Drafted 8^th Overall in 1996, Kerry Kittles had a good rookie season, averaging 16.4 Points per Game, which he improved to 17.2 as an NBA sophomore.  He regressed the seasons after, and he would have to sit out the 2000/01 season due to a knee injury.  Upon his return, the Nets were an improved team with the addition of Jason Kidd, and he would help them reach two straight NBA Finals, proving himself a fine fit for the new Nets.  Kittles was capable of explosive runs, and he was an underappreciated defensive player who was in the Top 20 in Steals five times.  Overall, he averaged 14.3 Points per Game in 496 Games as a Net.

The starting Power Forward for the New Jersey Nets for the first five years of the 1990s, Derrick Coleman got off to about as good a start as you would hope for when you draft a player number one overall, like the Nets did in 1990.  As a rookie, Coleman won the Rookie of the Year Award with a double-double average of 18.4 Points and 10.3 Rebounds per Game.  In Coleman’s third season, he reached the 20 Points per Game mark, which would be the level he would stay at for the duration of his stay in New Jersey while maintaining a double-digit board average.  He was named an All-Star in 1994 and was a two-time Third Team All-NBA member as a Net.

Arriving in New Jersey as a draft-day trade. Richard Jefferson would become an integral part of the Nets' back-to-back appearances in the NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003.  The Small Forward would gradually grow his skills, and at one time, he was among the best mid-range shooters in the NBA.  Jefferson would twice go over 22 Points per Game (2004-05 & 2007-08), and over his seven seasons as a Net, he averaged 17.4 PPG.  While he was never an All-Star, a case can be made that he is one of the best players ever who was never chosen for it. 

Vince Carter forced his way out of Toronto, where he put the Raptors on the map, and the landing point of “Air Canada” would be New Jersey.