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The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the “New Jersey Americans”.
Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with the team that would later become the New York Nets and New Jersey Nets before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.
To commemorate the players who played for the Nets over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers, Nets Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise’s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team. The 23rd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 22, which has has had a total of 31 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 27th of those players wearing No. 22 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) and Brooklyn Nets era, guard alum Anthony Morrow. After ending his college career at Georgia Tech, Morrow would go unselected in the 2008 NBA Draft, instead signing with the Golden State Warriors.
The Charlotte, North Carolina native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Dubs before he was dealt to New Jersey in 2010. His stay with the team would span two seasons, coming to an end when he was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in 2012.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Morrow wore only jersey No. 22 and put up 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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