During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Howard wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 1.9 points 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 42nd jersey number in the series, jersey No. 44, with 15 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The eighth of those players who did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, forward alum Stephen Howard. After ending his college career at DePaul, Howard would go unselected in the 1992 NBA Draft, instead signing with the Utah Jazz.
The Dallas, Texas native would play the first season of his pro career with the Jazz. He also played abroad, for the Jazz again, back to playing abroad and in other domestic leagues, the San Antonio Spurs, and Utah one more time before signing with Seattle in 1997 for his final season in the league.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Howard wore only jersey No. 44 and put up 1.9 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 44 - Stephen Howard (1998)
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