Q 01/05

Under what name did the Nets franchise begin play in 1967?

A) New Jersey Americans

B) New York Nets

C) Long Island Nets

D) Teaneck Titans

Answer · why

A) New Jersey Americans

New Jersey Americans lasted one season: a move to Long Island in 1968 made them the New York Nets, a name picked because it rhymed with the Mets and t...

Q 02/05

Which current NBA team arrived from the ABA in the same 1976 merger as the Nets?

A) Utah Jazz

B) Denver Nuggets

C) Dallas Mavericks

D) Portland Trail Blazers

Answer · why

B) Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets: they had been the Denver Rockets until 1974 and renamed themselves ahead of a move to the NBA, where Houston already used that name.

Q 03/05

Which Hall of Famer led the New York Nets to ABA championships in 1974 and 1976?

A) Artis Gilmore

B) Moses Malone

C) Julius Erving

D) George Gervin

Answer · why

C) Julius Erving

Julius Erving arrived by trade in 1973 and the Nets won 25 more games than the season before, taking the ABA title in his first year with them.

Q 04/05

To join the NBA, the Nets had to pay an 'invasion fee' of $4.8 million to which team?

A) Boston Celtics

B) Philadelphia 76ers

C) Washington Bullets

D) New York Knicks

Answer · why

D) New York Knicks

The New York Knicks' fee came on top of the NBA's own $3.2 million entry charge, and raising about $8 million in all forced the Nets to sell their bes...

Q 05/05

Which team paid $3 million for the Nets' biggest star in 1976, sending the ABA champions to the NBA's worst record?

A) Philadelphia 76ers

B) New York Knicks

C) Los Angeles Lakers

D) Milwaukee Bucks

Answer · why

A) Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers bought him a day before the season opened, after a salary dispute with the cash-strapped Nets could not be settled.