Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 13 - Markieff Morris (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".
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 seventh of those players wearing No. 13 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, forward alum Markieff Morris. After ending his college career at Kansas, Morris was picked up with the 13th overall selection of the 2011 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.
The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native would play parts of the first five seasons of his pro career with the Suns. He would also have stints with the Washington Wizards, Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat before he would sign with Brooklyn in 2022.
His stay with the team would span just 27 games before he'd be dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in 2023. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Morris wore only jersey No. 13 and put up 3.6 points and 2.2 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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