During his time suiting up for the Sonics/Thunder, Durant wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 27.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.0 blocks 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 10th of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics and Oklahoma City Thunder eras, forward alum Kevin Durant. After ending his college career at Texas, Durant was picked up with the second overall selection of the 2007 NBA Draft by the SuperSonics.
The Washington, District of Columbia native would play the first nine seasons of his pro career with Seattle/OKC, coming to an end when he signed with the Golden State Warriors in 2016.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics/Thunder, Durant wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 27.4 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 35 - Kevin Durant (2007-16)
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