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 40th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 42, with 15 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The seventh of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Alex Stivrins. After ending his college career at Colorado, Stivrins was picked up with the 75th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1985 NBA Draft by the SuperSonics.
The Lincoln, Nebraska native would play the first season of his pro career with Seattle, coming to an end when he signed with a team in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA — that era’s version of the G League) in 1986.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Stivrins wore only jersey No. 42 and put up 1.0 points and as many rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.