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 in the beginning 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 crew’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new crew 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 14th jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 12, with 15 gamers in complete having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
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The tenth of those 15 gamers to put on the quantity 12 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former ahead Ronald Dupree. After ending his faculty profession at Louisiana State College, Dupree was not chosen within the 2003 NBA draft, as a substitute spending one season within the G League till the Chicago Bulls signed him in 2004.
The Biloxi, Mississippi native additionally performed for the Detroit Pistons, Minnesota Timberwolves and extra time within the G League till signing with the SuperSonics in 2008 to complete that season. His stick with the crew would solely final 4 video games earlier than turning into a free agent the following offseason.
Whereas suiting up for Seattle, Dupree solely wore jersey #12 and averaged 1.0 factors and a couple of.0 rebounds per sport.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°12 – Ronald Dupree (2008)
