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2015–16 Brooklyn Nets season

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General manager
  
Billy King Sean Marks

Arena
  
Barclays Center

Owner(s)
  
Mikhail Prokhorov

Record
  
21–61 (.256)

Head coach
  
Lionel Hollins Tony Brown

Place
  
Division: 5th (Atlantic) Conference: 14th (Eastern)

The 2015–16 Brooklyn Nets season is the 40th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 4th season playing in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

In the off-season, the Nets let Deron Williams go after five seasons with the team. He later signed with the Dallas Mavericks.

On February 25, the Nets parted ways with All-Star Joe Johnson. Two days later, Johnson signed with the Miami Heat.

The Nets finished with a 21–61 record, their worst since moving to Brooklyn in 2012.

Key dates

  • January 10: the Nets fire head coach Lionel Hollins after starting the season with a 10–27 record. Tony Brown is named interim head coach.
  • January 10: Billy King resigns as the general manager for the Nets.
  • February 18: Sean Marks hired as the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets.

    • References

    2015–16 Brooklyn Nets season Wikipedia
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