The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 52 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.
Without further ado, let’s get into the next of those jersey numbers in our series.
And for today’s article, we will continue with the first of four people to wear the No. 50, OKC forward alum Scott Meentz. After ending his college career at Illinois, Meents was picked up with the 74th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Kankakee, Illinois native would play the only two seasons of his NBA career with the SuperSonics, however, after being cut by the Bulls and signing with Seattle instead, leaving the league as a player afterward.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Meentz wore only jersey Nos. 50 and 8 and put up 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.