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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 15th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 13 which has has had a total of 18 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 16th of those players wearing No. 13 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, forward alum Keita Bates-Diop. After ending his college career at Ohio State, Bates-Diop was picked up with the 48th overall selection of the 2018 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Bloomington, Illinois native would play parts of the first two seasons of his pro career with Minnesota. He would also have stints with the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, and Phoenix Suns before he was dealt to Brooklyn in 2024.
His stay with the team would span just 14 games, ending when he was traded to the New York Knicks before the start of the next season. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Bates-Diop wore only jersey No. 13 and put up 1.6 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Nets jersey history No. 13 - Keita Bates-Diop (2024)
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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 15th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 13 which has has had a total of 18 players wear the number in the history of the team.
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The 16th of those players wearing No. 13 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, forward alum Keita Bates-Diop. After ending his college career at Ohio State, Bates-Diop was picked up with the 48th overall selection of the 2018 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Bloomington, Illinois native would play parts of the first two seasons of his pro career with Minnesota. He would also have stints with the Denver Nuggets, San Antonio Spurs, and Phoenix Suns before he was dealt to Brooklyn in 2024.
His stay with the team would span just 14 games, ending when he was traded to the New York Knicks before the start of the next season. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Bates-Diop wore only jersey No. 13 and put up 1.6 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Celtics Wire: Nets jersey history No. 13 - Keita Bates-Diop (2024)
Continue reading...
