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2007: New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets returned to New Orleans full-time. The team was renamed as the Pelicans in 2013. 2008: Seattle SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City and became the Oklahoma City Thunder
On April 18, 2008, NBA owners approved a potential SuperSonics' relocation to Oklahoma City in a 28–2 vote by the league's Board of Governors; only Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Trail Blazers voted against the move. The approval meant the SuperSonics would be allowed to move to Oklahoma City's Ford Center for the ...
[30] [31] [32] The Oklahoma State Legislature later approved a bill to provide tax breaks and other incentives if the team moved. [33] On April 18, NBA owners voted 28-2 to approve a potential SuperSonics move to Oklahoma City; only Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks and Paul Allen of the Portland Trail Blazers voted against the move.
On July 2, 2008, the city of Seattle reached an agreement to terminate the Sonics' lease and allow the team to relocate to Oklahoma City. Clay Bennett determined that as of July 3, 2008 the relocation of the now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics would commence.
Oklahoma State baseball schedule in Stillwater Regional. Times subject to change for TV purposes. Friday, May 31. Game 1: Nebraska vs. Florida, 2 p.m.
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 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.
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