As the Nets Cory Wright notes Friday, the Nets will continue their Olympic heritage this week in Rio, a heritage that includes a Hall of Famer, Drazen Petrovic, and two current players, Bojan Bogdanovic and Luis Scola.
The heritage includes only those players who played in Olympic basketball competition while a member of the Nets. Only one Net, ever won a gold medal while playing for the team: Deron Williams in 2012. Drazen Petrovic won a silver in 1992 while playing in New Jersey and Richard Jefferson won a bronze in 2004.
Two other Nets won golds before joining the team: Jason Kidd won golds both before (2000) and after (2008) his time in New Jersey, and Scola, who won in 2004.