Would she be interested in bringing the Nets back from …

Three weeks ago, at the end of a discussion of her first 100 days as governor of New Jersey at Newark’s Performing Arts Center, Mikie Sherill faced a series of rapid-fire questions from NJ. com political editor Brent Johnson. The subjects ranged from personal issues to state policy.

But then a little more than an hour into the video, she faced an odd inquiry about the Brooklyn nee New Jersey Nets , long gone from Newark’s Prudential Center and before that the Byrne/Continental/IZOD Center. Would she be interested in bringing the Nets back from Brooklyn where the team moved in 2012 after 35 years in N. J.?

Yes, indeed, she told Johnson. “I mean, would I support it? I ask about it all the time,” Sherrill said.

“I love the idea. So, I have been pressing for that. I haven’t made a lot of headway yet; you know, maybe in my second 100 days .