Seattle Supersonics: Golden Era of Basketball (Full Documentary)

[@josephD32]

Although I'm a life-long Lakers fan, I was stationed up in Bremerton during 1996 and spent weekends in Seattle, many at KeyArena. I miss our old rivals. Bring back the Sonics.

[@jasonlesueur2707]

I was 11 years old when they won, living in Bellevue. I loved it then and love it now. I have very fond memories of the Sonics and all the guys, thanks KIRO for putting this together, it's very special.

[@elwin38]

I was 11 too!! From 1977-80 the Sonics were one of the best teams in the NBA until Magic and Showtime took over.

[@mookeychase0907]

Thanx a million I was there in 78 when We won then came back and you guys beat us Gus was my fav Sonic can't forget DJ may he RIP🕊️🕊️🏀🏆

[@riproarin1042]

I'm fired up with tears in my eyes remembering these guys, this team, and Bob Blackburn too!

[@aharonemanuel4010]

ur cryin lol

[@sean2797]

Man the emotions I went through watching this. I was 6 years old when the Sonics won the championship. My family celebrated by driving around downtown and Alki screaming and honking the horn all night. They have always been my favorite team, it broke me and my daughters hearts when they left. Been a void in my life ever since, the sonics will always be near and dear to me. Haven't watched the NBA since they left.....

[@kdoublec973]

Bring Back Our Seattle Supersonics

[@tyrondavis6727]

Of course, Seattle needs Supersonics. And tell the Devil 😈 Clay Bennett to get down on his knees and kiss the 1979 NBA Championship Seattle Supersonics fans' ass and go coast the f!*# off...... with my compliments, please.🤬😠🤬😤😎 Thank you very much for comment sector. Tell Clay Bennett to get off his f@#$?! prescription and apologize to Seattle Supersonics fans' for disrespect them back in 2008.. GO APPLE KELLY (Green) AND SPARKLING PACIFIC SOL (Yellow/Gold)!

[@kennybegeske8824]

Yes

[@coldcoldheart2424]

miss their green antenna/tower logo, their court, the team and players.. Payton, Schrempf, Hersey Hawkins, Kemp... They were strong players... I love this late 90'sSonics team...and the NBA on NBC theme.. Heart of Champion and Michael Buffer, spectacula! r😍😢.. Just reliving the 1996 to 1998 games...MJ era was the hypest, bestest players.. I love Bulls, Supersonics and Atlanta Hawks so much😂😍

[@JElNative]

Seattle is a sports city period.

[@grrrraffe]

and crazy people electing in horrible non-sports people.... *sigh* no sodo arena. :'{

[@hoopfreak20001]

So sad that City of Seattle is now a trash can

[@Swove2204]

I really appreciate the time and effort put into this program. It was low key really fun and interesting to just hear those guys gather around and riff and reflect. As someone who's not from Seattle nor old enough to have been alive for their title run, I don't feel like this team gets enough credit nation-wide. This was a special ball club. Also, shout out to John Johnson, Dennis Johnson, and Lonnie Shelton, those who've passed but played such an integral role in this team's legacy.

[@ChesterWilsonJr]

I'm rooting for those fans in Seattle, Washington who are waiting for basketball to come back to Seattle!

[@OnePrince93]

Thank You for your support on behalf of us Seattleites & us Sonics fans! We truly deserve this & Deserve our Beloved team that we should've never lost in the first place back! #BringBackOurSonics

[@ChesterWilsonJr]

@@OnePrince93 aye bro no problem I just want the NBA to be balanced out and if I could control the NBA I would be making expansion be the number one priority

[@OnePrince93]

Chester Wilson Jr. Right! I think Expansion will happen sooner rather than later between now & i believe 2024. I dont see the League keeping it at 30 with how Big the game is now than it was the time when the Sonics left & Seattle is one of those Premier Markets that The Country & the World knows now & for the Leagues favor, The Money that the League would make by Bringing the Sonics back & get our History back simular like the Charlotte Hornets did & place a 2nd Expansion team elsewhere that deserves a team.

