Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 11 - Louie Nelson (1977-78)

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. The 13th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 11 which has has had a total of 19 players wear the number in the history of the team.

The first of those players wearing No. 11 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Louie Nelson. After ending his college career at Washington, Nelson was picked up with the 19th overall selection of the 1973 NBA draft by the (then) Capital Bullets (now, Washington Wizards).

The Los Angeles, California native would play the first season of his pro career with the Bullets. He would also have stints with the (then) New Orleans (now, Utah) Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, and (then) Kansas City (now, Sacramento) Kings before he'd sign with the Nets in 1977 for his last season in the NBA.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Nelson wore only jersey No. 11 and put up 8.5 points, 2.0 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 11 - Louie Nelson (1977-78)

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Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 11 - Rudy Hackett (1976)

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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Dove wore only jersey No. 11 and put up 13.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 1.2 assists per game.
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During his time suiting up for the Nets, Hawkins wore only jersey No. 11 and put up 17.4 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.5 steals per game.
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Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 11 - Jack Gillespie (1969-70)

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Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 11 - Hank Whitney (1968-69)

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