Squatch was the team mascot

Mascot

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 for the Seattle SuperSonics

Seattle SuperSonics

The Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as...

 of the National Basketball Association

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. Between his 1993 debut and the team's relocation in 2008 to Oklahoma City

Oklahoma city

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, Squatch appeared at more than 175 events annually, and was with the organization during their run to the 1996 NBA Finals

1996 NBA Finals

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In 2007, Chris Ballew

Chris Ballew

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 of the rock band Presidents of the United States of America

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 wrote and performed a song about the mascot. That same year, Squatch attempted to set a world record

World record

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 with a jump of 30 feet on inline skates

Inline skates

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, over vehicles owned by NBA players Ray Allen

Ray Allen

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 and Robert Swift

Robert Swift

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The biography of the Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club

Edmonton Rush

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's yeti

Yeti

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 mascot, Slush, describes a history wherein the two characters grew up together in the Cascade Mountains. Squatch appeared during the Rush's inaugural game to "teach" Slush how to be a professional mascot.

Following the move of the SuperSonics to Oklahoma City, the character was retired, and remains part of the intellectual property (name, colors, et cetera) that the City of Seattle

Seattle, Washington

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 retained as part of the KeyArena

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 lease settlement

Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City

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. The character's performer from 1999-2008 remains under contract with the relocated team.