Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 22 - Ed Manning (1974-75)
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 23rd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 22, which has has had a total of 31 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The ninth of those players wearing No. 22 played in the (then) New York (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, forward alum Ed Manning. After ending his college career at Jackson State University, Manning was picked up with the 80th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1967 NBA Draft by the (defunct) Baltimore Bullets.
The Summit, Mississippi native would play parts of the first three seasons of his pro career with the Bullets. He also played for the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers, and (defunct) Carolina Cougars in the ABA before he signed with New York in 1974.
His stay with the team would span a single season, coming to an end when he was dealt to the Indiana Pacers in 1975. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Manning wore only jersey No. 22 and put up 3.4 points and 3.0 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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