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.
Advertisement
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 17th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 15 which has has had a total of 14 players wear the number in the history of the team.
Jan 11, 2019; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher (25) and Brooklyn Nets forward Alan Williams (15) battle for position at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
The 14th of those players wearing No. 15 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, big man alum Alan Williams. After ending his college career at UC Santa Barbara, Williams would go unselected in the 2015 NBA draft.
The Phoenix, Arizona native instead played abroad until he signed with the Phoenix Suns in 2016, where he played until he signed with Brooklyn in 2018 for his final season in the NBA.
Advertisement
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Williams wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 3.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 15 – Alan Williams (2018-19)