NBA superstar Kevin Durant played his rookie season for the Seattle Supersonics before the team relocated to Oklahoma City
Seattle could regain an NBA team after the league's board of governors voted to explore adding two expansion franchises, with Las Vegas the other potential location.
The Seattle Supersonics competed in the NBA from 1967 to 2008 before being relocated to Oklahoma City and renamed the Thunder after the franchise was bought by an Oklahoma-based group in 2006.
If the expansion is approved, it would increase the number of NBA teams from 30 to 32.
Las Vegas has not previously had an NBA team, but has two teams in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
