The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the gamers who’ve suited up for the franchise since its founding in the beginning of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire is protecting your complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who sported them because the founding of the group.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys could not stay a part of the franchise historical past ought to a brand new group be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they’re a part of the Thunder’s historical past at present.
For this text, we proceed with the thirty fifth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 35, with 11 gamers in whole having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The ninth of these gamers did so within the Seattle SuperSonics period, large man alum Leon Smith. After ending his highschool profession, Smith made the leap proper to the NBA, and was picked up with the twenty ninth general number of the 1999 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs.
Lower earlier than the beginning of his rookie season, Smith performed in different home leagues and for the Atlanta Hawks earlier than signing with Seattle in 2004. His stick with the group would span only a single recreation earlier than he’d be minimize, his final within the NBA.
Throughout his time suiting up for the Sonics, Smith wore solely jersey No. 35 and put up 2.0 factors and as many rebounds per recreation.
All stats and information courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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