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 all the historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them because the 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, right this moment 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 twelfth of those gamers did it within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, retains former DJ Augustin. After ending his faculty profession at Texas, Augustin was chosen with the ninth general choice within the 2008 NBA Draft by the (then) Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets).
The New Orleans, Louisiana native would play the primary 4 seasons of his skilled profession with Charlotte, in addition to the Indiana Pacers, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons earlier than being traded to OKC in 2015 as a part of an enormous contract. , three-team deal.
His stick with the group would span two seasons earlier than leaving once more, this time to the Denver Nuggets in 2016. Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Augustin solely wore the No. 14 jersey and posted a rating of 5.6. factors, 1.7 rebounds and a couple of.5 assists per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°14 – DJ Augustin (2015-16)
