NBA expansion is possible, but a title for the city that took Seattle's franchise in 2008 would still sting: "It's not their ...

"The two that killed us were Kukoc and Rodman" - Gary Payton says Bulls' depth was too much for Seattle in 1996 originally ...

Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Gary Payton has strong reaction to comparison between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kobe Bryant ...

"Lot of teammates don't be as close as us three are after basketball" - Gary Payton on why he keeps close ties with his old ...

Sonics fans held a Thunder hate-watch party for Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Mike's Chili Parlor in Ballard. But hate was not ...

The move from Seattle to Oklahoma City flipped the script for this type of move and left the Sonics' history and trophies in ...

Payton also expresses his preference for a more defense-oriented style of basketball. Fformer Seattle Supersonics and LA Lakers star Gary Payton speaks at an event in Mumbai. Mumbai: Gary Payton ...

NBA legend Gary Payton didn't mince words when talking about his legacy in the league. The Seattle SuperSonics icon became one of the best defenders in the association during his best years.

The Thunder, of course, have been the most loathed professional sports team in the Emerald City since skipping town as the ...

And no reasonable person who reveled in the 1979 Sonics and the later glory days of Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton in the 1990s can make a connection to the unrecognizable Oklahoma City version.

Seattle fans lost their NBA franchise, the SuperSonics, in 2008 when it was stolen from them and rebranded in Oklahoma City. For the scornful, that means one thing: Go Pacers.