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 firstly 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 because the group’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might 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, immediately they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the thirteenth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 11, with 16 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The primary of those 16 gamers to put on the quantity 11 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former guard Dana Barros. After ending his school profession at Boston School, Barros was chosen by the SuperSonics with the sixteenth general choice within the 1989 NBA Draft.
The Boston, Massachusetts native would play the primary 4 seasons of his skilled profession with the Sonics, with that period ending with a commerce to the Philadelphia 76ers in 1993 through the Charlotte Hornets.
Whereas suiting up for Seattle, Barros wore jerseys No. 11 and three and averaged 8.1 factors and a couple of.0 assists per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°11 – Dana Barros (1989-93)
