• Vince Carter (2005, 2006, 2007)
• Otis Birdsong (1984)
• Micheal Ray Richardson (1985)
• Kenny Anderson (1994)
• Derrick Coleman (1994)
• Jayson Williams (1998)
• Stephon Marbury (2001)
• Kenyon Martin (2004)
• Devin Harris (2009)
• Deron Williams (2012)
• Brook Lopez (2013)
• Joe Johnson (2014)

NBA All-Star Game head coaches

• Byron Scott – 2002

All-NBA First Team

• Jason Kidd – 2002, 2004

All-NBA Second Team

• Buck Williams – 1983
• Jason Kidd – 2003
• Deron Williams – 2008, 2010

All-NBA Third Team

• Dražen Petrović – 1993
• Derrick Coleman – 1993, 1994
• Stephon Marbury – 2000

NBA All-Defensive First Team

• Jason Kidd – 2002, 2006

NBA All-Defensive Second Team

• Buck Williams – 1988
• Jason Kidd – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007

All-ABA Team First Team

• Rick Barry – 1971, 1972
• Bill Melchionni – 1972
• Julius Erving – 1974, 1975, 1976

All-ABA Team Second Team

• Brian Taylor – 1975

ABA All-Defensive Team

• Mike Gale – 1974
• Brian Taylor – 1975, 1976
• Julius Erving – 1976

NBA Rookie First Team

• Bernard King – 1978
• Buck Williams – 1982
• Derrick Coleman – 1991
• Keith Van Horn – 1998
• Kenyon Martin – 2001
• Brook Lopez – 2009
• Mason Plumlee – 2014

NBA Rookie Second Team

• Chris Morris – 1989
• Kerry Kittles – 1997
• Richard Jefferson – 2002
• Nenad Krstić – 2004
• Marcus Williams – 2007
• MarShon Brooks – 2012

ABA All-Rookie Team

• John Roche – 1972
• Jim Chones – 1973
• Brian Taylor – 1973
• Larry Kenon – 1974
• John Williamson – 1974
• Kim Hughes – 1976

NBA Development League affiliation

Starting in the 2011–12 season, the Springfield Armor had become the exclusive NBA Development League affiliate of the Nets. This made the Nets the second team to opt for a D-League "hybrid affiliation", the first being the Houston Rockets with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Springfield ownership had maintained control over business, marketing, and day-to-day operations; however, the Brooklyn Nets had control over coaching and player decisions. This hybrid model was well received by GMs and owners. However, after three seasons, the Pistons had purchased the Armor from the Nets, moving and renaming the team as the Grand Rapids Drive.

Media

The television home of the Nets is currently the YES Network, which the team helped create while they were under the corporate umbrella of YankeeNets LLC, a merger of business operations between the Nets and the New York Yankees. After the dissolution of YankeeNets and Bruce Ratner's purchase of the team, YES signed a long-term deal to keep broadcasting Nets games. The sale to the Ratner group did not include the percentage of YES that was previously owned by the Nets, which remains with the pre-merger Nets owners. Prior to that, the Nets' TV home was Fox Sports Net New York and SportsChannel New York.

The team's local broadcast partner is WWOR-TV, and games have aired on WLNY in the past as well.

The current flagship radio station of the Nets is WFAN, which took over the radio rights to the Nets after losing their basketball contract with the Knicks (who moved to WEPN). Prior to that, Nets games aired on WNEW, WMCA, WVNJ, WNBC, WQEW, and WOR.

In the club's early ABA years, some Sunday road games were televised in a package carried by WPIX-TV. The team's later ABA tenure featured more frequent road telecasts on their current broadcast partner, WWOR-TV. Known then as WOR-TV, it continued airing road games for a time once the team joined the NBA in 1976.

