Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 54 - Steve Goodrich (2001-02)

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".

11 Dec 2001: Forward Steve Goodrich #54 of the New Jersey Nets shoots a hook shot during the NBA game against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. The Nets defeated the Bulls 107-93. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

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 fifth of six people to wear the No. 54 jersey, forward alum Steve Goodrich. After ending his college career at Princeton, Goodrich went unselected in the 1998 NBA Draft, playing in other leagues until he signed with the Chicago Bulls for the first season of his NBA career in 2001.

The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native played the second and last seasons of his NBA career with the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets after being cut by Chicago over the summer, leaving the league as a player afterward.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Goodrich wore only jersey No. 54 and put up 0.6 points per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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