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 entire historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that staff’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new staff 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 seventh jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 5, with a complete of 9 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The ninth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 5 did so through the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former OKC wing Luguentz Dort. After ending his faculty ball with Arizona State, Dort would go undrafted and would later be signed by the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder to play for his or her G League staff ā the Oklahoma Metropolis Blue ā in addition to the mum or dad membership as a two-way participant for the staff.
He would earn a full contract after only one season in such a job and has performed for the Thunder ever since, among the finest examples of undrafted participant growth in staff historical past.
In his 5 seasons with Oklahoma Metropolis, Dort recorded 12.8 factors, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per recreation ā all carrying quantity 5.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey nĀ°5 – Lu Dort (2019-24)
