Editing Brooklyn Nets (section)

===Brooklyn Brigade===
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The Brooklyn Brigade<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.brooklynbrigade.com/| title=The Brooklyn Brigade| website=The Brooklyn Brigade| access-date=January 27, 2021| archive-date=February 1, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201031953/https://www.brooklynbrigade.com/| url-status=live}}</ref> is a group of fans who are known for their loud chants and passionate attitude towards the Nets. The group was founded in November 2012 by Nets fan and Brooklyn native Udong "Bobby" Edemeka.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28504690/the-fight-new-york-next-generation-fans-starts-barclays-center-lower-bowl| title=The Fight for New York's Next Generation of Fans Starts in Barclays Center's Lower Bowl| date=January 20, 2020| website=ESPN.com| access-date=January 27, 2021| archive-date=January 21, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121184341/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28504690/the-fight-new-york-next-generation-fans-starts-barclays-center-lower-bowl| url-status=live}}</ref> Edemeka attended a few early season games of the team in their new Brooklyn home. Edemeka noticed that the team lacked a solid fan base in their new home, and decided to purchase tickets for a small group of roughly 20 fans who he noticed were regular followers of the team on the [[SB Nation]] online blog, NetsDaily.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/18/18412811/brooklyn-nets-playoffs-new-york-city-fan-base|title=Nets Fandom Is Having Its New York Moment|first=Chris|last=Almeida|date=April 18, 2019|website=The Ringer|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205094337/https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/4/18/18412811/brooklyn-nets-playoffs-new-york-city-fan-base|url-status=live}}</ref>

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The Brigade was not yet based in Section 114.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/sports/basketball/nets-knicks-fans-section-114.html| title=New York's N.B.A Teams Don't Have Much to Celebrate. These Fans Cheer Anyway| first=Kelly| last=Whiteside| date=December 3, 2018| website=The New York Times| access-date=January 27, 2021| archive-date=February 1, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201070500/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/sports/basketball/nets-knicks-fans-section-114.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, Edemeka would purchase tickets in whichever section he could, which often included [[nosebleed seat]]s. The Brigade initially did not get much recognition from the Nets. Edemeka met with the CEO Irina Pavlova (of the ONEXIM Group), who was fond of the group's antics.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.nba.com/article/2019/08/14/report-joseph-tsai-buy-nets-23-billion| title=Joseph Tsai to buy rest of Nets from Mikhail Prokhorov| website=NBA.com| access-date=January 27, 2021| archive-date=October 21, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021201300/https://www.nba.com/article/2019/08/14/report-joseph-tsai-buy-nets-23-billion| url-status=live}}</ref> Although Pavlova was a supporter of the group, other members of the organization were resistant to showing support for the Brigade. During the 2014–15 season, however, the Brooklyn Nets organization began assigning seats to the Brigade in Section 114 of the Barclays Center. This section is adjacent to the press booth and gave the Brooklyn Brigade exposure on a regional level and then eventually on a national level.

During the conference semifinals in 2014, while the Nets battled the [[Miami Heat]], Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center CEO Brett Yomark noticed the Brigade's effect on the arena, and he started to visit Section 114 distributing Nets' apparel. In 2016, the Nets hired [[Sean Marks]] as their general manager, who became an immediate supporter of the group.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/brooklyn-nets-hire-spurs-exec-sean-marks-gm-article-1.2536018| title=Brooklyn Nets hire Spurs exec Sean Marks to be GM| first=Justin| last=Tasch| website=nydailynews.com| date=February 19, 2016| access-date=January 27, 2021| archive-date=February 6, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206101821/https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets/brooklyn-nets-hire-spurs-exec-sean-marks-gm-article-1.2536018| url-status=live}}</ref> During the 2018–19 season, the Nets reserved section 114 for passionate fans, and called it "The BK Block."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/623392/2018/10/31/how-the-nets-are-betting-on-the-block-to-be-the-heart-of-a-growing-brooklyn-fanbase/|title=How the Nets are betting on 'The Block' to be the heart of a growing Brooklyn fanbase|first=Michael|last=Scotto|date=October 31, 2018|website=[[The Athletic]]|url-access=subscription|quote=The Nets unveiled 'The Block: Home of the Brooklyn Brigade' in section 114 this season, which is sponsored by East Coast Power and Gas.|access-date=October 6, 2020|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201215743/https://theathletic.com/623392/2018/10/31/how-the-nets-are-betting-on-the-block-to-be-the-heart-of-a-growing-brooklyn-fanbase/|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the Brigade is an independent fan group of the Nets, The Block<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/nets/tickets/2019-20/thebkblock|title=The Block|website=Brooklyn Nets|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208015341/https://www.nba.com/nets/tickets/2019-20/thebkblock|url-status=live}}</ref> comprises mostly Brigade members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.netsdaily.com/2020/2/22/21148225/when-love-blooms-in-section-114-it-is-a-time-for-rejoicing|title=When Love Blooms in Section 114|date=February 22, 2020|website=NetsDaily|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201065553/https://www.netsdaily.com/2020/2/22/21148225/when-love-blooms-in-section-114-it-is-a-time-for-rejoicing|url-status=live}}</ref>