(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1967 1979 1983 2005 2006 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 …