{"id":72970,"date":"2025-12-17T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72970\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T03:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T03:27:11","slug":"brooklyn-nets-jersey-history-no-33-willie-reed-2015-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/72970\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 33 &#8211; Willie Reed (2015-16)"},"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\" 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\" 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\" 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\" 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\" 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 29, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton (4) drives to the basket as Brooklyn Nets forward Willie Reed (33) attempted to defend during the second half at Amway Center. Orlando Magic defeated the Brooklyn Nets 139-105. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/e80e7e4d0a5b2a2c75fa352cd1150b26.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 29, 2016; Orlando, FL, USA; Orlando Magic guard Elfrid Payton (4) drives to the basket as Brooklyn Nets forward Willie Reed (33) attempted to defend during the second half at Amway Center. Orlando Magic defeated the Brooklyn Nets 139-105. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n<p>And for today&#8217;s article, we will continue with the 20th of 22 people to wear the No. 33 jersey, big man alum Willie Reed. After ending his college career at St. Louis, Reed went unselected in the 2011 NBA Draft, playing in other leagues until until he signed with the <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\" class=\"link \">Nets<\/a> in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City, Missouri native played the first season of his pro career with Brooklyn, coming to an end when he signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/miami-heat\/14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Miami Heat;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Miami Heat<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>During his time suiting up for the Nets, Reed wore only jersey No. 33 and put up 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds 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\/2025\/12\/16\/nets-jersey-history-no-33-willie-reed-2015-16\/87710024007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nets jersey history No. 33 - Willie Reed (2015-16);elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nets jersey history No. 33 &#8211; Willie Reed (2015-16)<\/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":72971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[11889,98,100,355,99,11891,11890,1263,9,24,63,37057],"class_list":{"0":"post-72970","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-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-nets","12":"tag-brooklyn-news","13":"tag-jersey-history","14":"tag-jersey-numbers","15":"tag-miami-heat","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-willie-reed"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72970","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=72970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}