THE Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers The jersey numbers have been worn by gamers who’ve worn the franchise since its founding initially of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who’ve worn these numbers, Thunder Wire traces your complete historical past of the jersey numbers and the gamers who’ve worn them for the reason that group’s founding.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not go down in franchise historical past if a brand new group is created in Seattle like they did with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they’re part of Thunder historical past at present. For this text, we proceed with the fifth jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey #3, with 20 gamers in complete having worn this jersey in franchise historical past.
The fourth of 20 gamers to put on No. 3 did so through the Supersonics period, Seattle guard Vernon Maxwell. A former pupil at his hometown College of Florida, Maxwell was drafted by the Denver Nuggets with the forty seventh general choose within the 1988 NBA draft however was traded to the San Antonio Spurs for draft belongings.
The Gainesville, Florida native would play for that membership, the Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers, Spurs once more, Orlando Magic, Charlotte Hornets and Sacramento Kings earlier than leaving the latter group in free company to affix the SuperSonics.
Maxwell performed simply 47 video games for Seattle earlier than being traded together with Lazaro Borrell, Vladimir Stepania and different draft picks in a large four-team commerce to the New York Knicks. Throughout his time with the Sonics, he averaged 10.9 factors, 1.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per sport, all within the No. 3 jersey.
This text was initially printed on Celtics Wire: Thunder #3 Jersey Historical past – Vernon Maxwell (1999-2000)
