The Long Island Nets didn’t make the playoffs this season and none of their players got called up to the big team, although the Nets did provide quickie 10-day deals to Cliff Alexander and Prince Ibeh at season’s end as a way of satisfying a promise made to their agents.
But for the first time, the Nets had a wholly owned D-League team and they got experience operating it. Their previous agreement with the Springfield Armor was a hybrid arrangement. The team was owned by an investor and the Nets ran basketball operations. When the owner decided to sell out, he offered the franchise to the Nets for $4 million.