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Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 33 – Leon Wood (1990)

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.And for today’s article, we will continue with the 10th of 22 people to wear the No. 33 jersey, guard alum Leon Wood. After ending his college career at Cal State Fullerton, Wood was picked up with the 10th overall selection of the 1984 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.The Columbia, South Carolina native played parts of the first two seasons of his pro career with the Sixers, and also played for the (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) before he signed with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets in 1990 for his first stint with the team.In between he spent time playing for the San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks, and in other leagues until he signed with the Nets for the last time in 1990 for the rest of the season. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Wood wore only jersey No. 33 and put up 5.8 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 4.0 assists per game.All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 33 – Leon Wood (1990)

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