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 initially 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 because the 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, immediately they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the thirteenth jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey No. 11, with a complete of 16 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The eleventh of those 16 gamers to put on the quantity 11 did so through the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former striker Lazar Hayward. After ending his faculty profession at Marquette, Hayward was chosen with the thirtieth total choice within the 2010 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards.
The Buffalo, New York native would as an alternative be traded with Nemanja Bjelica to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Trevor Booker and Hamady N’Diaye, the place he would play the primary season of his skilled profession.
In 2011, he was traded to OKC for Robert Vaden and drafted property, his stick with the crew spanning solely 26 video games earlier than being traded once more, this time with Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook dinner and James Harden to the Houston Rockets over Jeremy Lamb, Kevin Martin and draft property. Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Hayward solely wore jersey No. 11 and scored 1.4 factors per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°11 – Lazar Hayward (2010-11)
