OKC Thunder jersey historical past No. 14 – Tom Meschery (1967-71)

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 your complete historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them for the reason that workforce’s inception.

And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might 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, at the 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 17 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.

The primary of those gamers did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former ahead Tom Meschery. After ending his school profession at Saint Mary’s, Meschery was chosen with the seventh total choice within the 1961 NBA draft by the Philadelphia Warriors (now Golden State).

The Harbin, Manchuria, China native would play the primary 6 seasons of his skilled profession with the Dubs earlier than being drafted by Seattle of their 1967 NBA enlargement draft, and his keep lasted till his retired from the league in 1971.

Whereas suiting up for the Warriors, Meschery solely wore jersey No. 14 and averaged 12.5 factors, 8.7 rebounds and a couple of.0 assists per recreation.

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