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 at first 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 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, right this moment they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the seventh jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey No. 5, with 10 gamers in whole having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The fourth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 5 did so in the course of the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (the primary such participant to take action with this jersey quantity), Kyle Weaver, former OKC capturing guard.
After enjoying his school ball with Washington State, he can be chosen thirty eighth general within the 2008 NBA Draft by the (then) Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets). Nevertheless, Weaver would instantly be traded to the Thunder, the place he would play his first two seasons within the league.
His time in Oklahoma Metropolis would finish when he was waived by the workforce, earlier than signing with the Utah Jazz.
Whereas enjoying for the Thunder, the Janesville, Wisconsin native would common 4.9 factors, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per recreation.
This text was initially printed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Thunder #5 jersey – Kyle Weaver (2008-10)
