THE Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics earlier than them) have 51 jersey numbers The jersey numbers have been worn by gamers who’ve worn the franchise since its founding at first of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who’ve worn these numbers, Thunder Wire traces the whole historical past of the jersey numbers and the gamers who’ve worn them for the reason that workforce’s founding.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not go down in franchise historical past if a brand new workforce is created in Seattle like they did with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they’re part of Thunder historical past as we speak. For this text, we proceed with the fifth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey #3, with 20 gamers in whole having worn this jersey in franchise historical past.
The fifteenth of these 20 gamers to put on the quantity 3 did so in Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder Former Thunder participant Corey Brewer was chosen seventh general within the 2007 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
A local of Portland, Tennessee, he performed elements of 4 seasons with the T-Wolves (he would return to the workforce later in his profession) earlier than being traded to the New York Knicks after which launched.
He would signal with the Dallas Mavericks as a free agent and play for that membership, the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota once more, the Houston Rockets, and the Los Angeles Lakers earlier than the latter workforce launched him in February 2018, setting Brewer as much as be part of the Thunder for the rest of the season.
His time in OKC was temporary—simply 18 video games—however Brewer nonetheless managed to have one in all his finest stints within the league with the Thunder, averaging 10.1 factors, 3.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and a couple of.1 steals per sport, all sporting the No. 3 jersey. He would later be part of the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent.
This text was initially revealed on Celtics Wire: Thunder #3 Jersey Historical past – Corey Brewer (2018)
