The Thunder were founded as the Seattle SuperSonics, an expansion team that began play in the 1967-68 season. The Sonics were among the NBA’s strongest franchises for much of its time in Seattle, winning an NBA championship in the 1978-79 season over the Washington Bullets, and making two other appearances in the NBA Finals (1977-78 and 1995-96). Numerous stars played for the franchise: Lenny Wilkens, Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Dale Ellis, Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, Detlef Schrempf, Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, and for one season, Kevin Durant. After an ownership change and a contentious battle over a new arena, the franchise moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, where a team led by Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden made the NBA Finals in the 2011-12 season. Harden (2012), Durant (2016), and Westbrook (2019) have left the franchise (as have Paul George and Chris Paul), which is now in rebuilding mode. Avoid those awful service fees that other ticket sites charge and get your cheap Thunder tickets on TickPick!