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 24th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 22, with 20 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The 17th of those players did so in the Oklahoma City Thunder era, big man alum Taj Gibson. After ending his college career at USC, Gibson was picked up with the 26th overall selection of the 2009 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
The Brooklyn, New York native would play parts of the first 8 seasons of his pro career with the Bulls. He would leave Chicago in a trade to OKC in 2017, and play for the team for a single season before leaving to join the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason.
During his time suiting up for the Thunder, Gibson wore only jersey No. 22 and put up 9.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 22 - Taj Gibson (2017)
