Ewing: Nets Will Have Trouble Getting Fans
What longtime New York center has been putting his two cents about the New Jersey Nets’ move to Brooklyn next season? Your answer is none other than former New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing.
Ewing told ESPNNewYork.com’s Ian Begley, “Most of the fans will still be Knick fans,” Ewing said when asked about the viability of Brooklyn as a basketball a pro basketball market. “Brooklyn, it’s a great town, a great city. It’s New York. But most of the people, just like most of the people who were going to Nets games [when Ewing played in New York] were Knicks fans, so they’re going to have their work cut out for them to try to change the culture.”
Ewing could be right about this especially if New Jersey does not bring in a player liked Dwight Howard when they start to pack up the U-haul truck to move to one of New York’s five boroughs.
With developments not going in the right direction, it will be harder for the Nets to generate a fan base away from the New York Knicks.
What do you think about Ewing’s comments?
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