During his time suiting up for the Nets, Ellington wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 7.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.1 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 19th of those players wearing No. 21 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, guard alum Wayne Ellington. After ending his college career at UNC, Ellington was picked up with the 28th overall selection of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Wynnewood, Pennsylvania native also played for the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Lakers before he signed with Brooklyn in 2015. His stay with the team would span a single season, coming to an end when he signed with the Miami Heat in 2016.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Ellington wore only jersey No. 21 and put up 7.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 21 - Wayne Ellington (2015-16)
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