[@ChesterWilsonJr]

@@OnePrince93 man if I was in the NBA and a team was in Seattle I would love to play for the Supersonics and win ya'll a NBA championship!

[@markofly76]

We Sonic fans appreciate you, Chester. We will have OUR TEAM back!

[@jacknewman9256]

Thanks KIRO. It was a different, wonderful time in Seattle. It was a small town and it seemed everybody was part of the Sonics community. The team will return and I hope we can regain some of that magic. And memories to "The Voice", Bob Blackburn

[@primoxxl71]

This was beautiful. Leaves me with optimism that we will get another team SOON!

[@DeeNice681]

Lenny Wilkins was a genius of a defensive coach. The way he got his teams to shut down top players like Elvin Hayes in the 79 Finals, and Marques Johnson in the 80 Conference Finals was a joy to behold. I remember before the 97 playoffs when the Pistons were playing the Hawks, I told my Dad “Grant Hill will run wild in this series”, he said “No if Lenny Wilkens has anything to say, he won’t”. Well Grant didn’t run wild, and the same thing happened in the 99 playoffs when the Pistons played the Hawks again!

[@alluvialedaempfer962]

I quit watching the NBA when the Supersonics got relocated. The Supersonics were always a universally loved team, the way the NBA showed how they treat their history just sucked the fun out of the game for me

[@alvinweaver1450]

Jack Sikma so underrated except to Seattle and central Illinois bball fans..we know how good our native son was

[@marcusanderson933]

R.I.P to the late great Hall of Famer Dennis Johnson!

[@rajaeenabawi6066]

Rest in peace Paul Silas.met him in the summer of 2001.along with Baron Davis,P.J.Brown,Lee nailon.when Paul Silas was coach of Charlotte Hornets.

[@robertfinn9433]

#19 Lenny Wilkens best sonic and a class act.Thanks coach your a legend.

[@kennybegeske8824]

Seattle Sonics are Legends

[@rupertpupkin2660]

The NBA should bring in 4 more franchises. Bring Back The Seattle Supersonics then add a team in St Louis, Kansas City and Las Vegas. Would be awesome.

[@Iambriangregory]

Oh please be quiet with that talk The NBA has been watered down enough for years where you get one or two good players on a team and they never go anywhere like Damian Lillard You want to make the quality the NBA worse? What's the matter with you? If anything we should be lowering the number of teams, I don't say those cities shouldn't have a team but they should close down some franchises like Washington or Minnesota or Memphis and then moving to the cities that you talked about but more teams what's the matter with you *,,You don't see what's happened to the quality of basketball with guys are on starting teams now they wouldn't even make it into a squad 30 years ago what is the matter with you You don't see what's been going on all these years why you think Michael Jordan won all those rings cuz he didn't know water down league duh ,why do you think he couldn't beat the Lakers the Celtics or the Pistons in there prime because the league was more solid and you want to make it worse please don't say that again ever!

[@RealJustinReyAlinea]

Waited until 2040 it’s gonna happened that’s my only real personal prediction SuperSonics will be back hang in there Seattle!!! Loyal SuperSonics faithful!!!

[@koimatai4600]

We'll be back by 2026 it's a damn shame the nba left the 12th rated TV attraction for the 180th in the country but we're gonna come back stronger than ever 2025

[@PERCANGLE412]

Keep the hope alive guys! A-rod is working on a miracle. I’m not a seattlite but I know the passion you guys have for your sports teams. Hyped on the krakken and I’m hella eager to get a basketball team there too.

[@tyrondavis6727]

Happy 41st Birthday 🎂🎈🎉 to 1978-79 Seattle Supersonics 🏀. Now please bring back the Seattle Supersonics damnit! It's long overdue. RIP Dennis Johnson. Lenny Wilkens and the 1978-79 Firing Squad (Supersonics) Basketball Team puts it on the map. And when you bring it back the Supersonics,........do me favor and.... for the love of God, please tell Class A1 Royal "Pain in the ass" Devil name William Clay Bennett ( Oklahoma City Thunder owner) to kiss my( 1977 Brooklyn, NY- born) tush and drop dead, seriously...... with my compliments 🇺🇸🌈😎🎆👍🥧 Thank you for the video and Coach Lenny Wilkens. Tuesday 18 August 2020 6:17 a.m. Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.... Go Irish Kelly Green and Pacific Sunshine Gold (Yellow). Oh, and one more thing bring back the 1974-95 Seattle Supersonics( with helvetica font and skyline)logo

[@craigdavis5407]

Bring the Seattle Supersonics in the NBA my friend.

