Since then, that league has been absorbed by the NBA ... jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding ...

His stay with the team would span just 8 games, the last stop of his NBA career. During his time suiting up for the Nets, Johnson wore only jersey No. 7 and put up 5.6 points, 1.5 rebounds ...

Founded in 1946 during the Basketball Association of America (BAA -- a precursor league of the NBA) era ... the 24th of 28 players who wore the No. 7 jersey for the Warriors.

For this article, we begin with the 15th of 28 players who wore the No. 7 jersey for the Warriors. 1989: Kelvin Upshaw of the Golden State Warriors dribbles during an NBA game in the 1989-90 season.