Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 21 - Iman Shumpert (2020-21)
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 22nd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 21, which has has had a total of 26 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 25th of those players wearing No. 21 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, wing alum Iman Shumpert. After ending his college career at Georgia Tech, Shumpert was picked up with the 17th overall selection of the 2011 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks.
The Oak Park, Illinois native also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Sacramento Kings, and Houston Rockets before he signed with Brooklyn in 2019 for his last two seasons in the NBA.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Shumpert wore only jersey Nos. 10 and 21 and put up 3.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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