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If October's preseason is anything to go by, it may not come as any surprise that the New Jersey Nets are struggling.

It's a good thing the New Jersey Nets cleared what many considered their final major legal hurdle in securing plans to build the 18,000-seat Barclays Center at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues a couple of days before Thanksgiving.

It's history at its finest, folks. The New Jersey Nets, former owners of an NBA-record 0-18 start to their 2009-10 season, finally have their first victory .

Trenton Hassell, left, Brook Lopez and Josh Boone witnessed the Nets set a record for futility at a season's start.

Veteran columnist Randy Hill is a frequent contributor to FOXSports.com. As another fresh NBA season limps toward the tryptophan-recovery phase, many casual observers may not realize that two teams are breaking quite badly.

Lose one more, and the Nets will become the NBA 's poster kids for losing to start a season.

With Jason Kidd and Vince Carter only memories for the Nets now, owner Bruce Ratner has assembled a team on the cusp of losing its first 18 games, an NBA record.

Oh, how sour it is? In all my years of following the Nets this isn't quite the history I wanted to watch them make.

The New Jersey Nets play in a place often referred to as the Swamp, a nickname that has never been more fitting because the Nets are definitely stuck.

Share + Nov 30, 2009 7:41 pm US/Central 1 of 1 New Jersey Nets General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe watches his niece, Coco Vandeweghe of the United States, defeat Gabriela Paz Franco of Venezuela during the girl's singles final on Day 14 of the 2008 U.S. Open.

After an 0-16 start to the season, the New Jersey Nets announced the firing of head coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday.

PORTLAND - Scott Hastings was rooting hard for the Nets last night, not because he is a big fan, but because he does not want his name scratched from the history books.

Boyish looking basketball coach Lawrence Frank lasted through 16 of his New Jersey Nets' agonizing 16 consecutive defeats.

Vince Carter, for the most part, appeared to get along with Lawrence Frank during their time together with the Nets.

Lawrence Frank started his Nets' coaching career with 13 consecutive wins and it could end with 17 straight defeats.

The losses have arrived with conveyer-belt quickness and regularity. So the inevitable conclusion is that a change must be made somewhere with the Nets.

The Denver Nuggets were coming off a 27-win season when Kiki Vandeweghe took over as their general manager in the summer of 2002.

Nets guard Devin Harris, left, confers with coach Lawrence Frank during a break in the action in the first quarter of the Nets' 101-87 loss to the Nuggets Tuesday night.

The Nets moved a loss closer to the record for the NBA's worst start to a season Wednesday night when they dropped their 15th straight game, 93-83, to the Trail Blazers.

When it comes to the Nets ' horrific start, there is plenty of blame to go around.