Donald Smith who would change his name to Zaid Abdul-Aziz in 1976 wore this jersey in the 1972-73 campaign for the Supersonics. The 6-9 Smith starred at Iowa State University before being drafted by the NBA's Cincinnati Royals in 1968. He played 10 seasons in the league as a member of the Royals Milwaukee Bucks Seattle SuperSonics Houston Rockets Buffalo Braves and Boston Celtics. Nicknamed "The Kangaroo" he had his finest season in 19711972 when he averaged 13.8 points and 11.3 rebounds for Seattle. He retired in 1978 with career totals of 4557 points and 4065 rebounds. On the left front tail is the Sand-Knit manufacturers tag with wash instructions and jersey size 46." Across the front of this rare and unusual style is SONICS done in green embroidery. Above is Seattle. Player No. 35 appears on both the front and back. All these numbers and letters are done in white on yellow tackle twill with the white tackle twill having a green embroidered border. Player name "Smith" appears across the back in white tackle twill with a yellow embroidered border. The jersey shows game-use with some visible fraying of the green and gold embroidery and puckering of the white tackle twill numbers and letters. There appears to have no alterations of any kind.