"Sources said if a team was to return to Seattle, the Thunder would cede the Seattle history back to the SuperSonics -- just as the NBA's Charlotte Hornets reclaimed the Charlotte-era history of the New Orleans Pelicans when Charlotte switched from being the Bobcats to the Hornets in 2014."

Once considered to be among the NBA’s elite teams, the Seattle SuperSonics have not existed for almost two decades. That could all be about to change.

The Seattle SuperSonics' 2008 relocation to Oklahoma City ranks among the messiest sports relocations in the very messy history of sports relocations.However, if the SuperSonics were to come back as an expansion team,