[@aharonemanuel4010]

never happen.

[@justanotherinternetwiseguy8018]

it'll be a pretty badass return if they came back and won their first championship since 1979. not saying it will happen ( maybe it won't) but if that was possible it would be one awesome comeback!

[@youtuber3328]

the sonics were elite in 78 79 80 87 93 and 96

[@craigdavis5407]

R.I.P. Mr. Dennis"D.J."Johnson!!!🏀🏀🏀🏆🏆🏆🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹💎💎💎✊✊✊

[@aharonemanuel4010]

ya

[@fossil-bit8439]

Bring back my Sonics please!!!!!

[@Jeff98177]

Sonics: Won NBA championship in 12th season. OKC: Zero titles in 13+ seasons. Karma.

[@okcthunder8993]

There were 22 teams then, different Era. Seattle wasn't the first to lose a team and won't be the last. Nothing last for ever get over it😂

[@Jeff98177]

@@okcthunder8993 OKC's string of zero championships will last forever. Hey, how about that game vs. Indiana back on May 1?

[@okcthunder8993]

@@Jeff98177 damn, you know the future! What team should I bet on then? Let me guess indiana or wait supersonics🤣

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Raptors won in 24 years

[@azoldguy9025]

I would put my money on Seattle for a Championship before ok, if Seattle gets a team! Okc is cursed for what Bennett did!

[@scraggylegends2185]

I watched this because of the 1779 championship because it’s my favorite basketball championship

[@Dman425]

I’m pretty sure you meant 1979

[@globalpatron1114]

The Gus and DJ backcourt was as good as it gets...

[@DeeNice681]

Gus Williams looks like he could play now. He’s 66, Where?

[@Swove2204]

Yeah Gus was looking sharp. Lenny's rocking it at 82 years old too.

[@Dman425]

He recently had a stroke recently, I heard

[@oscarsgsf1471]

Jack plays his Bass Guitar & sings ‘Message in a Bottle'

[@jacoreygriffin3182]

My team needs to comeback

[@JamiesonPercad]

BRING BACK THE SONICS!! The Thunder are NOT the SuperSonics . OKC is the product of David Stern's hatred towards Seattle. Adam Silver is too much of a coward to right this wrong NOW! If the NHL can expand to get in the Seattle market, why can't the NBA do the same???

[@HermaphroGynandro]

1:18 Seattle only had one professional sports championship before the SuperSonics: The Stanley Cup! The Metropolitans became the first team from the United States to win the trophy of Lord Stanley over a century ago for the 1916-17 season, dethroning the defending champion Montreal Canadiens (whom had just won their first of two dozen championship victories). Why the NHL expansion only NOW chose to grant Seattle a professional hockey team again escapes me. They should've had a team much earlier. This is coming from a Bullets/Wizards and Capitals fan.

[@azoldguy9025]

They were given an expansion team in 73-74 but couldn’t come up with the money in time. Imagine that!

[@Jeff98177]

I can't believe it's been 40 years. Who was the guy who talked about being left alone with the trophy?

[@Swove2204]

That would be Tom LaGarde.

[@hoopfreak20001]

Gus looks Great!!!!!

[@mynameisblankspace]

To me, the NBA won't be complete again until the Seattle SuperSonics return. The Seattle fan base is one of the most rowdiest in the league and their team introductions rivaled only the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic in the 90's

[@Charles_Groebs]

If some day I become rich I’m not buy cars or materialistic stuff. The first thing I’m doing is that I’m resurrectiing the Sonics.

[@aharonemanuel4010]

give to the homeless.

[@brando7266]

I still dont understand why a team would rather play in okc than Seattle, ? Seattle is much bigger,

[@jasonburke147]

Could this be released to buy on DVD? Thank you.

