Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 22 - Michael Wilson (1984-85)

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 23rd of those 52 different numbers is jersey No. 22, which has has had a total of 31 players wear the number in the history of the team.

The 15th of those players wearing No. 22 played in the (then) New Jersey (now, Brooklyn) Nets era, guard alum Michael Wilson. After ending his college career at Marquette, Wilson was picked up with the 47th overall selection of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Memphis, Tennessee native would play the first season of his pro career in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA -- that era's version of the G League) until he signed with the (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) in 1983. He also played for the Cleveland Cavaliers before signing with New Jersey in 1984.

His stay with the team would span just eight games, coming to an end when he returned to the CBA in 1985. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Wilson wore only jersey No. 22 and put up 2.8 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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