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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.
And for today's article, we will continue with the fifth of 13 people to wear the No. 45 jersey, wing alum Purvis Short. After ending his college career at Jackson State University, Short was picked up with the th overall selection of the 1978 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors.
The Hattiesburg, Mississippi native played the first nine seasons of his pro career with the Dubs. He also played for the Houston Rockets before he signed with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1989 for the final season of his career. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Short wore only jersey No.
45 and put up 13. 1 points, 3. 0 rebounds, and 1.
8 assists per game. All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference. This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No.