NEW JERSEY NETS will switch their name to Brooklyn Nets when they move before the start of the 2012-13 season.
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Mirror.co.uk
- 00:00, 27 Sep 2011
- Updated20:57, 7 Feb 2012
NEW JERSEY NETS will switch their name to Brooklyn Nets when they move before the start of the 2012-13 season.
Rapper Jay-Z, part-owner of the club, revealed the change and announced that he will be the first performer to play at their new stadium – the Barclays Centre – next September.
“This is where I’m from and opening this arena will mean a lot to me,” he said.
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