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.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTo 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.
CHAPEL HILL, NC - FEBRUARY 16: ESPN television announcer Len Elmore, dressed in 1980s clothing, arrives for a retro night game between the Virginia Cavaliers and the North Carolina Tar Heels in an Atlantic Coast Conference game on February 16, 2005, at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won the game 85-61. (Photo By Grant Halverson/Getty Images)And for today's article, we will continue with the eighth of 21 people to wear the No. 44 jersey, big man alum Len Elmore. After ending his college career at Maryland, Elmore was picked up with the 13th overall selection of the 1974 NBA Draft by the
The New York City native played the first five seasons of his pro career with the Indiana Pacers. He also played for the (then) Kansas City (now, Sacramento) Kings and Milwaukee Bucks before he was dealt to the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1981 for the final two seasons of his career.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementDuring his time suiting up for the Nets, Elmore wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 6.3 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 44 - Len Elmore (1981-84)
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