During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Carson wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 2.6 points and as many 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 second of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, big man alum Al Carson. After ending his college career at Oregon, Carson would go unselected in the 1973 NBA Draft, instead signing with the SuperSonics.
It was his sole season in the NBA, the Oceanside, California native heading abroad afterward.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Carson wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 2.6 points and as many rebounds per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 35 - Al Carson (1973-74)
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