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 at the beginning of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers the whole historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them because the staff’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys is probably not 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, as we speak they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the thirteenth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 11, with a complete of 16 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The twelfth of those 16 gamers to put on the quantity 11 did so throughout the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former wing Jeremy Lamb. After ending his faculty profession on the College of Connecticut, Lamb was chosen with the twelfth general choice within the 2012 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.
The Henrico, Virginia native was recruited by Kevin Martin and drafted property for the Thunder earlier than the beginning of the season, and performed the primary 3 seasons of his skilled profession with Oklahoma Metropolis. That keep ended when he was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for Luke Ridnour and drafted property in 2015.
Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Lamb solely wore the No. 11 jersey and averaged 7.0 factors, 2.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per sport.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°11 – Jeremy Lamb (2012-15)
