where did the seattle supersonics get their name
Seattle SuperSonics On December 20, 1966, Los Angeles businessmen Sam Schulman and Eugene V. Klein and a group of minority partners were awarded an NBA franchise for the city of Seattle. Schulman would serve as the active partner and head of team operations. He named the SuperSonics after Boeing's recently awarded contract for the SST project, which was later canceled.[9] The SuperSonics were Seattle's first major league sports franchise.