The Oklahoma City Thunder is a professional basketball team that plays in the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association. The Thunder began their inaugural season with a last place 1-12 record, but improved for a 23-59 record by season's end.
On November 21, 2008, the franchise fired head coach P.J. Carlesimo and promoted assistant coach Scott Brooks to the interim coaching position.ESPN.com: Carlesimo fired; Brooks to take over Thunder in interim Brooks was named the permanent head coach on April 16, 2009.CBSSports.com: Thunder Remove Interim Tag From Coach Brooks
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Relocation
The franchise was formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics and relocated from Seattle, Washington in July of 2008.KOCO.com (Oklahoma City): Source Tells KOCO OKC NBA Team To Be... (July 18, 2008)
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Fast Facts
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Conference
Western Conference
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Founded
2008
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Arena
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City
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Owner
Clay Bennett
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July 18, 2008
KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City says the new name of the city's NBA franchise is the Oklahoma City ThunderKOCO.com (Oklahoma City): Source Tells KOCO OKC NBA Team To Be... (July 18, 2008)
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Fact:
Franchise formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics
