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 14th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 12 which has has had a total of 15 players wear the number in the history of the team.
The first of those players wearing No. 12 played in the Brooklyn Nets era, forward alum Tosan Evbuomwan. After ending his college career at Princeton, Evbuomwan would go unselected in the 2023 NBA draft. After some time in the G League, the Newcastle, England native would sign with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2024.
He has also played for the Detroit Pistons before signing with Brooklyn in 2025, and he remains with the team at present.
During his time suiting up for the Nets, Evbuomwan wore only jersey No. 12 and put up 9.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 12 - Tosan Evbuomwan (2025)
