During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Brisker wore only jersey Nos. 42 and 40 and put up 11.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists 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 38th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 40, with 11 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The third of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, wing alum John Brisker. After ending his college career at Toledo, Brisker was picked up with the 219th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1969 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Detroit, Michigan native instead elected to sign with the ABA's (defunct) Pittsburgh Pipers/Condors, playing three seasons with them before signing with Seattle in 1972 for his final three seasons in the NBA.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Brisker wore only jersey Nos. 42 and 40 and put up 11.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 40 - John Brisker (1972-75)
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