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 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 for the reason that group’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will 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, right this moment they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder.
For this text, we proceed with the sixteenth jersey quantity within the sequence, jersey No. 14, with a complete of 17 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The sixteenth of those gamers did it within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former guard Jared Butler. After ending his school profession at Baylor, Butler was chosen with the fortieth general choice within the 2021 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans.
The Reserve Louisiana native would play the primary season of his skilled profession with the Utah Jazz after being traded to the group just a few weeks later. He could be minimize from the group in 2022 and signal with OKC in March 2023.
His stick with the group would solely final 6 video games earlier than becoming a member of the Washington Wizards through the 2023 offseason. Whereas suiting up for the Thunder, Butler solely wore jersey #14 and picked up 6.2 factors and 1.3 assists per recreation.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°14 – Jared Butler (2022)
