The Oklahoma City Thunder is a professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City that participates in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the NBA. The team’s home stadium is the Ford Center, Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City Thunder was formerly the Seattle SuperSonics. While in Seattle, the team beat the Washington Bullets to clinch the 1979 NBA Championship, won their division six times, and qualified for the NBA Playoffs 20 times. The team was re-established as the Thunder in 2008 due to a dispute between franchise owner Clay Bennett and Seattle lawmakers. The Tulsa 66ers are also owned by the Thunder and are an NBA Development League affiliate of the Thunder.

The current head coach is Scott Brooks, who succeeds PJ Carlesimo. The team has had many famous players, including Gary Payton, nicknamed “The Glove,” who won the team’s only Defensive Player of the Year award in 1996, the only guard to achieve the honor other than Michael Jordan. Payton is also the team’s all-time leader in points, assists and steals. Ray Allen is another famous former player, who made an All-Star in his six years with the team, breaking the record for most three-point field goals made in a regular season in the 2005-06 season with a score of 269. Ray Allen was later part of the 2008 NBA Championship winning team, the Boston Celtics. Hall of Famers who have served the team include Patrick Ewing, KC Jones, Bill Russell, and Lenny Wilkens.

OKC hotels arrange shuttle services to all Oklahoma City attractions, including the home of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Ford Center.