The Brooklyn Nets have a little over one month before their 2024-25 NBA season begins with Media Day on Sep. 23 and plenty can happen between now and then. Brooklyn will have some roster decisions to make prior to the beginning of the upcoming regular season, but some of the new additions have decided what numbers they will be wearing.
Per Etienne Catalan of basketballjersey.tumblr.com, guard Nolan Traore, forward Danny Wolf, and forward Haywood Highsmith have picked out their numbers for the 2025-26 campaign. Traore will be switching his number from No. 19 to No. 88, a number that has never been worn in Nets history. Wolf will be switching from No. 18 to No. 2, the number that forward Cam Johnson wore during his tenure with Brooklyn.
Highsmith, who the Nets recently acquired from the Miami Heat via trade, will be wearing No. 7, a number that was last worn by guard Killian Hayes last season during his brief stint with the club. Highsmith wore No. 24 during his time with the Heat, but he did wear No. 7 when he played for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2018-19 season, his first campaign in the NBA.
Traore, who the Nets took with the 19th overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, will be competing with Egor Demin, the eighth overall pick in the same draft, for the starting point guard spot this season. Wolf, the 27th overall pick in the 2025 Draft, could be vying with Noah Clowney for the starting power forward position, assuming that Michael Porter Jr. is slotting in as the starting small forward for head coach Jordi Fernandez.
Highsmith, who the Nets acquired from the Heat along with a 2032 second-round pick, will be competing with Brooklyn’s depth at the wing with the aforementioned Porter along with players like Ziaire Williams and Terance Mann. There’s still enough time between now and when training camp begins for players to change their mind on their jersey numbers and a couple of them have already done so.