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 16th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 14 which has has had a total of 29 players wear the number in the history of the team.

BOSTON - 1981: Mike Newlin #14 of the New Jersey Nets moves the ball up the court against the Boston Celtics during a game played in 1981 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1981 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)

BOSTON – 1981: Mike Newlin #14 of the New Jersey Nets moves the ball up the court against the Boston Celtics during a game played in 1981 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1981 NBAE (Photo by Dick Raphael/NBAE via Getty Images)

The seventh of those players wearing No. 14 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Mike Newlin. After ending his college career at Utah, Newlin was picked up with the 24th overall selection of the 1971 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets.

The Portland, Oregon native would play the first eight seasons of his pro career with the Rockets before he was dealt to New Jersey in 1979. His stay with the team would span two seasons, ending when he was dealt to the New York Knicks in 1981.

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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Newlin wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 21.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and 1.3 steals per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 14 – Mike Newlin (1979-81)