Oklahoma City Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder is an American YouTube channel and a NBA basketball team located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
==History==
In 2006, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz sold the Seattle SuperSonics for $350 million to the Professional Basketball Club LLC. https://web.archive.org/web/20060719194751/http://www.nba.com/sonics/news/sale_060718.html The sale of the SuperSonics and Storm was approved by NBA owners the following October. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=2637335 In 2007, Bennett announced that the franchise would move to Oklahoma City as soon as the lease with KeyArena expired. http://www.seattlepi.com/basketball/337871_arena03.html 
In June 2008, a lawsuit brought by the city of Seattle against Bennett due to his attempts to break the final two years of the Sonics' lease at KeyArena went to federal court. Nearly a month later, the two sides reached a settlement agreement. http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/CityAttorney/Reports/2008SonicsSettlementAgreement.pdf The terms awarded the city $45 million to get out of the remaining lease at KeyArena, and would have provided an additional $30 million payment to Seattle in 2013 if certain conditions had been met. The owners agreed to leave the SuperSonics name, logo, colors, banners, trophies, and records in Seattle for a possible future NBA franchise, however, the items would remain the property of the Oklahoma City team along with other assets, including championship banners and trophies. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3471503https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/nba/seattle-and-oklahoma-city-will-share-the-sonics-franchise-history/ 
On September 3, 2008, the team name, logo and colors for the Oklahoma City franchise were revealed to the public. The name "Thunder" was chosen in reference to Oklahoma's location in Tornado Alley and Oklahoma City as the home of the U.S. Army's 45th Infantry Division, the Thunderbirds. https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=3568051 The SuperSonics' final NBA draft was in 2008. https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/supersonics-draft-2008 
The Thunder played several preseason games before the 2008–09 regular season. The Thunder made their first appearance in Billings, Montana on October 8, 2008, preseason loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves. https://www.nba.com/game/0010800015 The Thunder played their first Ford Center game on October 14 against the Los Angeles Clippers. https://www.oklahoman.com/article/3282760 
==Channel==
The Oklahoma City Thunder channel was created on April 12, 2007. Their first video was uploaded on July 28, 2011, titled "Thunder Youth Campers from China."
==References==
Category:Commentary YouTubers
Category:Sports YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2007