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 initially 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 workforce’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys will not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new workforce 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 collection, jersey No. 14, with a complete of 17 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The second of those gamers did it within the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former goalkeeper Shaun Livingston. After making the leap to the professionals straight from highschool, Livingston was chosen with the fourth total choice within the 2004 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Peoria, Illinois native would play the primary 3 seasons of his skilled profession with the Clips, in addition to the Miami Warmth, earlier than signing with the Thunder in early 2009. His stick with the workforce would solely prolong solely in 18 video games over two seasons earlier than being lower by the workforce in December of the identical yr.
Whereas suiting up for OKC, Livingston solely wore jersey No. 14 and averaged 4.0 factors, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per sport.
This text was initially printed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°14 – Shaun Livingston (2009)
