The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City. The Thunder compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team plays its home games at Chesapeake Energy Arena. The Thunder's NBA G League affiliate is the Oklahoma City Blue, which it owns. The Thunder are the only team in the major professional North American sports leagues based in the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City previously hosted the New Orleans Hornets for two seasons following devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The team was originally established as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that joined the NBA for the 1967–68 season. The SuperSonics relocated from Seattle, Washington to Oklahoma City in 2008 after a settlement was reached between the ownership group led by Clay Bennett and lawmakers in Seattle following a lawsuit.
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Northwest |
| Founded | 1967 |
| History | Seattle SuperSonics, 1967–2008, Oklahoma City Thunder, 2008–present |
| Arena | Chesapeake Energy Arena |
| Location | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Team colors | Thunder blue, sunset, yellow, navy blue |
| Main sponsor | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores |
| General manager | Sam Presti |
| Head coach | Mark Daigneault |
| Ownership | Professional Basketball Club LLC (Clay Bennett, Chairman) |
| Affiliation(s) | Oklahoma City Blue |
| Championships | 1 (1979) |
| Conference titles | 4 (1978, 1979, 1996, 2012) |
| Division titles | 11 (1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016) |
| Retired numbers | 7 (1, 4, 10, 19, 24, 32, 43) |
About Oklahoma City Thunder
Formerly the Seattle SuperSonics from 1967 to 2008, the team won its first NBA Championship in 1979.
Achievement of Oklahoma City Thunder
The team reached the NBA Finals in 2011-12 behind the trio of Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, but lost to LeBron James and the Miami Heat in five games.
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Latest information about Oklahoma City Thunder updated on July 28 2021.
