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	<title>Observer &#187; Jay-Z Announces &#34;Brooklyn Nets&#34; Title, Tells Everyone To Stop Watching Knicks Games</title>
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		<title>Jay-Z Announces &quot;Brooklyn Nets&quot; Title, Tells Everyone To Stop Watching Knicks Games</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:21:42 -0400</pubDate>
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			<dc:creator>Drew Grant</dc:creator>
				
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/109653115.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-186686" title="Phoenix Suns v New Jersey Nets" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/109653115.jpg?w=300&h=199" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>One year from now, <strong>Jay-Z </strong>will be performing in his hometown Brooklyn. That's the good news. The rapper's love of basketball has led to his owning a small stake in the former New Jersey Nets, which from now on will be the Brooklyn Nets. (We would have really preferred it if owner/Russian billionaire <strong>Mikhail Prokhorov</strong> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Mikhail-Prokhorov-might-rename-the-New-Jersey-Ne?urn=nba-242483">had actually named the team after his girlfriends</a>.)</p>
<p>The group will find its new home at the soon-to-be-built Barclays Center on Flatbush and Atlantic Ave., as part of <strong>Bruce Ratner's</strong> Atlantic Yards Project <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/movies/battle-for-brooklyn-review.html?ref=atlanticyardsbrooklyn">that's been going so well</a>. Jay himself announced the official name in a "<a href="http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/jay-z-makes-brooklyn-nets-name-official/">brief and anticlimactic</a>" ceremony in New Jersey today.</p>
<p><!--more-->So starting on September 28th, the pre-season for the Brooklyn Nets  will include three weeks of festivities, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/26/2011-09-26_hello_brooklyn_jayz_plans_arena_spectacle.html">including eight concerts by Jay-Z</a>. Hopefully this will give Jay comped front-row tickets to the games, as a season VIP pass will run customers $15,400. And what happens if Jay and <strong>Beyonce </strong>are still photographed at Knicks games <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/wall_st_net_gain_AxvJqD80XvvCvfa7we0ZwL">when he's telling everyone else to switch their allegiance</a>? Does that hurt his endorsement in a team that he's soon to become the campaign face for? (<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/26/2011-09-26_jayz_christens_brooklyn_nets_will_open_new_arena_with_series_of_concerts.html">Get ready, lower Manhattan</a>!)</p>
<p>This is why guys like Jay-Z need to follow their own advice and not be a businessman, but a business, man.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/109653115.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-186686" title="Phoenix Suns v New Jersey Nets" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/109653115.jpg?w=300&h=199" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>One year from now, <strong>Jay-Z </strong>will be performing in his hometown Brooklyn. That's the good news. The rapper's love of basketball has led to his owning a small stake in the former New Jersey Nets, which from now on will be the Brooklyn Nets. (We would have really preferred it if owner/Russian billionaire <strong>Mikhail Prokhorov</strong> <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Mikhail-Prokhorov-might-rename-the-New-Jersey-Ne?urn=nba-242483">had actually named the team after his girlfriends</a>.)</p>
<p>The group will find its new home at the soon-to-be-built Barclays Center on Flatbush and Atlantic Ave., as part of <strong>Bruce Ratner's</strong> Atlantic Yards Project <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/movies/battle-for-brooklyn-review.html?ref=atlanticyardsbrooklyn">that's been going so well</a>. Jay himself announced the official name in a "<a href="http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/jay-z-makes-brooklyn-nets-name-official/">brief and anticlimactic</a>" ceremony in New Jersey today.</p>
<p><!--more-->So starting on September 28th, the pre-season for the Brooklyn Nets  will include three weeks of festivities, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/26/2011-09-26_hello_brooklyn_jayz_plans_arena_spectacle.html">including eight concerts by Jay-Z</a>. Hopefully this will give Jay comped front-row tickets to the games, as a season VIP pass will run customers $15,400. And what happens if Jay and <strong>Beyonce </strong>are still photographed at Knicks games <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/wall_st_net_gain_AxvJqD80XvvCvfa7we0ZwL">when he's telling everyone else to switch their allegiance</a>? Does that hurt his endorsement in a team that he's soon to become the campaign face for? (<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/09/26/2011-09-26_jayz_christens_brooklyn_nets_will_open_new_arena_with_series_of_concerts.html">Get ready, lower Manhattan</a>!)</p>
<p>This is why guys like Jay-Z need to follow their own advice and not be a businessman, but a business, man.</p>
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