While NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has led the OKC Thunder on the court, a seven-member ownership panel has led the team behind the scenes for decades.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been owned by the Professional Basketball Club, LLC, since 2006, when the group bought the Seattle SuperSonics for $350 million.
Now, almost 20 years since that multimillion-dollar purchase, the Thunder have taken the city to newer heights and its chairman has pointed out this was the hope from the start.