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 the whole historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that workforce’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new workforce 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 14th jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 12, with 15 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The 14th of those 15 gamers to put on the quantity 12 did so in the course of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, nice man alum Mamadi Diakité. After ending his school profession on the College of Virginia, Diakité was not chosen within the 2020 NBA Draft, as a substitute signing with the Milwaukee Bucks as a free agent.
The Conakry, Guinea, would play the primary season of his skilled profession with the Bucks earlier than being minimize and picked up by the Thunder on waivers in 2021. His stick with the workforce would solely span 13 video games within the 2021 season -22, Diakité will be a part of the Cleveland Cavaliers subsequent season.
Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Diakité solely wore jersey No. 12 and averaged 4.3 factors and 4.5 rebounds per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder N°12 jersey – Mamadi Diakité (2021-22)
