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 in the beginning of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers the complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that staff’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys is probably not 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 this time they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the fifteenth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 13, with 10 gamers in complete having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
Naming a random Thunder participant day-after-day till I am unable to anymore
Day 10: Nazr Mohammed
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The sixth of those gamers did so within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, nice historical man Nazr Mohammed. After ending his faculty profession at Kentucky, Mohammed was chosen twenty ninth general within the 1998 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz.
The Chicago, Illinois native would as a substitute play components of the primary 3 seasons of his skilled profession with the Philadelphia 76ers, however he was dealt there by the Jazz for draft belongings that very same evening. He additionally performed for the Atlanta Hawks, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets earlier than being traded to the Thunder for Morris Peterson and DJ White in 2011.
The previous Wildcat would spend two seasons with OKC earlier than becoming a member of the Chicago Bulls for 3 seasons in 2012, returning to the Thunder for his remaining NBA marketing campaign in 2015. Whereas suiting up for OKC, Mohammed wore jersey No. 8. and 13 and scored 3.7 factors and three.2 rebounds per recreation.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°13 – Nazr Mohammed (2011-2012, 2015-16)
