The Nets' D-League team will play its first year at Barclays Center.
When the Nets announced the addition of their own, personal D-League affiliate earlier this season, that was a step in the right direction. A franchise that usually has things backwards was finally trending toward the same place the league was. It was smart, and the Nets seemed like they were becoming a little more innovative than we thought they could be.
That being said, with the existence of the Long Island Nets has to come a change in philosophy for a franchise that has rarely taken advantage of the D-League opportunities afforded to them in the past.