Brooklyn Nets jersey history No. 34 - Wenyen Gabriel (2021)

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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.

And for today's article, we will continue with the 15th of 15 people to wear the No. 34 jersey, big man alum Wenyen Gabriel. After ending his college career at Kentucky, Gabriel went unselected in the 2018 NBA Draft, instead signing with the Sacramento Kings.

The Khartoum, Sudan native played the first 11 games of his pro career with the Kings. He also played for the Portland Trail Blazers and New Orleans Pelicans before he signed with Brooklyn in 2021. His stay with the team lasted until he signed with the Los Angeles Clippers later that year.

During his time suiting up for the Nets, Gabriel wore only jersey No. 34 and put up 1.0 rebounds per game.

All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

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