Detlef Schempf says NBA commissionner Adam Silver has been promising him “for 10 years” the Sonics are coming back.

Former Cleveland Cavs coach Lenny Wilkens left his mark on Northeast Ohio, but the NBA icon's adopted home is Seattle, where he'll be immortalized.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have won a championship before, sort of. This franchise has, at least, back when the Seattle SuperSonics took the NBA crown in 1979. But memory doesn't really work like ...

Thunder's shared Sonics history still strikes a nerve in Seattle, where fans will 'hate watch' 2025 NBA Finals OKC, technically playing for the second title in franchise history, still has Seattle ...

This is the story of how Seattle lost the Sonics, and why they turned into the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Seattle fans, still grieving the loss of the SuperSonics, find solace in rooting against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals.

SEATTLE — It’s logical to think someone like Danny Ball is a fair representation of Seattle these days. Ball, a hoops fan who runs an Instagram account called “Iconic Sonics,” is pulling for the ...

But right now, Seattle may as well be an Indy suburb. Seattle fans lost their NBA franchise, the SuperSonics, in 2008 when it was stolen from them and rebranded in Oklahoma City.

Seattle fans lost their NBA franchise, the SuperSonics, in 2008 when it was stolen from them and rebranded in Oklahoma City. For the scornful, that means one thing: Go Pacers.

In Seattle, the Thunder’s success reopens wounds never fully healed Seventeen years after the Sonics left town, Oklahoma City’s run to the NBA Finals feels to fans like “they’re making you ...

SEATTLE – One of the biggest nightmares for Seattle SuperSonics fans is one step closer to becoming reality.

The Thunder booked a trip to the NBA Finals, and it was clear from the reaction of Sonics fans that the 17 years since the team left has done little to quell the anger.