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. 45, with nine players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The second of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Vester Marshall. After ending his college career at Oklahoma, Marshall would go unselected in the 1971 NBA Draft, instead signing playing abroad until he signed with Seattle in 1973.
His stay with the team would span a single season, the Tuscaloosa, Alabama native leaving the league as a player afterward.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Marshall wore only jersey No. 45 and put up 1.3 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
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