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The Seattle Super Sonics (also called the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until its final season in 2007–2008.

Following this season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City under a different nickname that has not yet been selected. The Super Sonics nickname, logo and color scheme will be made available to any future NBA team in Seattle. According to the team’s new owners, the Sonics’ franchise history will be “shared” between the Oklahoma City team and any future Seattle team.

The Super Sonics won the NBA Championship in 1979 and were one of two teams of the four major men’s professional sports teams in Seattle — the Seattle Mariners, the Seattle Metropolitans, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Super Sonics — to have won a championship.

Sam Schulman owned the team from its 1967 inception until 1983. It was also owned by Barry Ackerley (1983–2001) and the Basketball Club of Seattle, headed by Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz (2001–2006). In 2006, the Super Sonics were purchased by Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett. After failing to reach agreement on a new arena in the Seattle area, the Super Sonics moved to Oklahoma City before the 2008–2009 season when they reached a $45 million settlement with the city of Seattle to pay off the team’s lease with Key Arena early.

The team’s official NBA jerseys (particularly that of the Gary Payton-era) are considered collector’s items now.