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The Oklahoma City Thunder may sound like an expansion team, but the franchise is just the next incarnation of the Seattle Sonics as they move from the Pacific Northwest after a dispute between team owner Clay Bennett and the city of Seattle. The dispute may have robbed Seattle of its basketball franchise, but it brings Thunder tickets to Oklahoma City.
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About Oklahoma City Thunder
The team moved because of a dispute over a new arena not because of a lack of love between the fans and the team. A franchise with a few years of glory and a plenty of good seasons made Sonics tickets popular. The team began playing in 1967 and struggled, but as the ‘70s came so did success. Dennis Johnson was the point guard and defensive ace that took the franchise to two straight finals. The Sonics lost the first time in 1978 to the Baltimore Bullets, but revenged the finals loss with a 4 games to 1 series victory in 1979 that gave the team its lone NBA Championship.
Seattle played well in the 1980s, but the team could not match the success from the previous decade. Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, and Dale Ellis were a fearsome trio, and their prolific scoring sold plenty of basketball tickets. Those tickets rarely lasted very long in the playoffs and the front office slowly built again.
Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Detlef Schrempf, Sam Perkins, and Nate McMillen formed the core of the team that rose to the heights of the Western Conference by the middle of the 1990s. Payton was a tenacious defender and excellent point guard and Kemp was a monster from 15 feet in. Sonics tickets once again led to the NBA Finals in 1995. The Sonic met the Bulls in the championship series. The Bulls had just won an NBA record 72 games in the regular season. The Sonics put up a fight and force Chicago to wait until game six before raising the Larry O’Brien trophy over their heads.
The Sonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder after the 2007-08 season after the city and the owner could not agree on who would pay for a new arena. The controversy ended in a court case and the city winning $45 million for an early withdrawal from the lease by the Sonics, but the team got a chance to start over in a new city and sell basketball tickets in Oklahoma City.
The Oklahoma City Thunder is a young team with a new name and a new city. The theme is going to run the entire season as Kevin Durant begins his second season on his way to become a star in the league. Durant is a tall, lean shooting guard who is too tall for a guard to defend, but moves too quickly for a forward. His development will be showcased with Thunder tickets.
The rest of the team will try and help him lead the club to the postseason, but the difficult road in the Western Conference will be almost impossible for such a young team to survive by the end of the season schedule. Young players like Jeff Green, and Russell Westbrook will only get better as the season drags on, and those with Thunder tickets will get to watch as the team shows glimpses of its terrific future. Oklahoma City will get to watch as the growing pains provide plenty of highlights and a bright NBA future.
