Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 14 - Brian Taylor (1972-76)
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.
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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 16th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 14 which has has had a total of 29 players wear the number in the history of the team.
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The fourth of those players wearing No. 14 played in the (then) New York (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Brian Taylor. After ending his college career at Princeton, Taylor was picked up with the 23rd overall selection of the 1972 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics.
The Perth Amboy, New Jersey native `would play the first four seasons of his pro career with New York in the ABA instead, however. His stay with the team would end when he was dealt to the (then) Kansas City (now, Sacramento) Kings in 1976.
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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Taylor wore only jersey No. 14 and put up 14.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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