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 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.
Jan. 20, 2010; Phoenix, AZ, USA; New Jersey Nets forward (22) Jarvis Hayes controls the ball against Phoenix Suns forward (23) Jason Richardson at the US Airways Center. The Suns defeated the Nets 118-94. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
The 26th of those players wearing No. 22 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, wing alum Jarvis Hayes. After ending his college career at Georgia, Hayes was picked up with the tenth overall selection of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards.
The Atlanta, Georgia native would play the first four seasons of his pro career with the Wizards, and also played for the Detroit Pistons before he signed with New Jersey in 2008 for his last two seasons in the NBA.
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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Hayes wore only jersey No. 22 and put up 8.4 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 22 – Jarvis Hayes (2008-10)