The Internet raised its collective eyebrows at the sight of an Oklahoma City Thunder player wearing No. 35 on Tuesday:

P.J. Dozier rocking No. 35 for OKC 👀 (via @FredKatz) pic.twitter.com/OvOaYhwXgw — Bleacher Report NBA (@BR_NBA) October 17, 2017

Yes, that’s the recently-signed P.J. Dozier. And what’s so crazy about wearing 35?

Oh, right. But the reason behind the jersey choice goes deeper than simply taking Kevin Durant’s old number:

PJ Dozier on why he picked No. 35: pic.twitter.com/pIZ3l6Hgyr — Royce Young (@royceyoung) October 17, 2017

“My second cousin was Reggie Lewis, used to play for the Boston Celtics. That all it is. It wasn’t anything other than that … I honestly didn’t think twice about it.”

That would be a reference to the late Reggie Lewis, who died suddenly in 1993 at age 27, after a promising start to a career that included a spot on the East’s All-Star roster in 1991-92.

So it’s a tribute, not a troll job.