The Nets joined the NBA in the 1976-77 season as part of the ABA merger. Let’s highlight their top five players in blocks.

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey ... Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the "New Jersey Americans".

The win gave the city of New York its first basketball title since 1976 when the Nets won the ABA championship. “I’ve been manifesting this moment for awhile, There's no feeling like it ...

In New York, Sabrina Ionescu and Nyara Sabally won a WNBA title with the Liberty as their squad won the first pro basketball crown in the city since the New York Nets' ABA Championship in 1976.