Television

Ian Eagle has television duties for the Nets after the departure of Marv Albert in 2011. Eagle became the lead television voice for the team in 1995 after serving as the team's radio voice for one year, while Albert joined the Nets following his firing by MSG Network in 2005 after four decades as the lead voice of the New York Knicks. When Albert joined the broadcast team, he became the lead broadcaster with Eagle as his substitute; beginning in the 2009–10 season, due to Albert's advancing age and his other commitments, Eagle once again assumed the lead play-by-play spot. As of the 2011–12 season, Eagle is the sole lead announcer after Albert decided to move to CBS Sports for both NFL and NCAA basketball, in addition to his work on the NBA on TNT. Ryan Ruocco substitutes for Eagle during the latter's CBS NFL and NCAA commitments.

Joining Eagle in the booth for 2013 are former NBA player and ex-Net Donny Marshall and longtime Nets analyst Jim Spanarkel. Marshall replaced Mike Fratello as the lead analyst following the 2012–13 season and Spanarkel shares duties with him as he has in the past with other announcers.

Radio

WFAN is the Nets' current radio flagship, the station having assumed radio rights from WOR following the 2003–04 season. Chris Carrino and Tim Capstraw comprise the broadcast team, Carrino on play-by-play and Capstraw as the analyst.

Other broadcasters who have worked for the Nets include Howard David, Bob Papa, Bill Raftery, Kelly Tripucka, Albert King, Mike O'Koren, Spencer Ross, Mel Proctor, Joe Tait, John Sterling, Mike DiTomasso, WFAN update man John Minko and Mark Jackson.

Nets games have also aired on WNEW-AM and WQEW in the past.

During the club's ABA years, announcers included Marty Glickman, Marv Albert's brothers Al Albert and Steve Albert, baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, Bob Goldsholl, as well as Sterling and DiTomasso. The latter two joined the club's move into the NBA.

