The Other Brooklyn Public Library

I have never visited the Barclays Center. It was state of the art when it opened. Now, a scant ten years later, it is a mausoleum. Whose idea was it to have a black and white basketball court?

Televisions advertise their improved picture quality and the court has as much color as Son of Flubber when Fred Macmurray put flubber on the bottom of the player's shoes and referees forgot the rule about goaltending.

Which is why I don't watch Disney movies. That was a black and white film and probably interesting if you have children. The New York Liberty moved to Barclays Center. While they made the WNBA Finals their arena seemed dark and dreary.

Remember- they used to play at Madison Square Garden. No matter how awful the New York Knicks might be (some years are worse than others) the feeling in the arena is electric.

I attended a game, seated next to wives of the opposing team. They were playing Orlando after the Shaq and Penny years and before Dwight Howard. It led to a more objective experience and the wife of a second stringer was friendly and a good fan.

I had more fun than I would have at a luxury box in Arrowhead Stadium with this week's hot couple. Articles are evergreen. Taylor Swift's relationships are not. None of which has to do with the darkness of the Barclays Center. It is hard enough to sit through a WNBA game. In a lesser arena- New York deserves better.

The Islanders moved to Barclays Center and then moved back to Nassau Coliseum. Newer is not always better and they ended up in a third arena soon after that.

There are many reasons not to root for The Brooklyn Nets. I liked when Jason Kidd took a dumpster fire that Derrick Coleman couldn't do anything with to the NBA Finals. That was twenty years ago. They played in New Jersey then. It is strange how some arenas age faster than others. Shows you how temporary "State of the Art" can be.