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 at the beginning 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 group’s inception.
And whereas these Supersonics jerseys might not be a part of the franchise’s historical past if a brand new group 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 sequence, jersey No. 6, with a complete of 11 gamers having donned the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The fourth of those 9 gamers to put on the quantity 6 did so through the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder period, former OKC ahead Gabriel Deck. A global participant who joined the Thunder as a free agent in 2021 after going undrafted within the 2017 NBA draft, Deck had beforehand performed in his native Argentina and in Europe.
His time in Oklahoma Metropolis was fairly quick (17 video games over two seasons), all performed within the No. 6 jersey earlier than returning to Europe to affix Actual Madrid in 2022.
Whereas taking part in for the Thunder, Deck recorded 6.0 factors, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per recreation.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°6 – Gabriel Deck (2021)
