• 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

• 1. Conference: Western Conference
  2. Founded: 2008
  3. Arena: Ford Center
  4. City: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  5. Owner: Clay Bennett
  6. 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)
  7. Franchise formerly known as the Seattle SuperSonics
  8. Owner Clay Bennett announced the team was relocating from Seattle to Oklahoma City in July 2008NewsOK.com: Report: Team Picks Thunder (July 20, 2008)
  9. No comment from officials with the Oklahoma City franchise on reports of the new nameNewsOK.com: Report: Team Picks Thunder (July 20, 2008)
  10. NBA officials say a formal announcement about the team's name, logo and uniforms could come in August or SeptemberNewsOK.com: Report: Team Picks Thunder (July 20, 2008)
  11. The Oklahoman newspaper ran a contest for fans to pick the name; Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Oklahoma City OutlawsNewsOK.com: Report: Team Picks Thunder (July 20, 2008)
  12. Ford Center hosted more than 70 New Orleans Hornets games after Hurricane KatrinaUSA Today: Okla. City Making Changes on Fly for Former Sonics... (July 11, 2008)

• 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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