SuperSonics Primary Logo

The Seattle SuperSonics was an NBA team that played in the Pacific Northwest from 1967 to 2008. The primary logo for the team has gone through several changes over its 41-year history, reflecting both changing times and evolving design trends.

The original SuperSonics logo was created in 1967 when the franchise first began play. It featured a cartoonish basketball player wearing a green jersey with yellow trim and white shorts, along with “SuperSonic” written across his chest in blue lettering. This simple but effective design served as their primary logo until 1975 when it was replaced by an updated version featuring more detail and shading on the figure of the player as well as brighter colors overall.

In 1995, this second version of their iconic mascot underwent another transformation into what many consider to be one of its most recognizable iterations: a stylized silhouette of a soaring basketball player set against a bright yellow background with “Seattle” written above him in bold block letters - all framed within two concentric circles containing stars around them representing each championship won by Seattle while they were part of NBA league (1979 & 1996). This particular variation remained unchanged until 2004 when it received minor modifications such as adding additional stars inside those outer rings before being phased out completely four years later after Sonics left Seattle for Oklahoma City following a controversial relocation deal between then owner Clay Bennett and city officials there.