I was at the Nets game on sat..

[Burnout18]

standing and the entrance of the "Winner's club" VIP after the game, cause my friend won tickets inside(and i didnt), and im backing up... and i bumped into someone.

Turned around...

Young Hov, Jay Z.


You believe that????

He was with beyonce too, they jumped into the back of a maybach and sped away.

[bigblu89]

That was a great game on Saturday. Last second heroics by Kidd and Jefferson.

[Anne Lauren]

That was a great game on Saturday. Last second heroics by Kidd and Jefferson.

Jason Kidd. I've always had a thing for him for some reason.

[Burnout18]

That was a great game on Saturday. Last second heroics by Kidd and Jefferson.

indeed, i keep telling everyone about bumping into jay-Z, almost forgetting that was a hell of a game, prolly the best game i've ever been too.

Too bad im a knicks fan tho....

[YoungRemy]

he is part owner of the team and a big reason they are moving to Brooklyn in a couple of seasons, so I'm not surprised...

[TAL]

Bump harder next time.

[Burnout18]

he is part owner of the team and a big reason they are moving to Brooklyn in a couple of seasons, so I'm not surprised...

yea him and that bastard bruce ratner? i think.... fuck them. Even tho im a knicks fan i like going to nets games.

[sheesh]

Bad luck being that close to Beyonce but bumping into her man instead.

[Extra Cheese]

he is part owner of the team and a big reason they are moving to Brooklyn in a couple of seasons, so I'm not surprised...

not really. The nets moving to brooklyn is 100 percent bruce ratner's idea and masterplan for borough domination. jay-z isnt involved.

[jabumbo]

people actually go to nets games?


i guess its better than the clippers

[bigblu89]

Yeah, a few thousand people show up every so often.

[YoungRemy]

not really. The nets moving to brooklyn is 100 percent bruce ratner's idea and masterplan for borough domination. jay-z isnt involved.

i beg to differ...


No sleep till Brooklyn

Part-owner Jay-Z won't rest until Nets take over town

...In his second full season of ownership, Jay-Z has recruited free agents, booked halftime talent and helped design a VIP room at the Meadowlands. In the spirit of his hit "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," the NBA's trendsetting owner is planning his most ambitious takeover yet: helping the soon-to-be Brooklyn Nets brush the Knicks aside.

In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News, Carter rapped on everything from growing up in the projects, the dress code, and the relationship between hip-hop and the NBA to what it means to put Brooklyn back on the professional sports map.

"People grew up on the Knicks," the Brooklyn-born Carter says. "The Nets have always been the cousins. I hope to change that. On all fronts, whether it be my relationship with players or the (VIP) rooms... everything besides messing with Rod Thorn. I am like the guy in 'Ray' who turns down the lights. It needs to be done."




...RATNER AND THE RAPPER

Jay-Z's involvement with the Nets began with an assist from - who else? - Jason Kidd.

Two years ago, Kidd threw a birthday party at 4-0/40 when the Nets' point guard approached Carter with the idea of buying into the Nets. A joke turned into several meetings and before Carter knew it, he was signing up with principal owner Bruce Ratner to bring professional sports back to Brooklyn.




...If anything, Ratner had to convince Carter to buy a piece of the Nets. Both sides declined to reveal how much of a stake Carter has and while league sources say it is less than 5%, Carter makes it clear he is not just lending his fame to Ratner's group for street credibility.

"Nobody gave me anything," says Carter, who Ratner says is one of his five most active investors in the team. "I spent my money like everyone else and I came in and added value."



...Carter also had the chance to join the Bobcats' ownership group. Charlotte owner Robert Johnson asked Carter to join his club but the rapper opted for the Nets because of the proximity and the future in Brooklyn.



COMING HOME

Since signing with Ratner and the Nets, Carter has slowly become more involved and visible with the team. Last season, he produced a remix of his hit "The Takeover" for Nets playoff games. He is now a regular sitting in the "Hollywood" Rocawear seats that are right next to the Nets' bench. And last Saturday against the Bulls, fans buzzed when Carter arrived in the first quarter with girlfriend Beyonce right behind him.

Carter regularly exchanges E-mails with Nets Sports & Entertainment CEO Brett Yormark on marketing issues, attends ownership board meetings and signs off on in-game entertainment such as the Nets' new video intro. He also recruits.

Lawrence Frank, who has a Jay-Z ring tone on his cell phone, enlisted Carter's help this summer , asking him to place a call to Shareef Abdur-Rahim. The player picked the Nets before the team rescinded its sign-and-trade because of concerns over his knee.

"We didn't get the team just to sit on it," Carter says. "It's not just a real-estate play somewhere."

Of course, it is the impending move across the rivers that helped convince Carter to become a Net owner. He will consult Ratner on designs for the proposed arena and "may shed a tear" when the Nets tip off in Brooklyn.

"I don't have any kids yet," Carter says. "But I can imagine that being like having your first kid because I am from Brooklyn. Brooklyn pride is something else. We are a part of New York City and we love everybody from New York. But Brooklyn is like its own planet."


pretty good, albeit long article in the ny Daily News...
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/story/365012p-310879c.html

[Extra Cheese]

i beg to differ...

I dont.

the very article you quote has NBA sources saying jay-z's stake is less than 5%, i would bet money that its even less than 3%. This "part owner" tag is misleading, no musician let alone a rapper has the kind of money to own a significant amount of a professional team, maybe a soccer team in the MLS but thats it. No one with that small ownership can lead a team to do anything.

The idea for the move to Brooklyn is from Bruce Ratner, the reason they are moving to Brooklyn is Bruce Ratner, jay-z is a pawn. Now why would someone who owns such a miniscule part of the nets be constantly touted as part owner? Bruce wanted support for the move so he recruits some young, hip, Brooklyn born individual to be a face of this movement but it would've happened without him. If Bruce Ratner didnt have the idea for the move and it was jay-z who came up with the idea no one would even give him a second thought.

This plan to move to Brooklyn would've taken place as planned without jay-z's involvement. When I used the word domination in the other response I was being serious. Bruce Ratner is doing typical, sleezy, unethical, scheming, manuevers to do this move so much so that he managed to sway the MTA's decision to sell him the land to build the stadium when in fact there was another bid for the land that was 100 million dollars more than Bruce Ratner's bid(keep in mind just about every month that MTA puts the word out that they are strapped for cash and they might have to raise fares). To add fuel to the fire the bid that the MTA accepted from Ratner was 50 million dollars less than the MTA's own appraisal of the land, jay-z wasnt involved in any of that, if he was he might've been a decent human being and opposed it all. This would've been done with or without jay-z.

Basketball in Brooklyn isnt what this is really about, It truly is about borough domination. He has metrotech, he has the atlantic mall(which is a failure), he has the atlantic terminal mall

Since we're linking articles to the Daily News, how about this one where jay-z is nowhere to be found but its full of Ratner's dealings and influences to get the Nets to Brooklyn.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/356184p-303612c.html




on second thought I think I might be missing your point. I'm under the impression that you're saying that the move to Brooklyn is because of jay-z, to which I'm disagreeing. If you're saying that jay-z is trying have some influence with the public to get support for the move then I could see your point.