The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Thunder Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
And while those Supersonics jerseys may not remain part of the franchise history should a new team be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they are part of the Thunder’s history today.
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For this article, we continue with the 40th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 42, with 15 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
Thunder City Edition uniform (Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images)
The eighth of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Curtis Kitchen. After ending his college career at USF, Kitchen was picked up with the 122nd overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1986 NBA Draft by the SuperSonics.
The Cape Coral, Florida native would play the only season of his pro career with Seattle, leaving the league as a player after just six games.
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During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Kitchen wore only jersey No. 42 and put up 1.5 points and as many rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 42 – Curtis Kitchen (1986)