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Mascot of the Seattle Sonics of the NBA
Squatch in 2005.
Squatch (a derivation of
Sasquatch ) was the team
mascot for the
Seattle SuperSonics , a
National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise formerly based in
Seattle ,
Washington . Between his 1993 debut and the team's
relocation to
Oklahoma City ,
Oklahoma , in 2008, Squatch appeared at more than 175 events annually, and was with the organization during their run to the
1996 NBA Finals .
[1]
In 2007,
Chris Ballew of the rock band
The Presidents of the United States of America wrote and performed a song about the mascot.
[2] That same year, Squatch attempted to set a
world record with a jump of 30 feet on
inline skates , over vehicles owned by NBA players
Ray Allen and
Robert Swift .
[3]
The biography of the
Edmonton Rush Lacrosse Club 's
yeti 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 SuperSonics' move to Oklahoma City, the character was retired, and remains part of the intellectual property (name, colors, etc.) that the city of Seattle retained as part of the
KeyArena lease settlement. The character's performer from 1999 to 2008 (Marc Taylor) remains under contract with the relocated team, currently performing as
Rumble the Bison , the
Thunder 's mascot.
[4]
References
^
"SONICS: Sonics Celebrate Squatch's Birthday Sunday" (Press release). Seattle SuperSonics. January 25, 2008. Archived from
the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
^
Chris Ballew - Theme from S.Q.U.A.T.C.H. Song (YouTube). FreydNot. March 10, 2007.
Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
^
"SONICS: Squatch Attempts to Set Guiness [sic ] World Record" . Seattle SuperSonics. June 6, 2007. Archived from
the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved October 2, 2015 .
^ Lewis, Mike (July 27, 2008).
"Post-Sonics, the inner Squatch abides" .
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer . Retrieved October 1, 2015 .
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