[@sseattleboy]

NBA expansion, here we come !!!!!

[@eddiesimms9301]

The city of Seattle back in 1979 and what it was like to live in Seattle and the overall amplisfer etc.....I would in a heartbeat, trade this current left leaning urban "HELL HOLE" for that city that I was born and raised in ANY DAY!!! I went to my 40yr high school reunion, QA '77 and not to my surprise, I could count on ONE HAND how many of my classmates STILL lived within the city limits, much let alone in King County..... That dose NOT speak well of what has happened to Seattle in the last 4 decades. Infact, former Mayor Charlie Royer was the LAST DECENT Democrat to run the city and EQUALLY IMPORTANT, he had a DAMN GOOD Chief of Police, Patrick Fitzsimmons.....He ENFORCED the LAW!! Look how far the city has SUNK!!

[@fraidafeltcher5188]

save our sonics

[@ErlingEra]

Bring back our Sonic's, Seattle was absolutely robbed and it's been long enough!

[@koimatai4600]

The thunder will never win a finals were gonna destroy them when we return and rub it in that devil Clay's face

[@aharonemanuel4010]

hahaha

[@coldcoldheart2424]

miss their green antenna/tower logo, their court, the team and players.. Payton, Schrempf, Hersey Hawkins, Kemp... They were strong players... I love this late 90'sSonics team...and the NBA on NBC theme.. Heart of Champion and Michael Buffer, spectacula! r😍😢.. Just reliving the 1996 to 1998 games...MJ era was the hypest, bestest players.. I love Bulls, Supersonics and Atlanta Hawks so much😂😍

[@koimatai4600]

@@coldcoldheart2424 man just going to the key even being in the nosebleeds was amazing SUPERSONICS 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁SUPERSONICS!!! I miss it man we'll be back soon

[@mookeychase0907]

Salute to Lenny Wilkens HOF PG end HOF Coach⭐🏀🏆

[@McKoosa]

Good Work Casey McNerthney!!! :)

[@juliansmith4352]

Adam Silver will be a hero if he brought basketball back to Seattle

[@chrisbridston3438]

Not only things became amazing with Kemp and Payton.. BUT.. when we made that trade for Perkins .. on top of Detlef .. wow .. George Karl as well.. not enough said about him during the 90s teams .. Nate Got extremely close to his defensive ilk.. but man.. I’m 45 .. not old enough to appreciate the championship teams .. BUT I’ll never forget finally getting tickets “only clippers “ at the time weren’t sold out lol.. but we’d kick their $&&&&& so bad .. Gary , Kemp, Detlef, Perkins were usually pulled .. so I got attached to the CHEF 👨🏻‍🍳, Ervin Johnson , pookie” 😊😊😊😊.. still can’t watch NBA since they left .. and breaks my heart when we just gave away our history to the Thunder … our passion for our team was taken away and chosen to just let them go by Seattle leadership .. whom I’ll NEVER FORGIVE.. also became extremely attached to Brent Barry .. that dude busted his ass

[@elwin38]

I miss the NBA on CBS!!

[@pingchu5128]

Who’s here after game of zones?

[@DeanOrbong]

Seattle Sonics likely to return in 2025.

[@xFearlessNomad]

Why NBA 😢

[@xFearlessNomad]

Why

[@MelvinMolden6898]

Dennis went rite after to the Celtics to join Larry bird and magic Johnson welcoming the 80 '$ monopoly championships, and Seattle were no more than a loud fart in the northwest....and goneeeeee.😝 But great Documentary contest about this city and people's lives that brought up beautiful memories. Of those great end of the 70'$ days...😑

[@cschoen100]

He went to Phoenix for Paul Westphal first. Then he went to Boston for Rick Robey two, three years later.

[@steveluhr5156]

Very enjoyable because of memories of those great teams. Why do we allow Starvucks to exist? Stop drinking that brand. Maybe we stopped deserving that team. Hmm?

[@azoldguy9025]

FYI, for those questioning the readiness of Climate change for Basketball. It will be once the Storm move this fall!

[@jenniferhavlisch1940]

Sikma. Silas and Downtown Freddy Borwn!