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.
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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 22nd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 21, which has has had a total of 26 players wear the number in the history of the team.
Nov 7, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; Brooklyn Nets assistant coach Chris Fleming talks with forward Quincy Acy (13) and forward Jacob Wiley (21) in the second quarter against the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports
The 21st of those players wearing No. 21 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, forward alum Jacob Wiley. After ending his college career at Eastern Washington, Wiley would go unselected in the 2017 NBA Draft, instead signing with the Nets.
His stay with the team would span just five games before he’d be cut by the team, his last time playing in the NBA.
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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Wiley wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 2.2 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 21 – Jacob Wiley (2017)