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Seattle Sonics 2008 Outlook

The Seattle SuperSonics finished near the bottom of the almighty Western Conference, but exposed fans to the future of the NBA with shooting guard Kevin Durant. Durant is an extremely lanky guard who can use his size advantage to post up smaller guards, but still has the quickness to take just about anybody off the dribble. He ended his season a Rookie of the Year favorite due to his 20 points per game scoring average. Durant had the disadvantage of playing on a team itching to leave its home. The Sonics are looking to move to Oklahoma City after the Hornets proved that the city has the desire for a new team and the fan base to support it.

The Sonics remained a team to beat for a couple of years after the championship, but an aging roster that had been depleted by trades and free agency left the team struggling until the late ‘80s. Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, and Dale Ellis brought the team back into relevance, but the trading of those key players set up the truly competitive team of the ‘90s. The absence of its previous stars allowed Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, and newly acquired Detlef Schrempf to form a nucleus that took the Sonics’ franchise to the NBA Championship in 1996. The team could withstand the return of Michael Jordan and lost the series in six games.

Sonics Team History

The SuperSonics first season in the league was quite less than stellar, as they finished with a 23-59 record. The Sonics, with no place to go but up, slowly built a team that would compete year in and year out for the Championship in the late ‘70s. The team was led by scoring guard Fred Brown for years, but the additions of Dennis Johnson and Gus Williams in the backcourt and Jack Sikma, John Johnson, and Lonnie Shelton took the team over the conference finals road block and into the Finals in 1977-78. The Sonics lost the series to the Washington Bullets, but returned the next season to avenge its loss to the Bullets.

The Sonics remained a team to beat for a couple of years after the championship, but an aging roster that had been depleted by trades and free agency left the team struggling until the late ‘80s. Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, and Dale Ellis brought the team back into relevance, but the trading of those key players set up the truly competitive team of the ‘90s. The absence of its previous stars allowed Shawn Kemp, Gary Payton, and newly acquired Detlef Schrempf to form a nucleus that took the Sonics’ franchise to the NBA Championship in 1996. The team could withstand the return of Michael Jordan and lost the series in six games.