During his time suiting up for the Nets, DePre wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 7.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.
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 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 third of those players wearing No. 21 played in the (then) New York (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Joe DePre. After ending his college career at St. John's, DePre was picked up with the 29th overall selection of the 1970 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.
The Westbury, New York native would play the first three seasons of his pro career with New York, however, leaving the ABA for other domestic leagues in 1972.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, DePre wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 7.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 21 - Joe DePre (1970-72)
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