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 initially 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 staff’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be 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, at present they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the sixteenth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 14, with a complete of 17 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The third of these gamers did it throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former huge man John Hummer. After ending his school profession at Princeton, Hummer was chosen fifteenth total within the 1970 NBA draft by the (then) Buffalo Braves (now Boston Celtics – he is a lengthy story).
The Washington, District of Columbia native would play the primary three seasons of his skilled profession with the Braves, in addition to the Chicago Bulls earlier than being traded to Seattle for the 1974 draft by that ball membership.
He would finish his NBA profession with the SuperSonics after a 3-year keep. Whereas suiting up for Seattle, Hummer wore jerseys Nos. 14 and 42 and averaged 4.3 factors, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°14 – John Hummer (1974-76)
