This was partly because the two teams were separated by only the Hudson River; however, a contributing factor was that tickets in New Jersey were comparatively cheaper than those sold at Madison Square Garden.

The atmosphere was often tense amongst fan bases trying to establish control of home court advantage. For most of their respective histories during this period, the Nets and Knicks had traded dominance in the New York area, with the Nets' most successful years occurring in the early s and early s, while the Knicks' biggest success mostly occurring from the late 80s to the late 90s.

The rivalry began to heat up in the early s. Due to the long-noted discrepancy in media coverage between the New York and New Jersey ball clubs, upon being signed, Kidd promised the Nets would no longer play second fiddle to the Knicks.

The rivalry was again turned up a notch, when New York native Stephon Marbury, the once-vilified point guard in New Jersey who was traded for Kidd, was traded to the Knicks in Marbury and Kidd had their own rivalry, with Kidd being the consensus best-point-guard-in-the-league [11] and Marbury declaring himself the league's best point guard.

Some members of the Knicks went so far as to say that they wanted to face New Jersey the reigning two-time Eastern Conference champion at the time in the playoffs.

The series included a highly publicized spat between the Knicks' Tim Thomas and Nets' Kenyon Martin , in which Thomas all but challenged Martin to a fight and called him " fugazi.

Since buying the Nets in , Mikhail Prokhorov has taken frequent jabs at the Knicks and their ownership. He has stated that he wishes to "turn Knicks fans into Nets fans" [15] when the team relocates, and that he was happy the Nets caused the Knicks to "overpay" for Carmelo Anthony by increasing their own offers in the "Carmelo Sweepstakes".

Both sides have begun marketing in earnest throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, often proclaiming they are the sole "team of the borough" with billboards displaying their newly acquired superstars, Carmelo Anthony and Deron Williams.

The trash talking between the two teams, including personal insults such as the 6-foot-8 Prokhorov calling Knicks owner James Dolan "that little man", [21] reached a point where NBA commissioner David Stern felt the need to arrange a meeting between Knicks owner James Dolan and Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov to lessen the tensions between the two.

Tensions between the two franchises have flared as of , with the Nets signing both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the Free Agency , two players highly sought after by the Knicks.

Historically, the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn competed via the Dodgers—Giants rivalry , when the two teams were known as the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.

Like the Knicks and Nets, the Giants and Dodgers played in Manhattan and Brooklyn, respectively, and were fierce divisional rivals. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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