Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 20 - Ryan Anderson (2008-09)
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 21st of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 20, which has has had a total of 28 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The 21st of those players wearing No. 20 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, big man alum Ryan Anderson. After ending his college career at California, Anderson was picked up with the 21st overall selection of the 2008 NBA draft by the Nets.
The Sacramento, California native played just one season with New Jersey before he was dealt to the Orlando Magic in 2009.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Anderson wore only jersey No. 20 and put up 7.4 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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