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Seattle Supersonics Team History

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  • Seattle Sonics 1967

    Seattle Supersonics Team Formation

    On December 20, 1966, Los Angeles businessmen Sam Schulman and Eugene V. Klein and a group of minority partners were awarded the NBA franchise for the city of Seattle. Schulman would serve as the active partner and head of team operations. He named the SuperSonics after Boeing’s recently awarded contract for the SST project, which was later canceled. The SuperSonics ...
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  • Seattle Sonics Champs 1979

    NBA Finals Winner 1979

    NBA Finals – 1979 The 1979 NBA World Championship Series at the conclusion of the 1978 – 1979 season were won by the Seattle SuperSonics defeating the Washington Bullets 4 games to 1. The series was a rematch of the 1978 NBA Finals which the Washington Bullets had won 4-3. Due to a better regular-season record, the Bullets had a ...
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  • Barry Ackerley Purchase Sonics

    Barry Ackerley Purchases Sonics

    In October 1983, original team owner Sam Schulman sold the SuperSonics to Barry Ackerley, initiating a period of decline and mediocrity for the franchise. 1984 saw Fred Brown retire after playing 13 productive seasons, all with Seattle. His career reflected much of the SuperSonics’ history to that time, having been on the same team roster as Rule and Wilkens during ...
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  • Key Arena - Seattle

    Schultz Cannot Get a New Arena

    Schultz is the former owner of the NBA’s Seattle SuperSonics. During his tenure as team owner, he was criticized for his naïveté and propensity to run the franchise as a business rather than a sports team. Schultz feuded with player Gary Payton, feeling that Payton disrespected him and the team by not showing up to the first day of training ...
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  • Seattle Sonics Relocate to OKC

    Relocating to Oklahoma City

    From 2001 to 2006, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was the majority owner of the team, along with 58 partners or minor owners, as part of the Basketball Club of Seattle LLP. On July 18, 2006, Schultz sold the SuperSonics and its sister team, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)’s Seattle Storm, to the Professional Basketball Club LLC (PBC), a group ...
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The Seattle SuperSonics, commonly known as the Sonics, were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington. They played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until 2008. After the 2007 – 2008 season ended, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and now plays as the Oklahoma City Thunder.





Established
1967

City
Seattle – Oklahoma City

League History
1967 – Present / National Basketball Association

Team History
2008 – Present / Oklahoma City Thunder
1967 – 2008 / Seattle SuperSonics

Nickname
SuperSonics – The SuperSonics had been named for an airplane called the (SST) SuperSonic Transport project. The plane was to be built by Boeing, which had a large plant in the Seattle area. However, the project was later canceled.

Championship
NBA Championships 1
1979

Arena
2012 – Present / Chesapeake Energy Arena
2010 – 2011 / Oklahoma City Arena
2008 – 2010 / Ford Center

*Seattle*
1995 – 2008 / KeyArena at Seattle Center
1985 – 1994 / Seattle Center Coliseum
1978 – 1985 / Kingdome
1967 – 1978 / Seattle Center Coliseum

Owner
2006 – Present / Professional Basketball Club, LLC
2001 – 2006 / Howard Schultz
1983 – 2001 / Barry Ackerley
1967 – 1983 / Sam Schulman

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Retired Number
1 / Gus Williams
4 / Nick Collison
10 / Nate McMillian
19 / Lenny Wilkens
24 / Spencer Haywood
32 / Fred Brown
43 / Jack Sikma
– / Bob Blackburn

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