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- 1 2 Angela Galloway; Phuong Cat Le (July 18, 2006). "Sonics sold to ownership group from Oklahoma City". Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved July 18, 2006.
- ↑ Farmer, Sam (June 16, 2012). "How the Sonics became the Thunder: A timeline". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Oklahoma City NBA group has purchased Tulsa 66ers basketball franchise". Tulsa World. July 31, 2008. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
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- 1 2 "George Kaiser Joins Thunder Ownership Group". OKCThunder.com. NBA Media Ventures, LLC. April 18, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
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