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 21st of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 20, which has has had a total of 28 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 15th of those players wearing No. 20 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Rumeal Robinson. After ending his college career at Michigan, Robinson was picked up with the10th overall selection of the 1990 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks.
The Mandeville, Jamaica native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Hawks before he was dealt to New Jersey in 1992. His stay with the team would span parts of two seasons, coming to an end when he was dealt to Charlotte Hornets in early 1993.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Robinson wore only jersey Nos. 24 and 20 and put up 8.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.1 steals per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 20 – Rumeal Robinson (1992-93)
Reporting by Justin Quinn, Nets Wire / Nets Wire
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