A Seattle SuperSonics (or even only Sonics to their fans) come the National Basketball Association team based around Seattle, Washington. It is a ruling Northwest Division champions.

Home arenas
Franchise history
A Sonics were Seattle's 1st agent franchise. It began play within October, 1967, however did non produce the playoff appearance until 1975. It attend their foremost NBA Finals around 1978 (& misused), however won a NBA championship inside 1979. It use at times been section champions inside 1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, & 2005. A team has been owned by Sam Schulman (1967 - 83), Barry Ackerley (1983 - 2001), & at present Howard Schultz (the chairperson of Starbucks Coffee) (2001 - present).

Players of note
Basketball Hall of Famers
Lenny Wilkens (played and coached for Sonics; inducted when two)

Retired numbers
1 Gus Williams 10 Nate McMillan 19 Lenny Wilkens 32 Fred Brown 43 Jack Sikma Bob Blackburn (broadcaster, 1967-1992)

Not to be forgotten
Tom Chambers Dale Ellis Dennis Johnson Spencer Haywood Shawn Kemp Xavier McDaniel Gary Payton Sam Perkins Detlef Schrempf 'Slick' Watts

Current roster

2005 NBA Draft

Seattle SuperSonics - 2005 NBA DraftTracker 1 spherical Twenty-five(Xxv overall) Johan Petro C France 2 spherical Eighteen(48 overall) Mickaël Gelabale SF France 2 around Xxv(55 overall) Lawrence Roberts PF Mississippi St.