Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

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The Ringer | Luminary

10 episodes

6 months ago

For more than four decades, the Seattle SuperSonics were among the NBA’s most iconic franchises. But in 2008, they packed their bags for Oklahoma. ‘Sonic Boom’ tells a story of basketball and politics, wealth and power—revealing new truths about the NBA’s greatest heist.

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Episodes (10/10)

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

The End

The Sonics pack their bags, and Seattle spends more than a decade wondering: Where do we go from here?

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6 months ago

49 minutes 9 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

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6 months ago

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

The Last Season

Waiting, hoping, fighting: Seattle takes its final stand.

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6 months ago

35 minutes 17 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Ed Evans

For the first time, the man who brokered the deal between Howard Schultz and owners from Oklahoma City tells his story.

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7 months ago

45 minutes 38 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

The Sale

The sale.

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7 months ago

33 minutes 53 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City prepares for a major league opportunity. But will the NBA bite?

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7 months ago

28 minutes 48 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Olympia

Seattle vs. Schultz. Who really owns our teams?

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7 months ago

36 minutes 32 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Howard Schultz

Who is Howard Schultz? Getting to know the man who bought the Sonics and sold them away.

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8 months ago

31 minutes 25 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

The '90s

In our pilot episode, we dive into the relationship between Seattle and the Sonics, telling the story of the franchise’s iconic teams of the '90s. And we see how decisions made in that decade ultimately laid the groundwork for the team’s move, more than a decade later.

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8 months ago

35 minutes 56 seconds

Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Trailer | Sonic Boom: How Seattle Lost Its Team

Did Seattle ever have a chance? Who are the villains in this story? Hear from the NBA legends, politicians, diehard fans, business executives, and more as The RInger's Jordan RItter Conn unearths never before heard truths about the NBA's greatest heist. Dive into the chronicle of a perfect storm of events: how Seattle went from an iconic NBA city to a basketball orphan.

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8 months ago

59 seconds