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External links

• Official website

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Baseball	MLB New York Mets New York Yankees IL Buffalo Bisons Rochester Red Wings Syracuse Mets EL Binghamton Rumble Ponies SAL Brooklyn Cyclones Hudson Valley Renegades ALPB Long Island Ducks Staten Island FerryHawks EPBL Plattsburgh Redbirds FL New York Boulders Tri-City ValleyCats ACBL Hampton Whalers NYCBL Cortland Crush Genesee Rapids Hornell Dodgers Olean Oilers Rochester Ridgemen Rome Generals Sherrill Silversmiths Syracuse Salt Cats Syracuse Spartans Wellsville Nitros PGCBL Elmira Pioneers Jamestown Jammers Newark Pilots Watertown Rapids
Basketball	NBA Brooklyn Nets New York Knicks WNBA New York Liberty G League Long Island Nets Westchester Knicks TBL Albany Patroons Jamestown Jackals ABA Buffalo eXtreme Entertainment Teams Harlem Wizards
Esports	CDL Cloud9 New York OWL New York Excelsior
Football	NFL Buffalo Bills AFL Albany Firebirds WFA New York Sharks EFL Watertown Red & Black GDFL Albany Metro Mallers
Hockey	NHL Buffalo Sabres New York Islanders New York Rangers AHL Rochester Americans Syracuse Crunch Utica Comets ECHL Adirondack Thunder PWHL New York Sirens FPHL Binghamton Black Bears Elmira River Sharks Watertown Wolves NAHL Jamestown Rebels OJHL Buffalo Jr. Sabres EHL New York Apple Core EHLP Adirondack Junior Thunder Entertainment Teams Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team
Soccer	MLS New York City FC USLS Brooklyn FC USLC Brooklyn FC MLSNP New York City FC II USL1 Westchester SC NISA New York Cosmos (hiatus) USL2 Blackwatch Rush F.A. Euro Hudson Valley Hammers Long Island Rough Riders Manhattan SC Pathfinder FC Westchester Flames NPSL FC Buffalo Cedar Stars FC Flower City Union Kingston Stockade FC New York Shockers WPSL Brooklyn City FC Clarkstown SC Downtown United SC Fox Soccer Academy New York Athletic Club New York Dutch Lions FC New York Shockers SUSA FC United Women's Soccer Albany Rush FC Berlin FC Buffalo Rochester Lady Lancers Syracuse Pulse USL W League Long Island Rough Riders MASL Utica City FC
Lacrosse	NLL Albany FireWolves Buffalo Bandits Rochester Knighthawks PLL New York Atlas UWLX Long Island Sound WPLL New York Fight Upstate Pride
Roller derby	WFTDA Assault City Roller Derby Central New York Roller Derby Gotham Roller Derby Hellions of Troy Hudson Valley Horrors Roller Derby Ithaca League of Women Rollers Long Island Roller Rebels Queen City Roller Derby Roc City Roller Derby Suburbia Roller Derby MRDA New York Shock Exchange
Rugby league	USARL White Plains Wombats NARL New York R.L.F.C.
Rugby union	USAR New York Athletic Club RFC Old Blue
Team tennis	WTT New York Empire
College athletics (NCAA Division I)	Adelphi Panthers (women's bowling) Albany Great Danes Army Black Knights Binghamton Bearcats Buffalo Bulls Brockport Golden Eagles (women's gymnastics) Clarkson Golden Knights (men's and women's ice hockey) Canisius Golden Griffins CCNY Beavers (women's fencing) Colgate Raiders Columbia Lions Cortland Red Dragons (women's gymnastics) Cornell Big Red Daemen Wildcats (women's bowling and men's volleyball) Dominican Chargers (men's volleyball) D'Youville Saints (men's volleyball) Fordham Rams Hilbert Hawks (women's bowling) Hobart Statesmen (men's lacrosse) Hofstra Pride Hunter Hawks (men's and women's fencing) Ithaca Bombers (women's gymnastics) Iona Gaels Le Moyne Dolphins LIU Sharks Manhattan Jaspers Marist Red Foxes Molloy Lions (women's bowling) NYU Violets (men's and women's fencing) Niagara Purple Eagles Queens Knights (women's fencing) RPI Engineers (men's and women's ice hockey) Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks (women's bowling and men's volleyball) Rochester Yellowjackets (men's squash) RIT Tigers (men's and women's ice hockey) St. Bonaventure Bonnies St. John's Red Storm St. Lawrence Saints (men's and women's ice hockey) St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans (men's volleyball) Siena Saints Stony Brook Seawolves Syracuse Orange Union Garnet Chargers (men's and women's ice hockey) Vassar Brewers (men's and women's fencing) Wagner Seahawks Yeshiva Maccabees (men's and women's fencing)
College athletics (NCAA Division II)	Adelphi Panthers Daemen Wildcats Dominican Chargers Dowling Golden Lions D'Youville Saints Mercy Mavericks Molloy Lions NYIT Bears (Suspended) Pace Setters Queens Knights Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks Saint Rose Golden Knights St. Thomas Aquinas Spartans Staten Island Dolphins
College athletics (NCAA Division III)	Alfred Saxons Alfred State Pioneers Bard Raptors Baruch Bearcats Brockport Golden Eagles Brooklyn Bulldogs Buffalo State Bengals Canton Roos Cazenovia Wildcats CCNY Beavers Clarkson Golden Knights Cobleskill Fighting Tigers Cortland Red Dragons Delhi Broncos Elmira Soaring Eagles Farmingdale Rams Fredonia Blue Devils Geneseo Knights Hamilton Continentals Hartwick Hawks Hilbert Hawks Hobart Statesmen Houghton Highlanders Hunter Hawks Ithaca Bombers John Jay Bloodhounds Keuka Wolves Lehman Lightning Bugs Manhattanville Valiants Medgar Evers Cougars Merchant Marine Mariners Maritime Privateers Mount Saint Mary Blue Knights Mount Saint Vincent Dolphins Morrisville Mustangs Nazareth Golden Flyers New Paltz Hawks City Tech Yellow Jackets NYU Violets Old Westbury Panthers Oneonta Red Dragons Oswego Lakers Plattsburgh Cardinals Potsdam Bears Pratt Cannoners Purchase Panthers RPI Engineers Rochester Yellowjackets RIT Tigers Russell Sage Gators Skidmore Thoroughbreds St. John Fisher Cardinals St. Joseph's (Brooklyn) Bears St. Joseph's (Long Island) Golden Eagles St. Lawrence Saints Sarah Lawrence Gryphons SUNY Poly Wildcats Union Garnet Chargers Utica Pioneers Vassar Brewers Wells Express William Smith Herons Yeshiva Maccabees York Cardinals
College athletics (USCAA)	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Panthers Berkeley Knights Bryant & Stratton College, Albany Bobcats Bryant & Stratton College, Buffalo Bobcats Bryant & Stratton College, Greece Bobcats Bryant & Stratton College, Syracuse Bobcats Culinary Institute of America Steels Five Towns Sounds The King's Lions Paul Smith's Bobcats SUNY ESF Mighty Oaks Vaughn Warriors Villa Maria Knights Word of Life Bible Institute Huskies
College athletics (NJCAA Division I)	Globe Institute of Technology Knights Monroe Mustangs ASA Avengers
College athletics (NJCAA Division II)	SUNY Erie Kats Genesee Cougars Jamestown (Jamestown) Jayhawks Jamestown (Olean) Cattaraugus Jaguars Monroe Tribunes Niagara County Thunderwolves SUNY Orange Colts SUNY Sullivan Generals Hudson Valley Vikings
College athletics (NJCAA Division III)	SUNY Adirondack Wolves Borough of Manhattan Panthers Bronx Broncos SUNY Broome Hornets Cayuga Spartans Clinton Cougars Columbia-Greene Twins Corning Red Barons Dutchess Falcons Finger Lakes Lakers FIT Tigers Fulton–Montgomery Raiders Genesee Cougars Herkimer County Generals Hostos Caimans Jefferson Cannoners Mohawk Valley Hawks Nassau Lions North Country Saints Onondaga Lazers Queensborough Tigers Rockland Fighting Hawks Schenectady County Royals Suffolk County Sharks SUNY Sullivan Generals Tompkins Cortland Panthers SUNY Ulster Senators
See also: Sports in New York City, Sports in Buffalo, Sports in Rochester, Sports in Syracuse, and Sports in New York's Capital District

