<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Brooklyn Nets </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2017--18 Brooklyn Nets season </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conference </Th> <Td> Eastern </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Division </Th> <Td> Atlantic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> 1967 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> History </Th> <Td> New Jersey Americans (ABA) 1967--1968 New York Nets (ABA) 1968--1976 New York Nets (NBA) 1976--1977 New Jersey Nets 1977--2012 Brooklyn Nets 2012--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Arena </Th> <Td> Barclays Center </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Brooklyn, New York </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Team colors </Th> <Td> Black, white </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Main sponsor </Th> <Td> Infor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> President </Th> <Td> Irina Pavlova </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> General manager </Th> <Td> Sean Marks </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Head coach </Th> <Td> Kenny Atkinson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ownership </Th> <Td> Mikhail Prokhorov </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Affiliation (s) </Th> <Td> Long Island Nets </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Championships </Th> <Td> ABA: 2 (1974, 1976) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conference titles </Th> <Td> 2 (2002, 2003) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Division titles </Th> <Td> 6 ABA: 2 (1974, 1975) NBA: 4 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Retired numbers </Th> <Td> 6 (3, 5, 23, 25, 32, 52) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.nba.com/nets </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Uniforms </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Home </Td> <Td> Away <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Brooklyn Nets </Th> </Tr>

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