Former Seattle Supersonics head coach George Karl, who is slated to be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2022, tweeted out his belief that the Sonics and Oklahoma City Thunder should not share a history together.
This was due to the fact that the SportsCenter account tweeted a graphic of Kevin Durant and Gary Payton as the only two players in franchise history who were drafted second overall with a third one soon to join as the Thunder jumped up the 2022 NBA draft lottery and received the second overall pick.
Karl quote tweeted SportsCenter and voiced his opinion of the teams needing to separate their histories. “Please don’t combine Thunder and Sonics history. Thank you.”
Karl coached the Sonics from 1992 to 1998, where they reached the NBA Finals in 1996 before losing to the Chicago Bulls.
This has been a hot button issue since the Thunder relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008. The team officially owns the full history of the Sonics as well since it’s the same franchise, but the Thunder have basically never acknowledged the history prior to the relocation. If the Sonics eventually come back as an expansion team, I’m sure the team will gain the history back and this entire semantical debate can finally be put to rest.
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