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Seattle's National Basketball Association team for 41 years, the SuperSonics were the city's first major league sports franchise and won a championship in 1979. Longtime Seattle natives remember where...
The SuperSonics were Seattle's men's professional basketball team for 41 years, winning the National Basketball Association championship in 1979. The team's 41-year run in Seattle came to a controvers...
On December 20, 1966, the NBA (National Basketball Association) awards Seattle a franchise, christened the SuperSonics. The SuperSonics will begin play for the 1967-1968 NBA season at the Seattle Cent...
On October 13, 1967, the SuperSonics, Seattle's fledgling NBA (National Basketball Association) franchise, plays its first regular season game vs. the San Francisco Warriors in San Francisco.
On October 12, 1968, the Seattle SuperSonics send Walt Hazzard to the newly relocated Atlanta Hawks for All-Star point guard Lenny Wilkens. Wilkens continues his All-Star ways after his move to the We...
On May 11, 1973, NBA legend Bill Russell (1934-2022) is hired to coach the Seattle SuperSonics after the team suffers through a dismal 26-56 season in 1972-1973. Russell's coaching experience includes...
On November 30, 1977, after the Seattle SuperSonics begin the 1977-78 season with a 5-17 record, team ownership fires coach Bob Hopkins and replaces him with former Seattle player (and player-coach) L...
On June 1, 1979, the Seattle SuperSonics beat the Washington Bullets 97-93 in Landover, Maryland, to win the team's first (and only) National Basketball Association Championship. Guard Gus Williams sc...
In October 1983, Seattle SuperSonics owner Sam Schulman agrees to sell Seattle’s NBA (National Basketball Association) franchise to Barry Ackerley, a billboard magnate originally from Des Moines...
In June 1990, with the No. 2 selection in the 1990 NBA Draft (highest in team history), the SuperSonics select guard Gary Payton from Oregon State. Payton finishes his career at Oregon State Universit...
On January 23, 1992, former Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors head coach George Karl is hired to be the SuperSonics head coach. Karl's hiring comes on the heels of the club firing K. C. Jo...
On June 2, 1996, Seattle earns its first trip to the NBA (National Basketball Association) Finals since 1979 with a 90-86 victory over the Utah Jazz in Game 7 at KeyArena. Shawn Kemp paces the SuperSo...
On June 17, 1998, the SuperSonics elect not to renew George Karl's contract, thereby terminating the relationship between Karl and the team. Karl's replacement is former Phoenix Suns coach Paul Westph...
On September 20, 2000, the SuperSonics, in desperate need of the center they haven't had since Jack Sikma, acquire aging New York Knicks superstar Patrick Ewing in a four-team, 12-player deal. Seattle...
On November 27, 2000, the SuperSonics fire head coach Paul Westphal and promote assistant coach and former SuperSonics player Nate McMillan to guide the team. McMillan has been a coach with the team s...
On January 11, 2001, Barry Ackerley, owner of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA franchise, reaches an agreement to sell the team to an investment group led by Starbucks Corporation founder Howard Schultz. T...