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Seattle SuperSonics: 9 stars you forgot played for the Sonics

ByLuke Duffy|
Seattle SuperSonics' Patrick Ewing (L) battles with former teammate Larry Johnson (R) for a rebound in the first quarter at Madison Square Garden in New York 27 February 2001. Ewing, who was traded from the Knicks to Seattle in the off-season, was making his first visit to New York since the trade. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP) (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Seattle SuperSonics' Patrick Ewing (L) battles with former teammate Larry Johnson (R) for a rebound in the first quarter at Madison Square Garden in New York 27 February 2001. Ewing, who was traded from the Knicks to Seattle in the off-season, was making his first visit to New York since the trade. AFP PHOTO Henny Ray ABRAMS (Photo by HENNY RAY ABRAMS / AFP) (Photo credit should read HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
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8. Reggie Evans

Make no mistake, Reggie Evans was never a star, but he carved out a nice career after going undrafted in 2002. The SuperSonics were the first team to take a chance on him after that, and while there he established himself as a rebounding machine. This would go on to continue in stops at the Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings, where Evans closed out his career.

While in Brooklyn, and at the age of 32, Evans would average 11.1 rebounds per game in 2012-13. Although scoring at any level of consistency never materialized (on his career Evans averaged 4.1 points per game), he was the ideal power forward to come in and try and get you stops and grab loose balls.

What is also interesting are the rosters that Evans played on while with the SuperSonics. When he got there Payton was still on the roster, and his time there also coincided with Ray Allen‘s. Obviously Allen was never going to make this list but this period of his career is not talked about as much, and the SuperSonics produced some funky groups.

Collison was there too, and yet when it was all said and done Evans started 189 out of 262 games played for the franchise. Much like Baker the SuperSonics weren’t going anywhere for much of the time Evans was there, as this was just before Durant arrived and looked to change everything immediately, before ultimately doing so in a different city.

So while the play of Evans himself wasn’t particularly memorable, he played the guys listed above, as well as Rashard Lewis and Brent Barry. Fans today remember him as a role guy on some teams that were fine and nothing else, but to go back into his history you can see that Evans was in Seattle during a fun era when they had the potential to be up and comers.