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.
For this article, we continue with the 42nd jersey number in the series, jersey No. 44, with 15 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The 11th of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, wing alum Adrian Griffin. After ending his college career at Seton Hall, Griffin would go unselected in the 1996 NBA Draft, instead playing in other domestic leagues and abroad until he signed with the Boston Celtics in 1999.
He also played for the Dallas Mavericks, Houston Rockets, and Chicago Bulls before he was dealt to Seattle for the final 13 games of his NBA career as a player.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Griffin wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 1.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.