Jack Sikma, whose NBA career spanned 14 years, helped the Sonics win the 1979 championship in 1979. He is guarded here in a Coliseum game by Darryl Dawkins (photo is part of David Eskenazi Collection). The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced in April that Sikma was one of 12 honorees that will be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in September. Sikma is one of seven players in NBA history to have 17,000 points, 10,000 rebounds, 3,000 assists, 1,000 steals and 1,000 blocked shots. Read the full story by Art Thiel at sportspressnw. com/2242929/2019/thiel-25-years-late-sikma-gets-his-big-moment.

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Seattle SuperSonics

This month marks the 40th anniversary of the Seattle SuperSonics’ NBA championship in 1979

“Longtime Seattle natives remember where they were when the SuperSonics finished off the Washington Bullets in Game 5 of the 1979 NBA Finals as vividly as when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon”