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Jim Fox was a journeyman for sure.  He began his professional career with Real Madrid in the Spanish League, following it with stints in R.C. Mechelen (Belgium), Cincinnati, Detroit, Phoenix, Chicago (Cincinnati again) before he got to Seattle.  He would spend three seasons with the Sonics and while he bounced around as much as a basketball, his first season in Seattle saw him average a double-double and almost did so again in his second season.  To this day, Jim Fox still holds the franchise record for rebounds in a game with 30.  The journeyman would finish his career with Milwaukee and New York.
Tom Burleson was not in the NBA for long and he only spent three seasons (his first) with the Seattle SuperSonics, however he quietly put together some very good traditional and advanced numbers while he was there.  The Center from North Carolina State (he would help the Wolfpack win the NCAA Title) would make the All Rookie Team and in his second year would average 15.6 Points and 9 Rebounds per Game while posting a healthy PER of 16.9.  He would also finish in the top ten in Blocks twice.  Burleson would be at his best for Seattle in the playoffs where in his fifteen games he averaged 20.7 Points and 10.2 Rebounds per Game.
While Vin Baker is one of those players who is often associated with wasting his potential due to substance abuse, the fact remains that this was a very good player who had some good seasons, one of which was with the Seattle SuperSonics.
From the nation of Switzerland, Thabo Sefolosha would spend five seasons and change with the Oklahoma City Thunder.  Sefolosha was known mostly for his defensive skills putting up good numbers in Steals and was named to a Second Team All Defensive squad for the 2009-10 season.  His defense was a nice counter to the offensive minded teammates that he had.