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 in the beginning of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers your entire historical past of jersey numbers and the gamers who wore them because the workforce’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys is probably not 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 this time they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the eighth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 6, with 11 gamers in whole having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The fourth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 6 did so throughout the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, Derek Fisher, former Thunder combo guard. After ending his faculty ball with the College of Arkansas at Little Rock, Fisher was chosen with the twenty fourth general decide by the Los Angeles Lakers within the 1996 NBA draft.
The Little Rock, Arkansas native would spend the primary eight seasons of his profession there, in addition to with the Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz and Lakers once more, earlier than that workforce traded him to the Houston Rockets for Jordan Hill in 2012.
The Rockets waived him, with Fisher then signing with the Thunder a number of days later, the place he spent only one season earlier than signing with the Dallas Mavericks – solely to return to OKC as a free agent after being lower by the Mavs to play . the final of his NBA profession with the Thunder.
Fisher wore No. 37 for his first season with Oklahoma Metropolis, however would transfer to No. 6 for his last jersey worn with the membership. Whereas taking part in for the Thunder, he recorded 5.0 factors, 1.4 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per sport.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°6 – Derek Fisher (2013-14)
