All-Time Pro Hoops Jersey 0 and 00s

Looking at sports history and reminiscing about legendary players from different eras is a fun pastime for most sports fans. These great players kindle fond memories. The attraction of the great ones to the fans may come in various avenues; their statistics, what they did in big moments, individual awards, or how they led their team to a title. We connect to these players on so many levels, but a common thread is to remember them by jersey number. Babe Rith’s number 3, Wayne Gretzky’s 99, Jordan’s 23, or a Walter Payton 34 jersey are all iconic and fun to remember.

Our Sports History Network team would like to solicit your help in putting a fun twist on your sports memories by kicking off an endeavor to field the best pro basketball teams by jersey number. That team should consist of a Point Guard (PG), Shooting Guard (SG), Center (C ), Small Forward (PF), and Strong Forward (SF). If a player is listed as playing that position in their career, they become eligible to play it on our team. Additional criteria are that they had to play in the BAA, NBL, NBA, or ABA and wear the jersey number for at least a part of 5 different seasons. Our team of SHN experts will provide some information, personal preferences, and other tidbits about the players of each to help you make an informed decision in the poll we will provide. After the deadline is reached, we will post the results on JerseyDispatch.com.

In this segment, we will start with the players that wore 0 or 00. Okay, they are two different numbers; to reduce confusion, we will count them the same for this exercise. Let’s look at the candidates that meet our qualifying criteria for each position to aid you in making a decision on Sports History Network.

• NBA Jersey 0s Point Guard Candidates
• NBA Jersey 0s Small Forward Candidates
• NBA Jersey 0s Power Forward Candidates
• NBA Jersey 0s Center Candidates

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Well after all the votes are counted here is our team that we will put out on the court of eligible NBA, ABA, and BAA players that proudly wore the Number 0 or 00 for at least five seasons.

Russell Westbrook: PG with the Oklahoma City Thunder (2009-19), Houston Rockets (2020), and Los Angeles Lakers (2022), donned the digits for a fantastic eleven years. Chad Cain adds that Westbrook was known as " Mr. Triple Double," as he has reached this feat on more than one occasion thus far in his career. A prolific scorer that also loves to dish the rock off to teammates and get down and dirty with the big guys in the paint. Russell was selected to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team, and so far is a nine-time NBA All-Star that has also been awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the 2016–17 season. Westbrook led the NBA in scoring for the 2014–15 and 2016–17 seasons and won back-to-back NBA All-Star Game MVP awards in 2015 and 2016. He is still going at it as a member of the Lakers.

Avery Bradley: played the position(s) of SG and PG on the Boston Celtics (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) and Memphis Grizzlies (19) for seven seasons as he scored 7058 points, dished out 1078, assists 1797 and blocked 125 shots. Dan Neumann of the fascinating Sports History Network Podcast Hello Old Sports adds this about Mr. Bradley: "Bridged the gap in Boston between the "Big Three" years of Garnett/Pierce/Allen and the Brad Stevens era. Later moved on to the Lakers during their 2019-2020 championship year."

Jayson Tatum: played the positions of PF and SF for the Boston Celtics (2018-22) in five seasons with these digits on his jersey. Tatum scored 6439 points, assisted teammates to score 896 times, hit the boards for 2096 rebounds, and blocked 229 shots during his entire career. Dan Neumann of the hit Sports History Network Podcast Hello Old Sports, adds this about Tatum: “Already a 3-time All-Star at 24 years of age, Brown has led the Celtics in scoring each of the past three seasons. Along with Jaylen Brown, he led the Celtics to the finals in 2022, and Boston fans hope the two will power the Celtics for years to come.”

Kevin Love: played the positions of C and PF on the Cleveland Cavaliers (2015-22) for eight seasons as he scored 13563 points, dished out 1801 assists, grabbed 8287 rebounds, and blocked 330 shots. Dan Neumann, co-host of the Sports History Network podcast Hello Old Sports, adds, “In 2010. Love was the first player to tally 30 points and 30 rebounds in a game since 1982. He started with Minnesota but joined Lebron in Cleveland to power the Cavs to their first-ever NBA Championship in 2016.

Robert Parish: played the position of C on the Golden State Warriors (1977-80), Boston Celtics (1981-94), Charlotte Hornets (1995-96), and the Chicago Bulls (1997) for 18 seasons as he scored 23334 points, dished out 2180 assists, brought down 14715 rebounds, and blocked 2361 shots. Dan Neumann, co-host of the Sports History Network podcast Hello Old Sports, adds this about Chief; “A part of the "Big Three" of the 1980's Boston Celtics, Parish later won another championship as a bench player with the Chicago Bulls. He is a member of the NBA's 50th and 75th Anniversary Teams. “ Chad Cain, the host of the Sports History Network podcast One Guy with a Mic Presents: History of Dingers and Dunks, also thinks very highly of Robert Parish on this list of centers.

Special thanks to the Sports History Network team, they truly are "The Headquarters of Sports Yesteryear." And most of all to you the readers and listeners of the Sports Jersey Dispatch and SHN who helped us find out who the best players were that belonged on this team via your votes. Much appreciated are the efforts of SHN partners, Chad Cain, Arni Chapman and Dan Neumann.

Credit on the graphics for the background goes to the basketball halfcourt image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by someone called "me." The player images are courtesy of Public Domain Vectors