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Brooklyn Nets: 10 best Nets from 3rd NBA decade (1996-2006)

By Phil Watson

SAN ANTONIO - JUNE 6: Jason Kidd #5 and Richard Jefferson #24 of the New Jersey Nets walk to the bench in Game two of the 2003 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center on June 6, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The Nets won 87-85. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO - JUNE 6: Jason Kidd #5 and Richard Jefferson #24 of the New Jersey Nets walk to the bench in Game two of the 2003 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center on June 6, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The Nets won 87-85. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) /
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – FEBRUARY 23: KendallGill #13 of the New Jersey Nets dunks during a game played on February 2, 1997 at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1997 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

9. player. 147. . SF-SG. Acquired from Charlotte Hornets in trade, Jan. 19, 1996. Kendall Gill

Kendall Gill had come to the New Jersey Nets in the January 1996 deal that sent Kenny Anderson to the Charlotte Hornets.

After missing the final two months of the 1995-96 season with a broken left hand, Gill returned with a vengeance, putting together a career year in 1996-97.

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Gill averaged career-highs with 21.8 points and 6.1 rebounds per game while adding 4.0 assists and 1.9 steals in 39.0 minutes a night on .443/.336/.797 shooting.

No longer the No. 1 option over the next four seasons, Gill was still a starter and solid contributor until 2000-01, when he missed 51 games due to tendinitis in his right knee that eventually required surgery.

Gill left the Nets to sign with the Miami Heat as an unresticted free agent in August 2001.

In five seasons during the 1996-2006 period, Gill averaged 14.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals in 33.7 minutes a game, shooting .419/.293/.736.

He led the NBA with 2.7 steals per game in the lockout-shortened 1999 season, while placing eighth in 1997-98 and ninth in 1999-2000. Gill was also sixth in the NBA in minutes played in 1996-97.

In three 1998 playoff games, Gill averaged 14.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 33.3 minutes per game while shooting .450/—/7-for-8.

Gill was the fifth overall pick by Charlotte out of Illinois in the 1990 NBA Draft and was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in September 1993 before being swapped back to the Hornets in June 1995.

After leaving New Jersey, Gill played a season each with the Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves and Chicago Bulls before he was waived by the Milwaukee Bucks in January 2005 during his 15th NBA season.

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