– 2014 NBA All-Rookie Second Team Chris Morris – 1989 Kerry Kittles – 1997 Richard Jefferson – 2002 Nenad Krstić – 2004 Marcus Williams – 2007 MarShon Brooks – 2012 Bojan Bogdanović – 2015 ABA ABA Most Valuable Player Julius Erving – 1974–1976 ABA Playoffs Most Valuable Player Julius Erving – 1974, 1976 ABA Rookie of the Year Brian Taylor – 1973 All-ABA Team First Team Rick Barry – 1971, 1972 Bill Melchionni – 1972 Julius Erving – 1974–1976 All-ABA Team Second Team Brian Taylor – 1975 ABA All-Defensive Team Mike Gale – 1974 Brian Taylor – 1975, 1976 Julius Erving – 1976 ABA All-Rookie Team John Roche – 1972 Jim Chones – 1973 Brian Taylor – 1973 Larry Kenon – 1974 John Williamson – 1974 Kim Hughes – 1976 NBA All-Star Weekend NBA All-Star Game Buck Williams – 1982, 1983, 1986 Otis Birdsong – 1984 Micheal Ray Richardson – 1985 Kenny Anderson – 1994 Derrick Coleman – 1994 Jayson Williams – 1998 Stephon Marbury – 2001 Jason Kidd – 2002–2004, 2007, 2008 Kenyon Martin – 2004 Vince Carter – 2005–2007 Devin Harris – 2009 Deron Williams – 2012 Brook Lopez – 2013 Joe Johnson – 2014 D'Angelo Russell – 2019 Kevin Durant – 2021, 2022, 2023 James Harden – 2021, 2022 Kyrie Irving – 2021, 2023 NBA All-Star Game head coaches Byron Scott – 2002 NBA D-League/G League affiliation The Nets signed an agreement with the Springfield Armor to become its exclusive NBA Development League affiliate starting in the 2011–12 season. This made the Nets the second team to opt for a D-League "hybrid affiliation", the first being the Houston Rockets with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Springfield ownership maintained control over business, marketing, and day-to-day operations, with the Nets having control over coaching and player decisions. This hybrid model was well received by GMs and owners. However, after three seasons, the Detroit Pistons purchased the Armor from its former owners, and moved and renamed the team the Grand Rapids Drive. On November 6, 2015, the Nets announced that they had purchased a new D-League team to be called the Long Island Nets. The team played their home games during the 2016–17 season at the Barclays Center and then at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York after renovations were complete for the 2017–18 season. The Long Island Nets became the twelfth D-League team to be owned by an