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Keeping an eye on the NBA and Seattle's efforts to get back into the game
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Posted by Eric Williams @ 11:57:20 am
The Oklahoma City Sonics begin play in the Orlando Summer League today at noon our time. I'm not sure with what has transpired in the last week how many people are interested in what happens in Orlando, but if you want to watch via webcast click on this link.
As far as the blog goes, I plan to continue posting for the next few months, following the Howard Schultz trial and any other news that happens regarding funding for a new arena in the Seattle area. or on moving another team here. With that in mind, Matt Griffin, spokesperson for the private investment group looking to bring an NBA team back to Seattle, spoke to Mitch Levy on KJR this morning. Listen to that conversation here.
Also, several national columnists commiserated on the Sonics moving to Oklahoma City, including ESPN's J.A. Adande, CBS.Sportline's Ray Ratto, Yahoo's Johnny Ludden,, Fox Sports Mike Kahn, and New Orleans Times-Picayune's John DeShazier.
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I am still pissed, too. All I know is that I am out of this crap. No more Sonics, no more NBA. Go ahead and bring a team back, I'm not going to go see them or root for them. I deal with victims everyday and I refuse to run back to the a-holes that yanked my team from me in the way that they did. The hardest part now is deciding to even pay attention to shows like PTI or websites like ESPN since they are heavily associated with the NBA. I found myself reading about the Brand saga this morning then realizing that I no longer support the NBA and had to stop reading. I figure it will all get easier with time and the football season, but for now it is too much. And for those that will pick me apart for my love of the Sonics, remember that some of us fell in love with the team at an early age. I was born in '72, remember the championship, was put to sleep with Sonics games on the radio as a kid, remember collecting Sonics cards from Tacoma cops, rememebr Sonics coming up to our Safeways during the summer, meeting Sonics on the streets and other public places in Seattle, going to even more than my usual share of games when we had the team here in Tacoma, etc. I was stationed in Vegas during the Denver first round nightmare and remember that nearly everyone I knew sent me money to bet on the Sonics to win it all. I was at Ceasars, in all green (including my "Not in our House" T-shirt shipped from home), when that wad Mutombo laid on the ground screaming and being sad for months. I am deeply upset and hurt and will never forgive Stern or the NBA for this, remember that all but Paul Allen ok'd the move.
Just a simple suggestion: Rename this to the "NBA Insider", because its current name (and content) do nothing but remind us that they're gone. At least with "NBA Insider" you'd have an excuse to provide us with other articles, such as ongoing investigations into fixing games and whatever other villiany Stern has been up to.
I now HATE Kevin Durant.
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"Kevin Durant didn’t want to wait until training camp to wear an Oklahoma City uniform for the first time. (snip)
Last week’s announcement that the Sonics were moving to Oklahoma City— owner Clay Bennett’s hometown—caught Durant a bit off-guard, in the sense that he didn’t expect relocation to happen so quickly. But at the same time, he freely acknowledges that he’s ready to show new fans in Oklahoma what they’re getting, too.
“I really can’t wait to get started,” said Durant, who averaged 24 points in four games for Seattle in the Las Vegas summer league last year.
On Tuesday, with the game well in hand—Oklahoma City led by 18 at halftime and only trailed briefly in the opening moments—Durant was a part-time player, part-time coach, part-time cheerleader. He shouted plays to Westbrook and was the first player off the bench at the final horn to greet teammates, most of whom won’t be anywhere near Oklahoma City when training camp begins for real this fall.
“A game is a game,” Durant said. “I just wanted to get acquainted with my new teammates as much as possible and have some fun.”
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"Kevin Durant didn’t want to wait until training camp to wear an Oklahoma City uniform for the first time. (snip)
Last week’s announcement that the Sonics were moving to Oklahoma City— owner Clay Bennett’s hometown—caught Durant a bit off-guard, in the sense that he didn’t expect relocation to happen so quickly. But at the same time, he freely acknowledges that he’s ready to show new fans in Oklahoma what they’re getting, too.
“I really can’t wait to get started,” said Durant, who averaged 24 points in four games for Seattle in the Las Vegas summer league last year.
