Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (also called the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until its final season in 2007–2008. The team moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, changing its name to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The SuperSonics have been looking into getting back into the NBA as an expansion team in the coming years, the fans have really wanted a Seattle NBA team for a while since they disbanded in 2008.
| Conference | Western | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Western (1967–1970) Pacific (1970–2004) Northwest (2004–2008) | |||
| Founded | 1967 | |||
| History | Seattle SuperSonics 1967–2008 Oklahoma City Thunder 2008–present[1][2] | |||
| Arena | Seattle Center Coliseum/KeyArena at Seattle Center (1967–1978, 1985–1994, 1995–2008) Kingdome (1978–1985) Tacoma Dome (1994–1995) | |||
| Location | Seattle, Washington | |||
| Team colors | Green, gold, white[3] | |||
| Team manager | Full list | |||
| Head coach | Full list | |||
| Ownership | Sam Schulman (1967–1983) Barry Ackerley (1983–2001) Basketball Club of Seattle (Howard Schultz, Chairman) (2001–2006) Professional Basketball Club LLC (Clay Bennett, Chairman) (2006–2008) | |||
| Championships | 1 (1979) | |||
| Conference titles | 3 (1978, 1979, 1996) | |||
| Division titles | 6 (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005) | |||
| Retired numbers | 6 (1, 10, 19, 24, 32, 43) | |||
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Seattle SuperSonics Media
- Tom Meschery, Bob Rule and Wilt Chamberlain.jpeg
Tom Meschery, Bob Rule (SuperSonics) and Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia 76ers) in 1967
Professional basketball player Lenny Wilkens
- Kingdome usage, 1980 (32523178267).jpg
In 1980, the Seattle SuperSonics' total attendance exceeded that of all other sports or shows held in the Kingdome.
- George Karl.jpg
George Karl served as Seattle's head coach from 1992 to 1998.
- Lipofsky-Vin Baker.jpg
Vin Baker was an NBA All-Star with the SuperSonics during the 1997–98 season.
- Kevin Durant Feb 2014.jpg
Kevin Durant (pictured in 2014), who was drafted by the SuperSonics in 2007
- KeyArena (2890740573).jpg
Over most of the franchise's history, Seattle played its home games at KeyArena.
- Squatch2005small.jpg
Squatch wearing the Sonics' home uniform in 2005
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Sonics Unveil New Logo and Official Colors. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. August 25, 2001. Archived from the original on December 18, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20011218002845/http://www.nba.com/sonics/news/logo_010825.html. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
