Seattle SuperSonics

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defunct National Basketball Association team professional basketball team

The Seattle SuperSonics were a former NBA franchise based in Seattle, Washington, known for their passionate fan base, distinctive green-and-gold colors, and a 1979 championship before relocating and becoming the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Oklahoma City Thunder 1
Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder franchise 1
Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder organization 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct National Basketball Association team ⓘ
professional basketball team ⓘ
abbreviation Seattle SuperSonics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sonics
cityLosingFranchise Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle
conference Western Conference ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 2008 ⓘ
division Northwest Division ⓘ
Pacific Division ⓘ
fanBaseReputation passionate ⓘ
founded 1967 ⓘ
homeArena KeyArena ⓘ
Seattle Center Coliseum ⓘ
jerseyPrimaryColor green ⓘ
jerseySecondaryColor gold ⓘ
league National Basketball Association ⓘ
location Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle, Washington
mascot Squatch ⓘ
notableCoach George Karl ⓘ
Lenny Wilkens ⓘ
notablePlayer Detlef Schrempf ⓘ
Gary Payton ⓘ
Jack Sikma ⓘ
Rashard Lewis ⓘ
Ray Allen ⓘ
Shawn Kemp ⓘ
numberOfConferenceTitles 3 ⓘ
numberOfDivisionTitles 6 ⓘ
numberOfNBAChampionships 1 ⓘ
ownerAtRelocation Clay Bennett ⓘ
relocatedTo Oklahoma City Thunder ⓘ
relocationApprovedBy National Basketball Association ⓘ
surface form: NBA Board of Governors
relocationEffectiveSeason 2008–09 NBA season ⓘ
retiredNumber 1 ⓘ
10 ⓘ
19 ⓘ
24 ⓘ
32 ⓘ
43 ⓘ
79 ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
successorTeam Oklahoma City Thunder ⓘ
teamColors gold ⓘ
green ⓘ
white ⓘ
wonChampionship 1979 NBA Finals ⓘ
wonConferenceTitle 1978 Western Conference ⓘ
1979 Western Conference ⓘ
1996 Western Conference ⓘ

Referenced by (62)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DJ → NBAChampionshipWonWith → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Kevin Durant → NBAdebutTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Rashard Lewis → NBAteam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
1995–96 NBA season → WesternConferenceChampion → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Seattle SuperSonics → abbreviation → Seattle SuperSonics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sonics
Terry Stotts → assistantCoachOf → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Squatch → associatedWith → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
1979 NBA Finals → champion → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
K.C. Jones → coachOf → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar → coachedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Bill Russell → coachedTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
George Karl → coachedTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Lenny Wilkens → coachedTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
William Felton Russell → coachedTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
1979 NBA Finals → conference → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Conference champion Seattle SuperSonics
Kevin Durant → draftTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
KD → draftTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin Durant
Shawn Kemp → draftTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
DJ → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Dennis Johnson → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Gary Payton → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Jack Sikma → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Rashard Lewis → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Scottie Pippen → draftedBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Terry Stotts → employer → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Squatch → fictionalUniverse → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle SuperSonics franchise
Shawn Kemp → finalsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Seattle Storm → formerNBAAffiliate → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Oklahoma City Thunder → formerName → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Shawn Kemp → franchise → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Western Conference → hasTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oklahoma City Thunder
Pacific Division → historicalTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Armond Hill → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Bill Cartwright → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
DJ → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Dennis Johnson → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Gary Payton → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Horace Grant → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Quintin Dailey → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Rashard Lewis → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Ray Allen → memberOfSportsTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
KeyArena → notableTenant → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Jack Sikma → numberRetiredBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder organization
Jack Sikma → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Kevin Durant → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
KD → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin Durant
Lenny Wilkens → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Patrick Ewing → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Paul Silas → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Quintin Dailey → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