Which NBA player wore No. 26 best? John Amaechi, the first former NBA player to come out publicly as gay, wore No. 26 with the Utah Jazz in 2002-03 — his final season in an eight-year pro career. Tony Jaros, the namesake for a legendary Minneapolis dive bar, wore No. 26 as a rookie for the Basketball Association of America champion Chicago Stags, before switching to No. 13 and winning a title in three seasons on the Minneapolis Lakers.