The hunted are now the hunters. We take a look at what teams might be up for relocation to Seattle in the next five to seven years as this area begins its first season in 42 years without a basketball team.

The Portland Trail Blazers are now the closest team to follow if you want to itch your NBA scratch. Take a look at some of the big games coming to Portland, along with a few story lines to follow nationally in the NBA.

With the way the football season has gone for the Seahawks, Washington and Washington State, having the Sonics around would have been a good diversion, Dave Boling writes.

Here’s an update on the City of Seattle’s proposal to revamp KeyArena. Also, Brian Robinson of Save Our Sonics has helped create a lobbying group to help push the proposal through the state Legislature. The group is called Sports and Activities for Families.

You can also find NBA preview capsules for the Western Conference here. And here’s the Eastern Conference capsules.

Looking for a primer on the professional basketball team two hours south of us? Admitted Blazers fan Henry Abbott of ESPN’s TrueHoops blog provides a lengthy and detailed analysis of why this might be the beginning of the Portland Trail Blazers era.

Looking for news on the Oklahoma City Thunder? Gary Washburn of the Seattle P-I is down there for the opener, and has this story on how the players and staff that have relocated down there are adjusting to their new surrounding.

And this New York Times article by Bruce Schoenfeld is an interesting piece on the process team chairman Clay Bennett went through to get the team there, although you might not want to relive all of the details. There are some interesting tidbits about stuff that happened behind closed doors. It’s a pretty lengthy piece.

That’s all for now