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 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 crew’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys is probably not 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 this time 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 thirteenth of those 15 gamers to put on the quantity 12 did so in the course of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former striker Darius Miller. After ending his school profession on the College of Kentucky, Miller was chosen with the forty sixth total choice within the 2012 NBA Draft by the (then) New Orleans Hornets (now, Pelicans).
The Maysville, Kentucky native spent his first 5 seasons within the league with that crew (interrupted by 2 seasons abroad), till the Pels traded him to the Nets and OKC in 2020 as a part of an enormous four-team deal in what can be the ultimate season of his NBA profession.
Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Miller solely wore jersey No. 12 and averaged 4.1 factors, 1.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per sport.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°12 – Darius Miller (2020-21)
