THE Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the gamers who’ve carried the franchise since its creation at the beginning of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers your complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that crew’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new crew was created in Seattle, as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, at this time they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the sixth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 4, with 5 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The third of those 5 gamers to put on quantity 4 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former Seattle capturing guard James Cotton. After taking part in his school ball at Cal State Lengthy Seashore, Cotton was chosen with the thirty third total choose within the 1997 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.
Nonetheless, the Los Angeles, California native by no means performed for the Nugs, having been traded to the SuperSonics for Bobby Jackson.
The 6-foot-5 wing would solely play two seasons with Seattle (each at quantity 4) earlier than being traded once more, this time to the Chicago Bulls for Brent Barry.
Nonetheless, he would by no means play for the Bulls, his NBA profession ending with the Sonics, with whom he averaged 2.6 factors per sport.
This text was initially revealed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°4 – James Cotton (1997-99)
