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 first of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the gamers who wore these numbers, Thunder Wire covers the whole 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, right now they’re a part of the historical past of the Thunder. For this text, we proceed with the ninth jersey quantity within the collection, jersey No. 7, with a complete of 11 gamers having worn the jersey within the historical past of the franchise.
The second of those 11 gamers to put on quantity 7 did so throughout his Seattle SuperSonics days, former Seattle small ahead Rashard Lewis. Lewis made the leap straight from Alief Elsik Excessive College to the NBA, after being drafted with the thirty second total choose within the 1998 NBA Draft by the SuperSonics.
The Pineville, Louisiana native would play the primary 9 seasons of his profession with Seattle, then be traded to the Orlando Magic for draft property in 2007.
Whereas suiting up for the Sonics (all carrying jersey No. 7), Lewis averaged 16.6 factors, 5.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 steals per sport.
This text was initially revealed on OKC Thunder Wire: Historical past of the Thunder jersey n°7 – Rashard Lewis (1998-2007)
