Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
sir charles chimes in on the sonics:
"The NBA doesn't need to expand," he said. "If they get a team, it will be somebody else's team. It's a travesty the way it went down.
"They always talk about the players being greedy; the owners are the greedy ones. It's really sad for me. They had the best fans. You were intimidated at that place when you went in there, and it's a great city, too."
Barkley was surprised when the settlement was announced but thinks it worked out the best way possible.
"It would be stupid to stay the next two years," he said. "It would have been a volatile situation."
The Sonics' move to Oklahoma City is hard for him to believe, too. He's familiar with the team's 41-year history and said the most intense series he ever played in was the seven-gamer between the Sonics and Suns in the 1993 Western Conference finals.
[url]http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/moore/370396_moore11.html[/url]
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
ray ray blames shultz too:
"Everybody foresaw this," Allen said. "Everybody should have done something more. I always felt that there were people fighting against the team being there."
When asked who's to blame for the Sonics move, Allen singled out Schultz, saying: "The ownership that brought me in," the one that engineered the ill-fated five-year plan, prompting erosion of the team and regional support.
[url]http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/moore/370546_moore12.html[/url]
((( sigh )))
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
Its just too late for Sonic fans to start caring now.
Fans and the city of seattle could have and should have done something about this wayyyyy earlier.
Seattle has plenty of professional sports teams and the sonics were forgotten about by most.
No one cared enough about them until its too late.
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
[quote=KNOW1EDGE]Its just too late for Sonic fans to start caring now.
Fans and the city of seattle could have and should have done something about this wayyyyy earlier.
Seattle has plenty of professional sports teams and the sonics were forgotten about by most.
No one cared enough about them until its too late.[/quote]
the ones who didnt care emotionally left a long time ago
only those who cared stuck it out until now
that does not absolve the city and state pols for their culpablity in all this though
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
we might have ridden this wave long enough
i feel blahhhhh now regarding the sonics
not angry, not depressed, just blahhhhh
maybe i will visit the blazer forum for the first time
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New names for OKC ...why bother. F Bennett. Worst owner in the NBA
and ranking up there with Georgia Fronteire, Al Davis, Art Moddell,
and Bob Irsay, the rats who moved their NFL franchises.:banghead: :mad:
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
Don't forget David Stern is the worst human being of all.
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
[QUOTE=RainierBeachPoet]we might have ridden this wave long enough
i feel blahhhhh now regarding the sonics
not angry, not depressed, just blahhhhh
maybe i will visit the blazer forum for the first time[/QUOTE]
Keep it up RBP. Especially comes November election, we'll kick everyone of these losers out of office.
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[QUOTE=206kid][URL="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008030229_sonitrial02.html"]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008030229_sonitrial02.html[/URL]
They just settled.[/QUOTE]
any ideas or rumors of what the name might be :confusedshrug:
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[quote=DieHardBullsFan]any ideas or rumors of what the name might be :confusedshrug:[/quote]
OKC raiders is the favorite here:banghead:
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
the seattle times did a great tribute edition:
[url]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sonics/[/url]
:cheers:
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[QUOTE=RainierBeachPoet]OKC raiders is the favorite here:banghead:[/QUOTE]
Won't happen. Al Davis owns the rights.
I still like BallChinions:lol
Got to have a bb ball reference.
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
[quote=lawlerslaw100]Won't happen. Al Davis owns the rights.
I still like [B]BallChinions[/B]:lol
Got to have a bb ball reference.[/quote]
i didnt know al d owned the rights-- is that for all pro teams then?
ballchinions-- subtle, nice:cheers:
Re: Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle
a good read:
[url]http://thestartingfive.net/2008/07/03/grand-theft-hoops-the-stealing-of-the-sonics/[/url]
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OKC should have taken the Clippers...(I can dream) Seattle deserves a team. Very sad.