Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 15 - Vince Carter (2004-09)
Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 15 - Vince Carter (2004-09)
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 17th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 15 which has has had a total of 14 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 11th of those players wearing No. 15 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, Hall of Fame forward alum Vince Carter. After ending his college career at UNC, Carter was picked up with the fifth overall selection of the 1998 NBA draft by the Golden State Warriors.
The Daytona Beach, Florida native would play parts of the first seven seasons of his pro career with the Raptors instead, though, after a draft night deal. That ended when Toronto dealt him to New Jersey in 2004, where he spent five seasons, coming to an end when he was traded again, this time to the Orlando Magic in 2009.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Carter wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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