Here is a list of every player in the long history of the Philadelphia 76ers who has worn the No. 42 uniform.
It’s summertime in the NBA, so now is the time to learn some history. The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA. Their history dates to the 1949-50 season.
With that longevity, the team has had hundreds of players come through the City of Brotherly Love. Sixers Wire looks at the No. 42, which has been worn by 12 of those players in the history of the franchise.
This running series that will go through all of the uniform numbers worn in franchise history. The previous edition of this series was a list compiling the four players who have worn the No. 43.
Here is the list of those 12 players who have worn No. 43 in Sixers history:
The Brooklyn Nets have a pair of talented centers in Jarrett Allen and DeAndre Jordan. Does either rank among the franchise’ five best ever?
When the New York Nets joined the NBA after winning the 1976 ABA Finals, centers were anchored to the paint. Now it’s common to see big men pull up from long-range nightly.
Though, that’s not necessarily the case with Brooklyn’s big men. Jarrett Allen can defend centers and power forwards who are able to stretch the floor, but The Fro isn’t pulled from deep — not yet at least. DeAndre Jordan certainly isn’t.
How the two will coexist in Brooklyn is up in the air, given Jordan’s relationship with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and how similar the centers’ games are. But if the Nets go on to win a title with the two superstars in town, one or both centers could earn a spot among the franchise’s best bigs ever.
Having already gone through the Nets’ point guards, shooting guards, small forwards and power forwards, Nets Wire determined who are the best five centers in the franchise’s history through the novel coronavirus-induced NBA hiatus.
5. Jayson Williams
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Nets Stats: 8.3 PPG | 8.9 RPG
Williams had a checkered career, and it took time for him to earn a major role in the Nets lineup.
After averaging 13.1 minutes per game in his 75 appearances for New Jersey throughout 1994-95, Williams saw his role off the bench increase the next season. The same thing happened from 1995-96 to 1996-97, earning a starting spot. However, he only played in 41 games.
The 1997-98 season was Williams’ best, earning his one NBA All-Star nod as he averaged 12.9 points and 13.6 rebounds per game. The Nets also snapped their three-year playoff drought this season.
The 1986 Boston Celtics are regarded as one of the best teams in NBA history. But on April 9, that didn’t matter to the New Jersey Nets.
With the NBA on hiatus and New York continuing its battle against the novel coronavirus outbreak, Brooklyn Nets games will not be played for the foreseeable future.
For the Nets, as much as any team, this comes at an odd time — Brooklyn was battling the Orlando Magic for the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference standings. At the stoppage of play, the Nets had a half-game advantage over the Magic.
Since there aren’t any games, each day Nets Wire will highlight impressive individual performances and major moments throughout Nets history:
Mike Gminski may have seen his consecutive free-throws made streak come to an end on April 9, 1986, but his performance against the Boston Celtics was far from a bad memory.
The center had a career night in New Jersey’s 108-98 win over the Celtics (full box score). Gminski scored 41 points and grabbed 22 rebounds. It was the first time he’d ever eclipsed the 40-point mark — and it turned out to be the only time he’d ever do so. It was also the final time Gminski would grab 20 or rebounds in his NBA career, though he’d done it once before his April 9 performance (March 18, 1986).
Buck Williams also had a double-double (13 points and 14 rebounds), and Otis Birdsong was second in scoring for the Nets with 22 points.
