Seattle is now officially no longer an NBA city.
41 years of history is leaving the city of Seattle after the Sonics reached a buyout agreement with the city. The Sonics history includes 6 div titles, and 1 nba title(‘79). This must be devastating for a loyal devoted Seattlian(new word? or is it Seattleite). I can not imagine my hometown teams(Phils, Sixers, or the Eagles) leaving my home for anything; I would feel betrayed. Unfortunately, money is more important then my feelings and multiple city’s have experienced this. Reports are that David Stern wants to bring a team back to Seattle within the next 5 years, which will give time for the city to devise a plan for a new stadium. The Sonics team name, logo, and colors are staying in Seattle and will hopefully soon be an NBA team again.
This will be Oklahoma-football lovin’-city’s first professional team and Sooner nation will now be majoring in another field of study(tailgating at a basketball game). Maybe this change will magically make the Sonics a playoff-contending team, but I doubt anything at all will change for their record. It will be an interested offseason to hear the news about a team name, logo, and colors for this new OKC team.
Watch out, unfortunately your team might be next…
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