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ROYC75 · 12-20-2010, 05:27 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101220/...n_hornets_sale

NBA buys the team.

**Saul Good** · 12-20-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

We'll see how people feel about that, when they're asked to build a new arena every 5 years. Gotta keep up with the latest trends and all.

I don't know anything about the arena from first-hand experience, but I've heard that it was a complete POS unfit for an NBA team. In your opinion, was the arena a viable NBA venue?

Rams Fan · 12-20-2010, 05:58 PM

Flopnuts, if the NBA ever returned to Seattle, would you support the new Sonics?

**OnTheWarpath15** · 12-20-2010, 05:59 PM

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Flopnuts, if the NBA ever returned to Seattle, would you support the new Sonics?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Honestly, I couldn't give a ****. I'm done with the NBA, for life.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say.....no.

**Gonzo** · 12-20-2010, 05:59 PM

I heard the Hornets are looking at a house in Overland Park.
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**Mr. Flopnuts** · 12-20-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

I don't know anything about the arena from first-hand experience, but I've heard that it was a complete POS unfit for an NBA team. In your opinion, was the arena a viable NBA venue?

No. Greg Nickels, and the Seattle City Counsel had their fair share of **** ups in the situation. But Barry Ackerley (the former owner of the Sonics), and Howard Schultz are just as big of villains in the whole ordeal as Clay Bennett IMHO. They can all die in a ****ing fire AFAIC. It is what it is, I s'pose. That said, it wasn't as bad as people in OK heard. That's for sure.

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Flopnuts, if the NBA ever returned to Seattle, would you support the new Sonics?

Never. That whole league is dead to me.

kchero · 12-20-2010, 06:02 PM

The problem in NO is that there is not much fan support (I think I heard something around 26th or something in the league in attendence)..and this is with a winning team. Also there is no local ownership that is looking to step up and purchase the team.

Possible relocation sites that I have read being discussed by various media outlets:

Kansas City - Great top notch arena, but no possible local ownership seems to be currently interested.

Anaheim - Since the LA market has two teams already, the market seems to be a bit too saturated.

Seattle - Lost their team because of stadium issues and the city government is not interested in building another one anytime soon. Good fan support and market size for the NBA.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 12-20-2010, 06:04 PM

Seattle won't have a new arena built unless one of the Microsoft gajillionaires decide to do it for publicity. Probably not going to happen. I'm not the only one that doesn't give a **** if they do. The support in that city won't be anywhere near what it once was. You'll never see anything like this, again.

ChiefsCountry · 12-20-2010, 06:05 PM

You guys are forgetting a city - Louisville.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 12-20-2010, 06:05 PM

Kudos to Paul Allen (owner of the Blazers) being the only person besides Mark Cuban that voted against the move of the team in the first place. It was in his best interest for the Seattle market to be drawn toward Portland, but he understood the importance of the basketball team to the city. Unfortunately, he was one of the few...........

**OnTheWarpath15** · 12-20-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

I heard the Hornets are looking at a house in Overland Park.
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Titty Meat · 12-20-2010, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

Can't blame you. I'd be the same way if the Blues ever left town, and I'm a huge hockey fan.

I just don't see KC as any better of a market than New Orleans.

Hell, KC is supposedly a football town, yet there are still thousands of empty seats on Sundays.

The Hornets might draw well for a year or two, then the novelty will wear off, and they'll be right back to where they stand now.

In a market without support.

KC isn't a third world city New Orleans is.

ChiefsCountry · 12-20-2010, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Kudos to Paul Allen (owner of the Blazers) being the only person besides Mark Cuban that voted against the move of the team in the first place. It was in his best interest for the Seattle market to be drawn toward Portland, but he understood the importance of the basketball team to the city. Unfortunately, he was one of the few...........

Cuban voted against it bc Oklahoma City was his big secondary market for the Mavericks.

KurtCobain · 12-20-2010, 06:29 PM

I just saw Chris Paul at a local Best Buy and he winked at me!

Rams Fan · 12-20-2010, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Kudos to Paul Allen (owner of the Blazers) being the only person besides Mark Cuban that voted against the move of the team in the first place. It was in his best interest for the Seattle market to be drawn toward Portland, but he understood the importance of the basketball team to the city. Unfortunately, he was one of the few...........

Or that Allen owns the Seahawks and maybe didn't want to risk losing any of his fan base if he didn't vote against it?

**RealSNR** · 12-20-2010, 06:42 PM

I don't follow one particular NBA team (though now that I've moved to Madison I might try to make the hour drive for a couple Milwaukee Bucks games) but I do watch pro basketball.

Durant and Westbrook are so fun to watch. I would've been ready to cheer for that team like crazy. But there's something about playing pro basketball in Oklahoma ****ing City that makes that team seem false and contrived.

I don't see myself getting behind the Thunder. I really can't give a shit about them. I hope Durant goes Lebron on the city in a few years and takes his talents to some other random shithole team. Maybe the Kansas City Hornets

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