By Kyle Daubs View the original article to see embedded media. The Brooklyn Nets were founded in 1967 as a member of the NBA’s rival league, the American Basketball Association. From 1967 to 1976, the team was located in New York City as a member of the New York Nets. They played in New Jersey for one season and then relocated to Long Island, New York. Then, in 1977, the team returned to New Jersey and played as the New Jersey Nets until 2012. In the summer of 2012, the team moved to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn becoming the first major sports franchise in the city since the departure of th…