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 the beginning 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 staff’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not be 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 the moment 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 a complete of 16 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
Two Sonics would have celebrated their birthdays at the moment
– Tommy Kron (who left us in 2007) 🙏
– Pete Cross (died 1977) 🙏Relaxation in peace guys ✨ pic.twitter.com/nPdrpVFBXY
— Seattle SuperSonics France 🇫🇷 (@SonicsFRA) March 28, 2021
The primary of those 16 gamers to put on the quantity 11 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former winger Tommy Kron. After ending his school profession on the College of Kentucky, Kron was chosen twenty fourth general within the 1966 NBA draft by the St. Louis (now Atlanta) Hawks.
The Owensboro, Kentucky native would play the primary season of his NBA profession there earlier than being drafted by the SuperSonics of their 1967 enlargement draft. His keep would span two seasons, ending when he left the staff to affix the ABA (American Basketball Affiliation, a competing league which might ultimately merge with the NBA) in 1969.
Throughout his time in Seattle, Kron solely wore jersey No. 11 and averaged 7.4 factors, 3.7 rebounds and three.1 assists per sport.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°11 – Tommy Kron (1967-69)
