{"id":159631,"date":"2026-03-10T21:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159631\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:05:08","slug":"brooklyn-nets-jersey-history-no-44-bojan-bogdanovic-2014-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/159631\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 44 &#8211; Bojan Bogdanovic (2014-17)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brooklyn Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>\u00a0have 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 &#8220;New Jersey Americans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA with the team that would later become the New York\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nets<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:New Jersey Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;New Jersey Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">New Jersey Nets<\/a>\u00a0before settling on the name by which they are known today, bringing their rich player and jersey history with them to the league of today.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>To commemorate the players who played for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nets<\/a>\u00a0over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nets<\/a>\u00a0Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise&#8217;s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Mar 19, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/68a6622a258a6a5fd5bf79b9b0bc0d29.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 19, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic (44) during the fourth quarter against the Detroit Pistons at The Palace of Auburn Hills. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>And for today&#8217;s article, we will continue with the 18th of 21 people to wear the No. 44 jersey, forward alum Bojan Bogdanovic. After starting his pro career abroad, Bogdanovic was picked up with the 31st overall selection of the 2011 NBA Draft by the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p>The Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina native played parts of the first three seasons of his pro career with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brooklyn Nets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> by way of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/16\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Timberwolves;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Minnesota Timberwolves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> after a draft night deal. That ended when he was dealt to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/washington-wizards\/27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Washington Wizards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Washington Wizards&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Washington Wizards<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>During his time suiting up for the Nets, Bogdanovic wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 11.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game,<\/p>\n<p>All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/netswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/nets\/2026\/03\/09\/nets-jersey-history-no-44-bojan-bogdanovic-2014-17\/88991117007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nets jersey history No. 44 - Bojan Bogdanovic (2014-17);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nets jersey history No. 44 - Bojan Bogdanovic (2014-17)&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Nets jersey history No. 44 &#8211; Bojan Bogdanovic (2014-17)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Brooklyn Nets\u00a0have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11889,65784,98,100,355,99,11891,11890,1263,9130,9,24,63,1105],"class_list":{"0":"post-159631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-american-basketball-association","9":"tag-bojan-bogdanovic","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-nets","13":"tag-brooklyn-news","14":"tag-jersey-history","15":"tag-jersey-numbers","16":"tag-miami-heat","17":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","18":"tag-new-york","19":"tag-new-york-city","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-washington-wizards"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}