The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by gamers who’ve worn the franchise since its inception 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 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, in the present day they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the eighth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 6, with a complete of 11 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The sixth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 6 did so in the course of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, Randy Foye, former OKC combo guard. After ending his faculty ball with Villanova, Foye was taken with the seventh decide within the 2006 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics.
Foye by no means performed for the Celtics, nevertheless, as a substitute coping with Dan Dickau and Raef LaFrentz to the Portland Path Blazers for Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair and draft belongings. That very same evening, he could be dealt once more, this time to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Brandon Roy.
Foye performed the primary three seasons of his profession in Minnesota, in addition to stints with the Washington Wizards, Los Angeles Clippers, Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets earlier than that membership was traded to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder for DJ Augustin, Steve Novak and lively challenge in February 2016.
His stick with the Thunder was quick, simply 27 video games, earlier than leaving the staff in free company to affix the Brooklyn Nets in the summertime of 2016. All carrying the No. 6 jersey, Foye scored 5.6 factors, 1 .9 rebounds and 1.8 assists per recreation.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder #6 jersey – Randy Foye (2016)
