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When the Brooklyn Nets played their first game at Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn in the fall of , they succeeded in bringing a major professional sports franchise back to Brooklyn for the first time since the Dodgers abandoned the borough in . Now, Brooklyn Bounce chronicles the Nets historic inaugural season in the borough, full of highs and lowsplenty of them entirely unexpected. Jake Appleman takes us inside the locker room and courtside, examining the teams transition from the New Jersey swamp to gentrified Brooklyn, from an opening night delayed by Hurricane Sandy to an epic seven-game playoff showdown with the Chicago Bulls. The Nets were the games foremost paradox in , a team that managed to be the most improved in the NBA, but also consistently disappointed.