The Goofy Brooklyn Nets Design

Now that the NBA lockout is settled and we are assured of continuous basketball until 2010, we can now look forward to the most intriguing franchise move of all: The New Jersey Nets heading to Brooklyn. While some people debate the merits of a new stadium at all, Nets owner Bruce Ratner has skipped past all obstacles and will get his stadium in Brooklyn.

The first design — by Frank Gehry, of all people — was unveiled yesterday, and as one reader of the real estate blog Curbed put it, "Is Frank Gehry now moving into women's lingerie?" We think it looks more like the type of thing a football ref ducks his head in to check the instant replay ... but our brain works that way sometimes.

Frank Gehry's Sexy Lingerie [Curbed] Are Stadiums Worth It? [Newsday]