As one of the league's hottest teams in recent years, the Oklahoma City Thunder are becoming increasingly loved by everyone because of Westbrook and the former Durant. A lot of fans fell in love with them from the time they reached the Finals, and there may be some fans who don't know the history of this team. In fact, turning over the history of the Thunder team, they have just called this name for 9 years, and in these 9 years they have reached the Finals, and they have been just one step away from the championship trophy. Having trained two regular season MVPs and unearthed historical superstars like Harden, it can be said that although they have only moved to this city for 9 years, the content is extremely rich!
Speaking of the history of the Oklahoma City Thunder, it is necessary to mention that the former Seattle SuperSonics were once a giant in the league. In 1967, the Supersonics joined the NBA, because the team's location in Seattle is the headquarters of the world's largest aircraft manufacturer Boeing, so the team was founded when the name Supersonic, for more than 40 years, the Supersonics has been a force to be reckoned with in the NBA league!
Although the team name has not been changed in more than 40 years, the supersonic team has changed the team logo 6 times, which has not made the fans feel uncomfortable, but until the 2005-2006 season, the team with the two stars of Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis did not achieve the results that fans expected, which disappointed the fans. At the end of the season, the team was sold to an investment group in Oklahoma City, which also kicked off the Seattle SuperSonics' slow withdrawal from the league!
First of all, the investment group said that the key arena that had just been renovated 10 years ago was too old to be replaced, which also made fans feel a little unusual, because the team's contract with Seattle will expire in 2010, so whether the team can continue to stay in Seattle is still unknown. At the end of the 2006-2007 season, the team's new owner Bennett issued an ultimatum to Seattle, and the team would move out of Seattle if the design of the new arena could not be completed by the end of the next season. Many fans also think that the boss's behavior is to move the team, not to renovate any stadium!
After a period of legal struggle, the team also left Seattle completely and came to Oklahoma City. Of course, for Seattle, they didn't get nothing, they got the seattle supersonics name and color rights, and five years later, they can still form another team called the Seattle supersonics. Of course, until now, this team has not been formed! Maybe that's where the anger of the people of Seattle about the Thunder boss is!
After coming to Oklahoma City, the team also made a very detailed consideration when naming, because Oklahoma City often has thunderstorms and stormy weather, so they chose the name of the Thunder, in addition, a local army 45th Infantry Division has also been using the name Thunderbird, in addition, Oklahoma City's famous local country singer Garth Brooks's masterpiece, also just called "The Thunder Rolls", So the team also used the prefix of this name, that is, Thunder as the new name of the team. Although it has only been a few years, this team has created a lot of history for them, and now under the leadership of the star Westbrook, they will continue to attack the championship!