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Apr 24, 2024
11:13:12pm

seacougar Playmaker

This^ The arena issue was a contrived pretext to justify the deceitful move that

was very much intentional.

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seacougar

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Last login: Jun 13, 2024
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Whenever I see OKC play well, I feel sorry for Seattle and Washington. It’s

Japan Coug

Apr 24, 9:40pm

Agreed. They retained the Sonics name and history. Time for them to restart it.

BlooCoug

Apr 24, 9:41pm

Name means little now that Boeing isn’t even a big deal

fulano

Apr 24, 9:52pm

Sonics is a historic brand. Smart move to keep it.

BlooCoug

Apr 24, 10:32pm

they had a chance to keep them and blew it. OKC had the same chance this year

FieroCoug

Apr 24, 9:42pm

also, look at this atmosphere. Oklahoma is a great sports state.

FieroCoug

Apr 24, 9:59pm

If only it were that simple. It was trickery.

seacougar

Apr 24, 11:08pm

Trying to remember. Was it an arena issue with Seattle or something else?

Bonoman

Apr 24, 9:42pm

No one wanted to pay for a new arena

gaffer

Apr 24, 9:56pm

Many issues. NBA wanted them to build a new arena (Key Arena wasn't great but

BYUHawk

Apr 24, 9:57pm

There was a documentary made on it. It's been 10 years since I watched it.

BYUHawk

Apr 24, 10:01pm

This^ The arena issue was a contrived pretext to justify the deceitful move that

seacougar

Apr 24, 11:13pm

Huge metro with a ton of money. It’s crazy they don’t

Lord Jim

Apr 24, 9:48pm

I still hope that eventually the NBA goes to 32 teams with Seattle and Vegas.

ColtsCoug

Apr 24, 9:51pm

They will as soon as the new media deal kicks in

PHXSUNS31

Apr 24, 10:25pm

The thing that is frustrating is right after they let a group from OKC by the sonics then They prevent groups

Osteotome

Apr 24, 10:03pm

Correct. The OKC move was a bit underhanded. SEA has been blocked multiple times

seacougar

Apr 24, 11:10pm

Yep. As soon as Sonics were moved they made it impossible to do that again.

BYUHawk

Apr 25, 7:58am

RE: Whenever I see OKC play well, I feel sorry for Seattle and Washington.

Russell Feathers

Apr 24, 10:03pm

A Pox On The Thunder!

Lifi

Apr 24, 10:11pm

Their rebuild was SUPER long. But it appears to have paid off.

BlooCoug

Apr 24, 11:40pm

Only two really bad seasons followed by 40-42 last year (with Chet injured)

Odysseus

Apr 25, 6:52am

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