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 25th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 24, which has has had a total of 20 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 13th of those players wearing No. 24 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, wing alum Stephen Jackson. After ending his college career at Butler County Community College, Jackson was picked up with the 43rd overall selection of the 1997 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns.
The Houston, Texas native would play the first three seasons of his pro career abroad and in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA — that era’s version of the G League) before signing with New Jersey in 2000. His stay with the team would span a single season, coming to an end when he signed with the San Antonio Spurs in 2001.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Jackson wore only jersey No. 24 and put up 8.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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