Any basketball fan with a cursory amount of historical knowledge of the sport probably knows that before the 2025 World Champions were the “Oklahoma City Thunder,” they were the Seattle Supersonics, a beloved team in a town known, in part, for their sports passion. But do you know the whole story about how the city of Seattle was somewhat unceremoniously robbed of their men’s basketball team? Claire is joined by journalist and Seattle native Sarah Enni to revisit a saga that has come back into public consciousness of late, as the rumor mill is churning about the future of men’s basketball in the Pacific Northwest.

 

Sarah Enni

https://www.sarahenni.com/

Scamfluencers, the podcast Sarah produces:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scamfluencers/id1616682405

Claire de Lune

https://x.com/ClaireMPLS

https://www.instagram.com/clairempls/

https://www.theguardian.com/profile/claire-de-lune

Any basketball fan with a cursory amount of historical knowledge of the sport probably knows that before the 2025 World Champions were the &ldquo;Oklahoma City Thunder,&rdquo; they were the Seattle Supersonics, a beloved team in a town known, in part, for their sports passion. But do you know the whole story about how the city of Seattle was somewhat unceremoniously robbed of their men&rsquo;s basketball team? Claire is joined by journalist and Seattle native Sarah Enni to revisit a saga that has come back into public consciousness of late, as the rumor mill is churning about the future of men&rsquo;s basketball in the Pacific Northwest.
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Sarah Enni
<a href="https://www.sarahenni.com/">https://www.sarahenni.com/</a>
Scamfluencers, the podcast Sarah produces:
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scamfluencers/id1616682405">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scamfluencers/id1616682405</a>
Claire de Lune
<a href="https://x.com/ClaireMPLS">https://x.com/ClaireMPLS</a>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/clairempls/">https://www.instagram.com/clairempls/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/claire-de-lune">https://www.theguardian.com/profile/claire-de-lune</a>

Basketball, Etc., a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts, offers an antidote to the hot take shouting matches dominating sports media: a show for the nuance, the et cetera of it all. Host Claire de Lune guides listeners through cool, weird, untold and under-told basketball stories— with guests ranging from players, and insiders, to celebrity fans, and more.

Basketball, Etc., a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts, offers an antidote to the hot take shouting matches dominating sports media: a show for the nuance, the et cetera&nbsp;of it all. Host Claire de Lune guides listeners through cool, weird, untold and under-told basketball stories&mdash; with guests ranging from players, and insiders, to celebrity fans, and more.

Basketball, Etc.

Ep 6: A Supersonic Sabotage with Sarah Enni 

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/546d30a8-0e03-4b0e-bc23-b4f60103d9bb/transcript