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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ

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

Rashard Lewis → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Shawn Kemp → playedFor → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Seattle Center Coliseum → primaryTenant → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Shawn Kemp → professionalDebutTeam → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Lenny Wilkens → retiredNumberBy → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder franchise
Portland Trail Blazers → rival → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
1995–96 NBA season → runnerUp → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Squatch → team → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Jack Sikma → teamChampionshipWonWith → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
Clay Bennett → teamRelocatedFrom → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
KeyArena → tenantFrom → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seattle SuperSonics 1967–2008
Dennis Johnson → wonChampionshipWith → Seattle SuperSonics ⓘ