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Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find any content on Chris Hansen, the new arena, etc. I made a couple of edits, but I think this section should be expanded. Would this content be better in its own article? Udeezy ( talk) 15:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph states, "The SuperSonics won the NBA Championship in 1979, and are one of three teams out of the six major-league men's professional sports franchises that have existed in Seattle (the Sonics, Mariners, Pilots, Seahawks, Sounders, and Metropolitans, winners of the 1917 Stanley Cup) to have won a championship." Aside from the Metropolitans and Sonics, who has won a championship? The Sounders won the USL/A-League, but did so when the MLS was in existence, making those "minor" league championships. Udeezy ( talk) 22:26, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Okay, tell me now...
What happens if Sacramento move to Seattle and brand themselves the "Sonics". They will NOT be the same team that the Sonics were before they moved to Oklahoma. They are a different franchise taking the old name & branding. There have been MANY WP debates on this issue (I'll find some of the links and add them here later) but the consensus has been that a WP article follow the franchise's history. I have been much against this practice, and fought hard to finally split Brooklyn Dodgers (history of the) from LA Dodgers. However, that small victory was an exception, and most articles keep, say, "Minneappolis Lakers" as part of the LA Lakers article, while there's a separate article for the Minnesota Timberwolves. So, by that logic (which I don't agree with, but by current logic it should happen) - the new Sonics should have a separate article from the old Sonics.
Discuss... BigSteve ( talk) 13:01, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
There is an editor who does not appear to recognize the distinction between a relocated and defunct organization. A defunct franchise no longer exists. The NBA has had no franchise go defunct since the old Baltimore Bullets in 1954. A complete list of such teams is provided at List of defunct National Basketball Association teams, and this list does not include the Seattle SuperSonics. Relocated franchises are much more common, and continue to recognize player statistics and records compiled in their prior location(s). A complete list of such teams is provided at List of relocated National Basketball Association teams, and this list does include the Seattle SuperSonics. — Myasuda ( talk) 02:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
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I propose to merge Seattle SuperSonics into Oklahoma City Thunder. They are the same team so it makes no sense why Seattle has its own page when most teams that used to exist but relocated dont. AlexCruz289 ( talk) 16:07, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find any content on Chris Hansen, the new arena, etc. I made a couple of edits, but I think this section should be expanded. Would this content be better in its own article? Udeezy ( talk) 15:45, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
The second paragraph states, "The SuperSonics won the NBA Championship in 1979, and are one of three teams out of the six major-league men's professional sports franchises that have existed in Seattle (the Sonics, Mariners, Pilots, Seahawks, Sounders, and Metropolitans, winners of the 1917 Stanley Cup) to have won a championship." Aside from the Metropolitans and Sonics, who has won a championship? The Sounders won the USL/A-League, but did so when the MLS was in existence, making those "minor" league championships. Udeezy ( talk) 22:26, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Okay, tell me now...
What happens if Sacramento move to Seattle and brand themselves the "Sonics". They will NOT be the same team that the Sonics were before they moved to Oklahoma. They are a different franchise taking the old name & branding. There have been MANY WP debates on this issue (I'll find some of the links and add them here later) but the consensus has been that a WP article follow the franchise's history. I have been much against this practice, and fought hard to finally split Brooklyn Dodgers (history of the) from LA Dodgers. However, that small victory was an exception, and most articles keep, say, "Minneappolis Lakers" as part of the LA Lakers article, while there's a separate article for the Minnesota Timberwolves. So, by that logic (which I don't agree with, but by current logic it should happen) - the new Sonics should have a separate article from the old Sonics.
Discuss... BigSteve ( talk) 13:01, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
There is an editor who does not appear to recognize the distinction between a relocated and defunct organization. A defunct franchise no longer exists. The NBA has had no franchise go defunct since the old Baltimore Bullets in 1954. A complete list of such teams is provided at List of defunct National Basketball Association teams, and this list does not include the Seattle SuperSonics. Relocated franchises are much more common, and continue to recognize player statistics and records compiled in their prior location(s). A complete list of such teams is provided at List of relocated National Basketball Association teams, and this list does include the Seattle SuperSonics. — Myasuda ( talk) 02:14, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
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I propose to merge Seattle SuperSonics into Oklahoma City Thunder. They are the same team so it makes no sense why Seattle has its own page when most teams that used to exist but relocated dont. AlexCruz289 ( talk) 16:07, 10 September 2020 (UTC)