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 25th of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 24, which has has had a total of 20 players wear the number in the history of the team.

The first of those players wearing No. 24 played in the (then) New York Americans (now, Brooklyn Nets) era, Hall of Fame forward alum Rick Barry. After ending his college career at Miami, Barry was picked up with the fourth overall selection of the 1965 NBA Draft by the (then) San Francisco (now, Golden State) Warriors.

The Elizabeth, New Jersey native would play the first two seasons of his pro career with the Dubs. He also played for the ABA’s (defunct) Oakland Oaks and the (also defunct) Washington Caps before he was dealt to New York in 1970.

His stay with the team would span two seasons, coming to an end when he returned to the Dubs in 1972. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Barry wore only jersey No. 24 and put up 30.6 points, 7.2 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets jersey history No. 24 – Rick Barry (1970-72)