Brooklyn Nets Trivia

BROOKLYN NETS TRIVIA

1) What year were the Brooklyn Nets originally founded?

1987 1967 1997 1977

The club was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA).

2) What were the Nets originally called?

GENERALS SENATORS MONUMENTS AMERICANS

They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before relocating to Long Island, New York, in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. In 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets from 1977 to 2012. In the summer of 2012, the team moved to Barclays Center, and took its current geographic name.

3) Who is the tallest player in Nets history?

GHEORGHE MURESAN JASON COLLINS BROOK LOPEZ SHAWN BRADLEY

At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), Gheorghe Mureşan is the tallest player ever to have played in the NBA. He joined the New Jersey Nets for the final 31 games of his career and wore number 77, in reference to his height.

4) Who is the Nets' career leader in steals?

KERRY KITTLES CHRIS MORRIS JASON KIDD DARWIN COOK

Jason Kidd retired second all-time in NBA history in steals behind only John Stockton. He remains the Nets' career leader in 3-point field goals (813), assists (4,620), steals (950), and triple-doubles (61).

5) Who was the first Nets player to win NBA Rookie of the Year?

BROOK LOPEZ DERRICK COLEMAN RICHARD JEFFERSON BUCK WILLIAMS

The New Jersey Nets selected power forward Buck Williams third overall in the 1981 NBA draft. In his first season with the Nets, he averaged 15.5 points and led the team with 12.3 rebounds per game, helping New Jersey win 20 more games than the previous year and earning 1982 Rookie of the Year honors.

6) Who holds the franchise single-season record for blocks?

BILLY PAULTZ GEORGE JOHNSON JULIUS ERVING SHAWN BRADLEY

George Johnson led the NBA in blocks three times, including 1977-78 when he set a Nets single-season record with 274 blocks.

7) Which season did the Nets have the most All-Star Game selections?

1994-95 2004-05 1974-75 1984-85

The 1974-75 Nets won a franchise-record 58 games and sent 4 players to the All-Star Game: Julius Erving, Larry Kenon, Billy Paultz, and Brian Taylor.

8) What was the Nets' first mascot?

SLY THE SILVER FOX BROOKLYKNIGHT DUNCAN THE DRAGON NETTY THE NET

The team's first mascot was an anthropomorphic dragon named Duncan . (Get it? Dunkin' ...) Duncan was replaced in 1997 by Sly the Silver Fox, who was in turn replaced by the BrooklyKnight, a superhero mascot co-created by Marvel Comics.

9) Which Brooklyn Nets star plays the title role in the 2018 sports comedy film Uncle Drew?

KYRIE IRVING JASON KIDD D'ANGELO RUSSELL SPENCER DINWIDDIE

The film stars Kyrie Irving as Uncle Drew, the title character from his Pepsi Max advertisements that began airing in 2012, along with former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal, Chris Webber, Aaron Gordon, Reggie Miller, and Nate Robinson, as well as former WNBA player Lisa Leslie.

10) Which Nets player holds the NBA record for most free throws made in a quarter?

RICHARD JEFFERSON RICK BARRY VINCE CARTER JULIUS ERVING

On December 23, 2005, Carter set an NBA record with 16 fourth-quarter free throws against the Miami Heat. He tied his career high of 51 points in the same game.