In case you hadn’t heard, David Stern made some pretty strong comments regarding the Sonics. It looks like the Sonics are pretty much headed out of here and all that’s left is for the city and the Sonics to negotiate a price, although the city remains adamant they want the team to play out the final two years of the contract.

Folks in the press row have been sending along their condolences to myself and Seattle P-I reporter Gary Washburn, as the grim reality approaches that this could very well be the team’s last year in Seattle.

Hopefully you watched more than I did, but the dunk contest was one of the most entertaining in years, with Orlando’s Dwight Howard winning it all.

Howard was the most creative, donning a superman cape and taking off from just in front of the free throw line on two feet and basically throwing the ball through the hoop. He also bounced the ball off the back side of the
backboard from out-of-bounds and jumped from underneath the backboard to throw one down. Howard’s other creative dunk included tapping the ball off the backboard with one hand while in the air and then reaching back with his other hand and dunking it.

Sonics Fans United’s airplane banner flew overhead today, starting about 12:30, but I don’t know if too many folks noticed.

Lenny Wilkins also was in town, serving as an honorary captain of one of the teams in the D-League All-Star game. Wilkins says he does some speaking engagements for NBA, along with a couple coaching clinics. He declined to comment about the Sonics situation in Seattle. If you remember Wilkins was removed from his post as Sonics vice president after only a few months on the job.