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 second of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics, forward alum Donyell Marshall. After ending his college career at UConn, Marshall was picked up with the fourth overall selection of the 1994 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Reading, Pennsylvania native also played for the Golden State Warriors, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, and Cleveland Cavaliers before he was cut by the team in 2008.
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During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Marshall wore only jersey No. 42 and put up 3.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 42 – Donyell Marshall (2008)