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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 owners agreed to leave the SuperSonics name, logo, colors, banners, trophies, and records in Seattle for a possible future NBA franchise; [disputed – discuss] [21] [22] however, the items would remain the property of the Oklahoma City team along with other "assets", including championship banners and trophies.
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]
A perfect storm is brewing in Oklahoma City. For the first time since 2020, the OKC Thunder is in the NBA playoffs.OKC (57-25) is the No. 1 seed in the West, and it'll face the New Orleans ...
The owners agreed to leave the SuperSonics name, logo and colors in Seattle for a possible future NBA franchise; [disputed – discuss] [3] however, the items would remain the property of the Oklahoma City team along with other "assets," including championship banners and trophies.
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: (L-R) NBA Commissioner David Stern talks with Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clayton Bennett as the United States takes on Australia during the Men's Basketball ...
Oklahoma City councilmembers voted 7-2 to approve a development agreement of a new downtown OKC arena for the Thunder NBA team. ... (Thunder owners) do have the ability to finance that part of the ...
The Thunder play at the Paycom Center since the 2008–09 season. The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at the Paycom Center. [1]