Kendall Gill arrived with the Nets late in the 1995/96 season, and he would put up the best scoring numbers of his career the year after, when he averaged 21.8 Points per Game and was the team’s top scorer.  Other scorers were brought in and Gill was able to have a more diverse game, and in 1998/99 he would lead the National Basketball Association is Steals and Steals per Game.  That year, he put up the rare triple-double with 15 Points, 10 Rebounds, and 11 Steals (most are points, rebounds, and assists).  He signed with the Heat as a Free Agent before the 2001/02 season.

Next up is the much-maligned Keith Van Horn (mainly because he was overhyped), who arrived in New Jersey via a draft-day trade after he was chosen second overall in 1997.  Van Horn proved immediately that he was a more than capable scorer with a 19.8 points per Game Average, and he would exceed that the following season with a career-high 21.8 PPG, which led the Nets and ranked fifth overall.  He would also have 8.5 Rebounds per Game, a number he equaled the following season.  While his numbers would recede following the arrival of Jason Kidd in the 2001/02 season, he was a large part of why the Nets reached the Finals, and it was his bucket that was the game-winner in their Conference Final against the Boston Celtics.  He would be traded after that year to the team that drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Named the National College Player of the Year as a senior at the University of Cincinnati, Kenyon Martin was the first overall draft pick of the 2000 Draft, where, for the New Jersey Nets, he was the runner-up for the Rookie of the Year Award, losing to Mike Miller.  Jason Kidd would join Martin, and they helped reverse the fortunes of the Nets, who would make back-to-back NBA Finals, but his best season was 2003/04, which would also be his last in a New Jersey uniform.  He matched his 16.7 Points per Game average of the year before, but averaged 9.5 Rebounds and was chosen for the All-Star Game, the only one he would be selected for.

From Princeton of the Ivy League, Brian Taylor would become the starting Point Guard for the New York Nets, where he would dazzle fans on the way to winning the American Basketball Association Rookie of the Year Award.