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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 16th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 14 which has has had a total of 29 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The first of those players wearing No. 14 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, big man alum Harry Giles. After ending his college career at Duke, Giles was picked up with the 20th overall selection of the 2017 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Sacramento Kings, however, after a draft night deal. He would also play for Portland and in the G League before he signed with Brooklyn in 2023.
His stay with the team would span just 16 games before he would be cut by the team. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Giles wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 14 - Harry Giles (2023-24)
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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 16th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 14 which has has had a total of 29 players wear the number in the history of the team.
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The first of those players wearing No. 14 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, big man alum Harry Giles. After ending his college career at Duke, Giles was picked up with the 20th overall selection of the 2017 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Sacramento Kings, however, after a draft night deal. He would also play for Portland and in the G League before he signed with Brooklyn in 2023.
His stay with the team would span just 16 games before he would be cut by the team. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Giles wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 2.4 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 14 - Harry Giles (2023-24)
Continue reading...
