The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by gamers who’ve worn the franchise since its inception 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 because the workforce’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys is probably not 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, at the moment they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the fifteenth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 13, with 10 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The fifth of those gamers did so within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former guard James Harden. After ending his school profession at Arizona State, Harden was chosen with the third total choice within the 2009 NBA Draft by the Thunder.
The Los Angeles, California native would play the primary three seasons of his skilled profession with OKC, ending along with his commerce to the Houston Rockets in 2012.
Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Harden solely wore jersey No. 13 and averaged 12.7 factors, 3.4 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.1 steals per sport.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°13 – James Harden (2009-12)