On Tuesday, with the game well in hand—Oklahoma City led by 18 at halftime and only trailed briefly in the opening moments—Durant was a part-time player, part-time coach, part-time cheerleader. He shouted plays to Westbrook and was the first player off the bench at the final horn to greet teammates, most of whom won’t be anywhere near Oklahoma City when training camp begins for real this fall.
“A game is a game,” Durant said. “I just wanted to get acquainted with my new teammates as much as possible and have some fun.”
docpepsi,
The only reason those two owners sided against the move had nothing to do with "the greater good". Allen would be a fool to alienate Seattle considering he wants the Seattle NBA market and he owns the Hawks. The PR on that could have hurt him. Cuban was against the move because he was guarding his NBA teritory, OKC is way too close to his market and having a team there hits him in the pocket book. All the owners needed Seattle to be punished for not caving in on demands. They all suck.
And screw the Blazers!!! Screw the NBA!!! What kind of ninny goes running to an arch rival that plays in a league that just smacked them down. No character in moving on to support the Blazers. That'd be like Seahawks fans jumping on the Raiders wagon when that team left for Anaheim.
Ick, this whole NBA deal stinks. We need a hockey team or something.
The only reason those two owners sided against the move had nothing to do with "the greater good". Allen would be a fool to alienate Seattle considering he wants the Seattle NBA market and he owns the Hawks. The PR on that could have hurt him. Cuban was against the move because he was guarding his NBA teritory, OKC is way too close to his market and having a team there hits him in the pocket book. All the owners needed Seattle to be punished for not caving in on demands. They all suck.
And screw the Blazers!!! Screw the NBA!!! What kind of ninny goes running to an arch rival that plays in a league that just smacked them down. No character in moving on to support the Blazers. That'd be like Seahawks fans jumping on the Raiders wagon when that team left for Anaheim.
Ick, this whole NBA deal stinks. We need a hockey team or something.
Hey, I didn't call you names, can't we have an intelligent conversation here? I've said it before, and I'll say it again. THERE IS NO RIVALRY NOW! The Sonics are no longer in Seattle. They are in OKC. Don't you people in Portland root for the Seahawks and Mariners? I see this the same. Seattle no longer has an NBA team. Portland is only 170 miles away. Why would I suddenly lose my love of the game of basketball just because of some dirty politics that took my team away? I can't pretend to love hockey. And even if I was a hockey fan wouldn't cure my craving for NBA basketball. Where did I say that I thought Allen and Cuban voted the way they did for the greater good? I never said it! However, now that you made the comment I will say my opinion. I think that if the other 28 owners realized how easy it is to lose a team, even a team with a 41 year history, maybe they would have voted NO to relocation. I can't wait until some of those other Stern suck-ups lose their teams!
docpepsi,
In my mind I meant the entire thought of rooting for the Blazers, the writers, the radio callers, etc., not you specifically. It's a thought that turns my stomach, so I can't explain it well. But you are right, it comes out like me calling you a name and that is crap, so I am sorry about that.
As for the "greater good comment" I was referring to the comment that those two owners are somehow special and deserve credit. I say that Cuban and Allen would have went right along with the move if not for the reasons I meantioned above. There isn't a lesson these people will learn, they are all the same, that's why I can't root for Portland or any other NBA team. To me, rooting for the Blazers is just the same as rooting for Clay-Clay, Stern, and the OKC nightmare team. I love the sport of basketball, but these clowns have ruined their version of it, to me.
In my mind I meant the entire thought of rooting for the Blazers, the writers, the radio callers, etc., not you specifically. It's a thought that turns my stomach, so I can't explain it well. But you are right, it comes out like me calling you a name and that is crap, so I am sorry about that.
As for the "greater good comment" I was referring to the comment that those two owners are somehow special and deserve credit. I say that Cuban and Allen would have went right along with the move if not for the reasons I meantioned above. There isn't a lesson these people will learn, they are all the same, that's why I can't root for Portland or any other NBA team. To me, rooting for the Blazers is just the same as rooting for Clay-Clay, Stern, and the OKC nightmare team. I love the sport of basketball, but these clowns have ruined their version of it, to me.
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