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 14 people to wear the No. 42 jersey, forward alum Edgar Jones. After ending his college career at Nevada, Jones was picked up with the 31st overall selection of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Fort Rucker, Alabama native played the first 60 games of his pro career with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets after being cut and playing in another league until he signed with New Jersey in 1980. His stay with the team lasted until he was dealt to the Detroit Pistons in 1981.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Jones wore only jersey No. 42 and put up 8.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 42 – Edgar Jones (1980-81)
Reporting by Justin Quinn, Nets Wire / Nets Wire
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