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 19th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 17, which has has had a total of seven players wear the number in the history of the team.
The fifth of those players wearing No. 17 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, big man alum Ed Davis. After ending his college career at UNC, Davis was picked up with the 13th overall selection of the 2010 NBA draft by the Toronto Raptors.
The Washington, District of Columbia native would play parts of the first three seasons of his pro career with the Raptors. He would also have stints with the Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Lakers, and Portland Trail Blazers before he signed with Brooklyn in 2018.
His stay with the team would span a single season, coming to an end when he signed with the Utah Jazz in 2019. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Davis wore only jersey No. 17 and put up 5.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.