Jayson Williams rode the pine in his first two seasons in the NBA as a Philadelphia 76er and not much changed in his first three years in New Jersey where he averaged under 14 Minutes per Game.  Something changed in 1995/96 where he had an 80 Game season with 23.3 Minutes per Game yet had an even 10 Rebounds per Game, which was astounding considering he didn’t even average half of the game!

Nicknamed “The Hammer”, Armen Gilliam signed with the Nets before the 1993/94 Season where he would be an efficient bench player over the next two seasons.  Gilliam was used in every single game in his first two years in New Jersey where he had a PER over 18.  He was moved to the starting rotation in what would be his third and final season where he would post 18.3 Points and 9.1 Rebounds per Game while keeping his PER near 18.

Kendall Gill arrived to the Nets late in the 1995/96 season and he would put up the best scoring numbers of his career the year after when he averaged 21.8 Points per Game and was the team’s top scorer.  Other scorers were brought in and Gill was able to have a more diverse game and in 1998/99 he would lead the National Basketball Association is Steals and Steals per Game.  That year he put up the rare triple-double with 15 Points, 10 Rebounds and 11 Steals (most are points, rebounds and assists).  He signed with the Heat as a Free Agent before the 2001/02 season.

Next up is the much-maligned Keith Van Horn (mainly because he was overhyped) who arrived to New Jersey via a draft day trade after he was chosen second overall in 1997.  Van Horn proved immediately that he was a more than capable scorer with a 19.8 Point per Game Average and he would exceed that the following season with a career high 21.8 PPG, which led the Nets and was good enough for fifth overall.  He would also have 8.5 Rebounds per Game, a number he equaled the following season.  While his numbers would recede following the arrival of Jason Kidd in the 2001/02 season, he was a large part of why the Nets reached the Finals and it was his bucket that was the game winner in their Conference Final against the Boston Celtics.  He would be traded after that year to the team that drafted him, the Philadelphia 76ers.