{"id":715103,"date":"2026-04-21T11:12:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715103\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:12:54","slug":"nets-jersey-history-no-55-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/715103\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets jersey history No. 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 20, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>\u00a0have 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 &#8220;New Jersey Americans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA, with the team that would later become the New York\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Nets<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">New Jersey Nets<\/a>\u00a0before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">To commemorate the players who played for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Nets<\/a>\u00a0over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Nets<\/a>\u00a0Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise&#8217;s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:533px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/89598493007-usatsi-4611153.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mar 27, 2010; Chicago, IL, USA; New Jersey Nets guard Keyon Dooling (55) drives past Chicago Bulls guard Jannero Pargo (2) during the second half at the United Center. The Bulls defeated the Nets 106-83. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And for today&#8217;s article, we will continue with the fifth of eight people to wear the No. 55 jersey, guard alum Keyon Dooling. After ending his college career at Missouri, Dooling was picked up with the 10th overall selection of the 2000 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Ft. Lauderdale, Florida native played the first four seasons of his pro career with the Los Angeles Clippers after a draft night deal. He would also have stints with the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic before he was dealt to the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 2008. His stay with the team lasted until he signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During his time suiting up for the Nets, Dooling wore only jersey No. 55 and put up 8.6 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 20, 2026, 9:00 p.m. ET The\u00a0Brooklyn Nets\u00a0have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[72400,7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,72503,72504,72404,72929,72444,72422,72405,72439,72744,72745,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-715103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-clippers","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-clippers","13":"tag-laclippers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangelesclippers","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-sstssportsnbanets","20":"tag-sstsnnets","21":"tag-tagbasketball","22":"tag-tagevergreen-content","23":"tag-tagnational-sports","24":"tag-tagnba","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","27":"tag-tagsports-fan-gear-apparel","28":"tag-tagsports-memorabilia","29":"tag-tagsports-news","30":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}