During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Long wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 4.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
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 35th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 35, with 11 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The eighth of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Art Long. After ending his college career at Cincinnati, Long would go unselected in the 1996 NBA Draft, instead signing with both overseas and domestic clubs in other leagues before landing a spot with the Sacramento Kings in 1999.
The Rochester, New York native signed with Seattle in 2001. His stay with the team would span a single season, coming to an end when he signed with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2002.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Long wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 4.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 35 - Art Long (2001-02)
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