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 firstly of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers all the historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that workforce’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new workforce was created in Seattle, as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, as we speak they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the seventh jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 5, with a complete of 9 gamers having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The sixth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 5 did so in the course of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, Kyle Singler, former Oklahoma Metropolis small ahead. After ending his school ball at Duke, Singler was chosen thirty third general within the 2011 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons, the place he would play components of his first three seasons within the league after one season abroad as a hidden participant.
Then, in 2015, the Medford, Oregon native can be traded together with DJ Augustin to the Thunder in a three-team commerce, the place he would spend the following 4 seasons, his final within the NBA.
Throughout this era, he wore the No. 5 jersey in his first season with the workforce. After that, he moved to No. 15. Throughout his time enjoying for Oklahoma Metropolis, Singler averaged 3.2 factors and 1.8 rebounds per recreation.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder #5 jersey – Kyle Singler (2015-16)
