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 14th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 12 which has has had a total of 15 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 13th of those players wearing No. 12 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, guard alum Marquis Teague. After ending his college career at Kentucky, Teague was picked up with the 29th overall selection of the 2012 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Indianapolis, Indiana native would play parts of the first 2 seasons of his pro career with the Bulls, ending when he was dealt to Brooklyn in 2014. His stay with the team would span just 21 games before he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers that same year.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Teague wore only jersey No. 12 and put up 3.0 points, 1.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.