Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 55 - Jabari Smith Sr. (2004-05)

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".

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - FEBRUARY 5: Jabari Smith #55 of the New Jersey Nets lays up a basket against the Detroit Pistons on February 5, 2005 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/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,  Wire is covering the entire history of the franchise's jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.