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 in 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 will 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, right this moment they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the seventh jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey No. 5, with a complete of 9 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The third of those 10 gamers to put on quantity 5 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former Seattle level guard Rick Brunson. After enjoying his school ball with Temple, Brunson (sure, Jalen’s dad) went undrafted within the 1995 NBA draft and frolicked enjoying abroad with the Adelaide 36ers and within the Continental Basketball Affiliation (CBA – that period’s model of the G League) earlier than signing with the Portland Path Blazers in 1997.
After this stint, Brunson would return abroad and play within the CBA earlier than touchdown a spot on the New York Knicks roster, and he would even have stops with the Boston Celtics, the Blazers once more, the Chicago Bulls. Chicago, Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers. earlier than signing with the Sonics in 2005 for his penultimate cease within the league.
This stint with Seattle would solely final 4 video games earlier than he was eradicated, solely to be picked up on waivers by the Houston Rockets. Whereas enjoying for the SuperSonics, Brunson averaged 2.5 factors per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Thunder #5 jersey – Rick Brunson (2005-06)
