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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.
And for today's article, we will continue with the fifth of 21 people to wear the No. 44 jersey, wing alum Ralph Simpson. After ending his college career at Michigan State, Simpson was picked up with the 11th overall selection of the 1972 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Detroit, Michigan native played the first six seasons of his pro career with the ABA's (defunct) Denver Rockets and Denver Nuggets before he was dealt to the Detroit Pistons in 1976. He also played for the Nuggets again and the Philadelphia 76ers before he was dealt to the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1979 for the final two seasons of his NBA career,
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Simpson wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 6.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 44 - Ralph Simpson (1979)
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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.
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And for today's article, we will continue with the fifth of 21 people to wear the No. 44 jersey, wing alum Ralph Simpson. After ending his college career at Michigan State, Simpson was picked up with the 11th overall selection of the 1972 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Detroit, Michigan native played the first six seasons of his pro career with the ABA's (defunct) Denver Rockets and Denver Nuggets before he was dealt to the Detroit Pistons in 1976. He also played for the Nuggets again and the Philadelphia 76ers before he was dealt to the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1979 for the final two seasons of his NBA career,
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Simpson wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 6.6 points, 1.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 44 - Ralph Simpson (1979)
Continue reading...
