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 22 people to wear the No. 33 jersey, forward alum Reggie Johnson. After ending his college career at Tennessee, Johnson was picked up with the 15th overall selection of the 1980 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs.
The Atlanta, Georgia native played parts of the first two seasons of his pro career with the Spurs. He also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, (then) Kansas City (now, Sacramento) Kings, and Philadelphia 76ers before finishing his career with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1983.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Johnson wore only jersey No. 33 and put up 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.