Overview
- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill has publicly said she is pressing to bring the Brooklyn Nets back to the state and suggested people are working to bring other sports to the Prudential Center.
- Multiple league and team-aligned sources told reporters there have been no conversations with Nets ownership or the governor’s office and that the franchise has no plans to relocate.
- The Nets and Barclays Center are linked through owner Joe Tsai’s Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, a business structure that favors keeping the team with its home arena for profitability.
- Any franchise move would require formal approval from the NBA office, and outlets reporting on the dispute say no relocation talks have been opened with the league.
- The Nets drew strong attendance this season, and their 2012 move from New Jersey to Brooklyn remains the recent history shaping why a return would face commercial and procedural hurdles while efforts to bring other events to Newark continue to develop.