 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupinda mumwaka wa2001-02, maNew Jersey Nets aive achitsungirira makore matatu ekusanaya kwemitambo uye aive nerekodhi ye73-141 pamusoro peiyo span. Muna 1999, Nets yakashandira Rod Thorn semutungamiri wechikwata uye pakarepo, akabhadhara Byron Scott achangobva kupedza basa kuti adzidzise New Jersey. Thorn akabva atengesera Stephon Marbury mukutengeserana kwezvikwata zvitatu neMilwaukee Bucks neMinnesota Timberwolves, vachitengesa Sam Cassell kuenda kuBucks. Nemhaka yeNets 3151 mwaka muna 19992000 mwaka, vaive neyekutanga sarudzo mu2000 NBA dhizaini, iyo yavakashandisa kusarudza simba kumberi Kenyon Martin kubva kuYunivhesiti yeCincinnati. Pasinei nokugadziriswa kwechikwata uye Rookie of the Year mwaka waMartin, New Jersey yakatambura, ichipedza mwaka iine 26 56 rekodhi, uye yaive ne7th pick mu draft iri kuuya. 