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.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the eighth of eight people to wear the No. 27 jersey, forward alum Maxwell Lewis. After ending his college career at Pepperdine, Lewis was picked up with the 40th overall selection of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets, but was dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers after a draft night deal.
The Las Vegas, Nevada native would play parts of the first two seasons of his pro career with the Lakers, dealt to Brooklyn in 2024. His stay with the team would span just 21 games before he would be cut.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Lewis wore only jersey No. 27 and put up 5.3 points and 2.5 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.