During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Schweitz wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 3.0 points and 1.1 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 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 fourth of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, guard alum John Schweitz. After ending his college career at Richmond, Schweitz was picked up with the 138th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1982 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
The Waterloo, New York native would play the first season of his NBA career with the SuperSonics, however, after a pair of seasons in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA -- that era's version of the G League). His stay with the team would span just 19 games, returning to the CBA the season after.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Schweitz wore only jersey No. 35 and put up 3.0 points and 1.1 assists per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 35 - John Schweitz (1984-85)
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