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franchise (formerly the Seattle SuperSonics) and the Thunder's

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affiliate

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. The group also owned the

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franchise from 2006 to 2008. The PBC then sold the Storm to local

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owners, before

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the SuperSonics to

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History

On July 18, 2006, Basketball Club of Seattle, led by

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, sold the Seattle SuperSonics and

to Professional Basketball Club after failing to reach an agreement with the city of

over a publicly funded $220 million expansion of KeyArena. The team relocated to Oklahoma City and began play as the

in the 2008–09 basketball season, becoming the third NBA franchise to relocate in the 2000s. The Professional Basketball Club on January 8, 2008, sold the Storm to an ownership group consisting of four Seattle businesswomen. On July 31, 2008, the Tulsa 66ers, now

, announced that Professional Basketball Club had purchased the team, marking the third

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team to be owned by an NBA team (

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and

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). In September 2013 the OKC Thunder added station

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, the 66ers' radio broadcasting partner, to its Thunder Radio Network. In April 2014, George Kaiser bought Tom L. Ward's interest in Professional Basketball Club, while Jeffrey Records Jr. sold part of his stake to Bennett while two other changed their stakes.

Former members

* Tom L. Ward * Aubrey McClendon (died on March 2, 2016) * G. Edward Evans

References

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