The Sonics played their last game in Seattle in April of 2008, and in the years since, rumors of their return have swirled regularly. Now, Mayor Bruce Harrell is the latest city leader to take up the cause.
Sonics’ Lenny Wilkens immortalized in namesake at Climate Pledge Arena
Talk of a potential expansion team in Seattle has come up as recently as 2021, when then-Mayor Jenny Durkan expressed how she was “pretty optimistic” about discussions she’d had with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. That was buoyed by a report from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst stating the conditions appeared to be “favorable” for the return of the Sonics, particularly as the league sought
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