v t e Sport teams based in the New York metropolitan area
Australian rules football	USAFL New York Magpies
Baseball	MLB New York Mets New York Yankees EL Somerset Patriots SAL Brooklyn Cyclones Hudson Valley Renegades ALPB Long Island Ducks Staten Island FerryHawks FL New Jersey Jackals New York Boulders Sussex County Miners
Basketball	NBA Brooklyn Nets New York Knicks WNBA New York Liberty G League Long Island Nets Westchester Knicks ABA Jersey Express Entertainment Teams Harlem Wizards
Esports	CDL New York Subliners OWL New York Excelsior
Football	NFL New York Giants New York Jets WFA New York Sharks
Hockey	NHL New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers AHL Bridgeport Islanders PWHL New York Sirens FPHL Danbury Hat Tricks
Rugby league	USARL White Plains Wombats NARL New York R.L.F.C.
Rugby union	MLR Rugby New York USAR New York Athletic Club RFC Old Blue
Soccer	MLS New York City FC New York Red Bulls NWSL NJ/NY Gotham FC USLS Brooklyn FC USLC Brooklyn FC MLSNP New York City FC II New York Red Bulls II USL1 Westchester SC USL2 Cedar Stars Rush F.A. Euro Long Island Rough Riders Manhattan SC Westchester Flames NPSL FC Monmouth FC Motown New York Athletic Club S.C. USLW Long Island Rough Riders Manhattan SC Westchester Flames
Roller derby	WFTDA Gotham Roller Derby Jersey Shore Roller Girls Long Island Roller Rebels Suburbia Roller Derby MRDA New York Shock Exchange
Team tennis	WTT New York Empire
College athletics	NCAA Division I Army Columbia Fairfield Fairleigh Dickinson Fordham Hofstra Iona LIU Manhattan NJIT Princeton Quinnipiac Rider Rutgers Sacred Heart St. John's Saint Peter's Seton Hall Stony Brook Wagner Yale NCAA Division II Adelphi Bridgeport East Stroudsburg New Haven NYIT Southern Connecticut NCAA Division III Merchant Marine NYU TCNJ
Ultimate	AUDL New York Empire
Gaelic games	New York GAA: Gaelic football Hurling
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