Construction of the HSS Training Center in Industry City took a big step forward recently with the "topping out" of the new ceiling above the facility's two planned practice courts. The steel framework above the eighth floor at 148 39th Street in Brooklyn is now 34 feet high, tall enough to accommodate even the highest arching jump shot ... or errant pass.
With the steel in place, construction is now likely to speed up and barring any further delays, it should be ready around All-Star Break. The break and the Nets two-week "circus road trip," also in mid-February, will provide center planners ample time to shuttle all the team's equipment and staff from East Rutherford to Brooklyn.