What the NBA Supersonics Became in 2008?

The Seattle Supersonics were an NBA basketball team that played in the Pacific Northwest from 1967 until 2008. The team became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008.

The Supersonics began as an expansion team in 1967.

The Supersonics began as an expansion team in 1967. Founding owner Sam Schulman brought the SuperSonics to Seattle for $1 million, an unprecedented sum for an NBA expansion franchise. They started play in October 1967 as part of the Western Division of the NBA’s 1968 expansion Seattle had a long history of basketball prior to the SuperSonics, most notably the University of Washington Huskies men’s basketball team, which won the 1946 NCAA Championship. Early in their history, the SuperSonics were a strong team, making the playoffs in nine out of their first twelve seasons. They qualified for the playoffs every year from 1974 to 1978. In 1979, Head Coach Lenny Wilkens led them to their first ever NBA Finals appearance, but they lost to the defending champion Washington Bullets in seven games.

The team won their first division title in 1978.

In 2008, the NBA Supersonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder after playing in Seattle for 41 seasons. The team started in 1967 as an expansion team and won their first division title in 1978. They made it to the NBA Finals in 1979, but lost to the Washington Bullets. The Supersonics won their only NBA Championship in 1979, led by head coach Lenny Wilkens and superstar player Gary Payton. The team made the playoffs 29 times in their 41 seasons in Seattle.

The team made the playoffs in each of their first 21 seasons.

In 1993, the team moved to Oklahoma City, and became the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2008. The team made the playoffs in each of their first 21 seasons. They reached the NBA Finals in 1996 and won the Championship in 1979.

The team won their only NBA championship in 1979.

The Supersonics, based in Seattle, Washington, were founded in 1967 as an expansion team. They won their only NBA championship in 1979 and were also responsible for the city’s first major professional sports title. The team played its home games at the Seattle Center Coliseum, now known as KeyArena. In 2008, the team was sold to Clay Bennett and relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where they became the Thunder.

The team was sold to a new owner in 2006.

In 2006, the team was sold to a new owner and the following year it was announced that the team would be moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The move was approved by the NBA Board of Governors in 2008, and the Supersonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The team was moved to Oklahoma City in 2008.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Thunder competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league’s Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The NBA announced that it would award an expansion franchise to Seattle, to play for the 1967–68 season, on December 20, 1966. The Supersonics were created as a result of that expansion. Initially, Seattle was awarded the NBA franchise over those final three years by mutual agreement between the league and then- owner Sam Schulman, and the Supersonics name was chosen by fan voting.

On April 18, 2008, it was announced that the team would be relocating to Oklahoma City (OKC), following a settlement between owner Clay Bennett and the city of Seattle. The move was approved by NBA owners on October 24, 2008, and took place immediately following the final game of the 2008 season played by OKC’s former incarnation, the Seattle SuperSonics.

The team became the Thunder in 2008.

They were based in Oklahoma City from 2008 to 2016.