Supersonics

Former Seattle SuperSonics star Shawn Kemp is facing one count of first-degree assault in a shooting last month outside a mall in Tacoma, Washington, according to the Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Franchises like the Houston Oilers and Seattle SuperSonics were relocated and renamed, despite years of success in their original homes.

It seems like a lock that one of the two expansion teams will be placed in Seattle to revive the SuperSonics franchise.

Malone had stints in various roles with the Knicks, Pistons, Raptors, Pacers, SuperSonics, Cavaliers and Magic over the course of a 30-year career in the NBA.

The largest betting postseason upset in NBA history was the eighth-seeded Nuggets beating the top-seeded Seattle Supersonics in the first round of the 1994 NBA playoffs as 14-1 underdogs.

As Dikembe Mutombo on Shawn Kemp’s hip and his right hand on history, blocking his eighth Seattle shot in the Nuggets’ iconic Game 5 win over the top-seeded SuperSonics, a kid in New Jersey knew he’d found his team and his player.

Seattle and the neighborhoods around KeyArena have changed considerably since the NBA’s SuperSonics left town in 2008.

SuperSonics Head Coach looked as though he had seen a ghost.

The following week, Utah — fresh off two consecutive NBA Finals appearances — put up on the most pathetic regular-season games of all-time scoring just 56 points in a 71-56 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.

Then there was the close relationship between David Stern and then Seattle Supersonics owner Clay Bennett.

The Seattle Supersonics’ mascot followed in quick succession, and Bear went last, jumping and spinning over Trump.

I was covering a Seattle SuperSonics team that was interesting but, at 41-41, the model of mediocrity in the NBA.