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The Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City was a successful effort by the ownership group of the Seattle SuperSonics to relocate the team from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The team began play as the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2008–09 NBA season , after becoming the third National Basketball Association (NBA ...
The I-5 rivalry was a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle SuperSonics. [2] [1] The two Pacific Northwest cities are 180 miles (290 km) apart and connected by Interstate 5. [1] The rivalry ended in 2008 when the SuperSonics were relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. [1] [3 ...
The 2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season was the 41st and final season of the Seattle SuperSonics in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the franchise's final season of play in Seattle before relocating to Oklahoma City to play as the Thunder.
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly shortened to Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle.The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Division (1967–1970), and later as a member of the Western Conference's Pacific (1970–2004) and Northwest (2004–2008) divisions.
The SuperSonics (also known as the Sonics) were a professional basketball franchise based in Seattle, Washington, that was a member of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Sonics played from 1967 until 2008 , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but relocated from Seattle to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , and were renamed as the Thunder .
Since relocating from Seattle to Oklahoma City, the Thunder have officially retired one jersey number. On March 20, 2019, the club officially retired number 4 in honor of Nick Collison, who played for the team from 2003 to 2018. [111] As the Thunder's original iteration, the Seattle SuperSonics had retired six numbers.
No. 43 Jack Sikma: Sikma played for the Sonics from 1977-86. The 6-foot-11 center won an NBA title and was a seven-time All-Star in Seattle. Sikma served as an assistant coach in Seattle from 2003-07.
The final Seattle SuperSonics game at KeyArena during the 2007–08 season The Seattle SuperSonics, also known the Sonics, are a former professional basketball team based from Seattle, Washington, United States, that played from 1967 to 2008. They were members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1970 onward; the team played in the conference's Pacific ...