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 all the historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that crew’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will 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, at the moment they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the 14th jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey No. 12, with 15 gamers in complete having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The eleventh of those 15 gamers to put on the quantity 12 did so through the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, nice outdated man Nenad Krstic. After ending his profession abroad, Krstic was chosen with the twenty fourth general choice within the 2002 NBA Draft by the (then) New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets.
The Kraljevo, Serbia native would play the primary 4 seasons of his skilled profession with New Jersey earlier than signing with the Thunder as a free agent in 2008. His stick with the crew would span three seasons earlier than Krstic isn’t traded to the Thunder. Boston Celtics with Jeff Inexperienced, draft cash and property for Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson in 2011.
Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Krstic solely wore jersey No. 12 and averaged 8.5 factors and 5.0 rebounds per sport.
This text was initially printed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°12 – Nenad Krstic (2008-11)
