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[disputed – discuss] [4] On September 3, 2008, the team name, logo, and colors for the Oklahoma City franchise were revealed to the public. The name "Thunder" was chosen due to Oklahoma being a frequent victim of powerful storms due to its location in Tornado Alley, and Oklahoma City housing the 45th Infantry Division, the Thunderbirds. [5] [6]
Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt, an avid supporter of the stadium subsidy, stated that he was confident that the team would leave Oklahoma City unless the city paid for the new stadium. [107] In a December 2023 referendum, Oklahoma City voters voted to pay for at least $850 million of the cost of the stadium while the team, valued at $3 billion ...
The franchise was the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008 until relocated to Oklahoma City. The team plays its home games at the Paycom Center. [1] The Thunder is owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC and coached by Mark Daigneault, with Sam Presti as its General Manager. All records and achievements shown have been accomplished in ...
Forty-three teams in NBA history have started a season 7-0. Only one of them, the 2024-25 Thunder, have won their first seven games by double digits. What history says about OKC Thunder's ...
The Thunder’s 4-0 sweep of the Pelicans in Round 1 marked the second sweep in team history. The only other time OKC was on the right side of a sweep was in 2012, when the Thunder beat the ...
The OKC Thunder is set to host its first playoff game since 2019 at Paycom Center on Sunday night.
The Thunder were founded in 1967 as the Seattle SuperSonics as one of two franchises that joined the NBA in the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City after the 2007–08 season. The records from the decades the team was in Seattle are still attached to the Oklahoma City history, but will be transferred back to a new Seattle ...
Early in the 2009-10 season, when OKC pushed the eventual repeat-champion Lakers to six games, the Thunder hovered just above .500. Starting in January 2010, it rattled off nine straight wins.