Oklahoma City Thunder Research Paper

Words: 498
Pages: 2

The Oklahoma City Thunder are my favorite basketball team and have a awesome history and historic players.. Oklahoma City Thunder is a part of the western conference and has won 1 championship in 1979. In 1979 they were known as the Seattle SuperSonics. Their end of the regular season record is 55 wins and 27 losses and currently ranked 3rd in their conference. Oklahoma City Thunder have had many historic basketball players play for them in the past years. Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, and Lenny Wilkens are some hall of famers that have played for Oklahoma City Thunder. The starting lineup of the Oklahoma City Thunder are Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka, Andre Roberson, and Steven Adams.

Kevin Durant’s PPG is 28.2, his RPG is 8.2, and his APG is 5. Russell Westbrook PPG is 23.5, his RPG 7.8, and his APG is 10.4. Serge Ibaka PPG is 12.6, his RPG is 6.8, and his APG .8. Andre Roberson PPG is 4.8, his RPG is 3.6, and his APG is .7. Last but not least is Steven Adams. His PPG is 8, his RPG is 6.7, and his APG is .8. The mascot for OKC is Rumble the Bison. His name is Rumble the Bison because he was named after the sound that thunder makes.
…show more content…
Their colors were green, white, and yellow. Their hometown was Seattle, Washington. The reason why the Seattle Sonics became the Oklahoma City Thunder is because the owner (Howard Schultz) failed to persuade the state of Washington to keep funding KeyArena. The owner decided to relocate the team to Oklahoma and change their name. The Seattle Sonics have won 1 championship, 3 conference titles, and 6 division titles. They were apart of the western