One of the professional basketball teams of Seattle is Seattle SuperSonics. The team is primarily owned by Professional Basketball Club LLC. This team has won many national and international titles since its foundation in 1967. Among the other basketball playing teams in Seattle, Seattle SuperSonics has been the only one to bag a NBA championship title. The other titles won by the Seattle SuperSonics include 3 Conference titles and 6 Division titles. This team has been a member of the Western Conference in the Northwest Division since the 1967-68 season. The home arena of Seattle SuperSonics is KayArena. The team is popularly known as Sonics. Green, gold and white comprise the team colors of Seattle SuperSonics.
Most of the players of Seattle SuperSonics are
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registered from the country of US itself. Few of the players are also brought from the foreign nations like Senegal, France. For the 2007-2008 session, Seattle SuperSonics is coached by P. J. Carlesimo and captained by Robert Swift. Few of the notable players of the team playing for this session include Johan Petro, Mickael Gelabale, Kevin Durant, Mouhamed Sene, Damien Wilkins.
The coach of the 1979 Championship team of Seattle SuperSonics, Lenny Wilkens was honored with the title of the Basketball Hall of Fame twice in 1989 and 1998. One of the other notable players of the team was Gary Payton, who had scored 7,292 goals on the field. This team has a big fan following of nearly 10,000 and the team authorities promote many events to increase the number of members.
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