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Prior to the move, in 2007, McClendon was quoted in The Journal Record (an Oklahoma City newspaper) as saying "we (the ownership group) didn't buy the Seattle SuperSonics to keep them in Seattle". The NBA fined McClendon $250,000 in response, as his statement contradicted the organization's publicized intentions at the time.
Bennett is the chairman of the Oklahoma City-based Professional Basketball Club LLC (PBC), which owns the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.Formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics, the team was purchased from Howard Schultz in 2006 for approximately $350 million with Bennett promising a good-faith effort to keep the team in Seattle, provided there would be a public commitment to a new arena.
The team relocated to Oklahoma City and began play as the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2008–09 basketball season, becoming the third NBA franchise to relocate in the 2000s. The Professional Basketball Club on January 8, 2008, sold the Storm to an ownership group consisting of four Seattle businesswomen. [6]
Even when a bad fall left her with broken bones and a long recovery, Judy Love was still buzzing about the Thunder. The team had no bigger fan. OKC Thunder had no bigger fan than Judy Love.
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A man reportedly left threatening voicemails with the Thunder's front office, saying he would "blow things up" after the franchise's recent roster moves. NBA: OKC Thunder receive death threats ...
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, an avid supporter of the stadium subsidy, stated that he was confident that the team would leave Oklahoma City unless the city paid for the new stadium. [107] In a December 2023 referendum, Oklahoma City voters voted to pay for at least $850 million of the cost of the stadium while the team, valued at $3 billion ...
The Thunder open play in the NBA in-season tournament against the Warriors without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC Thunder and the 'Group of Death.' Predictions and explaining the NBA in-season tournament