Brooklyn Nets No. 34 Jersey History – Tom LaGarde (1984)

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players throughout their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a founding member of the American Basketball Association (ABA), when the team was known as the “New Jersey Americans.”

That league has since been absorbed into the NBA with the team that would later become the New York Nets and the New Jersey Nets before settling on the name they are known by today, bringing with them their rich history of players and jerseys to today’s league.

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To commemorate the players who played for the Nets over the decades wearing those 52 different jersey numbers, Nets Wire covers the complete history of the franchise’s jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the team’s founding.

And for today’s article, we’ll continue with the sixth of 15 people to wear jersey number 34, player great Tom LaGarde. After finishing his college career at UNC, LaGarde was selected with the ninth overall pick in the 1977 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.

The Detroit, Michigan native played the first season of his professional career with Denver. He also played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Dallas Mavericks and other leagues until he signed with the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets in 1984 for the last game of his NBA career.

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During his time in a Nets uniform, LaGarde wore only jersey number 34 and scored 1.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game.

All statistics and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: History of the Nets No. 34 Jersey – Tom LaGarde (1984)