I was born in 2000. I haven’t a single memory of those great Jason Kidd-led Nets teams of the early aughts. As important as Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles are in Nets lore, to me, that’s a Nugget and a dude who I remember watching as much as George Mikan. My basketball fandom — the parts I remember, anyway — began around 2006.
The best parenting decision my parents ever made was by accident, raising me in an NBA allegiance-free household. My Dad loved the 70’s Knicks, and liked the 90’s Knicks, but was nothing more than an occasional viewer by the age of low-cut jeans.