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 all the historical past of the jersey numbers and the gamers who’ve worn them for the reason that group’s founding.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys could not go down in franchise historical past if a brand new group is created in Seattle like they did with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they’re part of Thunder historical past at present. For this text, we proceed with the fifth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey #3, with 20 gamers in complete having worn this jersey in franchise historical past.
The 14th of these 20 gamers to put on the quantity 3 did so in Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder On the time, former Thunder participant Domantis Sabonis, a Gonzaga alumnus and son of former NBA participant Arvydas Sabonis, was chosen with the eleventh total choose within the 2016 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic, however was shortly traded to Oklahoma Metropolis together with Victor Oladipo and Ersan Ilyasova for Serge Ibaka.
He would solely play one season for the Thunder, nevertheless, earlier than being traded once more with Victor Oladipo to the Indiana Pacers for Paul George in 2017.
Carrying No. 3 all through his quick tenure with Oklahoma Metropolis, Sabonis averaged 5.9 factors, 3.6 rebounds and one help per recreation with the Thunder.
This text was initially revealed on Celtics Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°3 – Domantas Sabonis (2016-17)
