Brooklyn Nets Jersey History: Markieff Morris Takes Center Stage (2022-23)

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".

Following that, the said league was incorporated into the NBA, with one of its teams eventually evolving into what we now know as the New York Knicks. Nets and New Jersey Nets Before adopting the name under which they are now recognized, they brought their extensive player and jersey history into today’s league.

To honor the players who took part in the game Nets Over the years, sporting those 52 distinct 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 player who wore number 13 as the seventh among those athletes participated in the game. Brooklyn Nets First up, welcome back alum Markieff Morris. Following his time at Kansas, he began his professional journey as the 13th pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.

The player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began his professional career playing for parts of the first five seasons with the Phoenix Suns. Later, he went on to play brief tenures with the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat prior to joining the Brooklyn team in 2022.

He was with the team for merely 27 games before being traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 2023. While playing for the Nets, Morris exclusively wore jersey number 13 and averaged 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per contest.

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