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 initially of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers your entire historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that group’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new group 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 sequence, jersey No. 14, with a complete of 17 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The seventh of these gamers did it throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former guard Randy Livingston. After ending his school profession at LSU, Livingston was chosen with the forty second total choice within the 1996 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets. The New Orleans, Louisiana native would play the primary season of his skilled profession with the Rockets.
He additionally performed for the Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors earlier than the primary of two stints with the SuperSonics, starting along with his signing with the group in 2002. That ended after simply 13 video games when he was eradicated by the group. signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves this fall.
The previous Tiger additionally performed for the (then) New Orleans Hornets (now Pelicans), Los Angeles Clippers, Utah Jazz and Chicago Bulls earlier than returning to Seattle for the ultimate season of his profession in 2006. Sonics, Livingston solely wore jerseys No. 9 and 14 and had 2.4 factors, 1.5 rebounds and 1.8 assists per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°14 – Randy Livingston (2006-07)
