Seattle is about to get the Sonics back

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Reports from KJR 950 Seattle says the Maloof brothers are finalizing the sale of the Kings to Chris Hansen of Seattle. Hansen has already finalized an arena deal with Seattle, and King County. Great news for Seattle basketball fans.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Thig Lyfe

I know it doesn't make total sense geographically, but why not have OKC and Seattle in the same division to take advantage of the built-in hatred?

Either way they will play 3-4 times a year. Most people here get more fired up for Dallas, SA or LA even though they aren't in our division.

[Thig Lyfe]

Originally Posted by okcchief

Either way they will play 3-4 times a year. Most people here get more fired up for Dallas, SA or LA even though they aren't in our division.

yeah, true. I don't follow the NBA as closely as the NFL so I forget that divisions aren't as important.

[Rams Fan]

Originally Posted by okcchief

However, Seattle is doing the same thing to Sacramento that OKC did to Seattle.

Except Bennett lied to Schultz and said he'd keep the team in Seattle. I doubt Hansen will say his intent is to keep the team in Sacramento.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Rams Fan

Except Bennett lied to Schultz and said he'd keep the team in Seattle. I doubt Hansen will say his intent is to keep the team in Sacramento.

So Shultz says. Had that been a condition he should have written it in. He came out saying his intent was to stay in Seattle, but he wanted a state of the art facility.

[Pestilence]

From what I'm hearing around here......the majority of fans are glad they're ****ing leaving.

[okcchief]

Believe me. I know Clay Bennett wanted to go to OKC. However, Seattle had a chance to keep them. You don't know what you got til it's gone, and now they passed the same bill.

If Bennett doesn't buy the Sonics there is very little chance they hire Presti which is the key to the whole thing. He knew him because he was a minority owner in SA. I doubt any other organization has the balls to hire him for a few more years because he was so ****ing young at the time.

I don't care if Bennett is portrayed as the devil. He is responsible for building a model franchise from top to bottom. Schultz wouldn't have surrounded Durant with the same talent, and he'd probably be playing for the Lakers by now. Revisionist history goes both ways.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

From what I'm hearing around here......the majority of fans are glad they're ****ing leaving.

No surprise. Other than the initial years and the Webber years they haven't seemed to give a ****. Of course they've had some god awful teams there. Now their star player is a complete punk. Hopefully, he improves his attitude and he'll be a top player in the league.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by okcchief

Believe me. I know Clay Bennett wanted to go to OKC. However, Seattle had a chance to keep them. You don't know what you got til it's gone, and now they passed the same bill.

If Bennett doesn't buy the Sonics there is very little chance they hire Presti which is the key to the whole thing. He knew him because he was a minority owner in SA. I doubt any other organization has the balls to hire him for a few more years because he was so ****ing young at the time.

I don't care if Bennett is portrayed as the devil. He is responsible for building a model franchise from top to bottom. Schultz wouldn't have surrounded Durant with the same talent, and he'd probably be playing for the Lakers by now. Revisionist history goes both ways.

As someone who was probably closer to that situation than anyone else here, I say you're right. Schultz would have never surrounded Durant the way Presti has. Doesn't matter. What's done is done.

[Fruit Ninja]

Originally Posted by okcchief

No surprise. Other than the initial years and the Webber years they haven't seemed to give a ****. Of course they've had some god awful teams there. Now their star player is a complete punk. Hopefully, he improves his attitude and he'll be a top player in the league.

The players they have drafted recently have not gotten better, Tyreke Evans who i thought was going to be a ****ing beast after his intial rookie year hasnt gotten better and possibly even worse. Cousins, can be a good player, but he's leveled out and is a head case.

Outside of Sac, there arent many kings fans, its all Lakers and Warriors i think. lol

[JoeyChuckles]

I just read the history of the Kings on Wikipedia. That is one troubled franchise.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Fruit Ninja

The players they have drafted recently have not gotten better, Tyreke Evans who i thought was going to be a ****ing beast after his intial rookie year hasnt gotten better and possibly even worse. Cousins, can be a good player, but he's leveled out and is a head case.

Outside of Sac, there arent many kings fans, its all Lakers and Warriors i think. lol

I remember being at the Sacramento airport a few years ago and there was more Laker gear in their store. That was a rivalry for a short period of time. I kind of thought to myself they aren't long for this town.

[okcchief]

I thought Tyreke Evans would be a star as well. He shows flashes, but overall is just meh.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Who are you talking about as their star with a bad attitude? Aaron Brooks? I don't know. I'm so out of the loop.

[ChiefsCountry]

The real star for the Kings is DeMarcus Cousins who is a major headcase.

[BigCatDaddy]

What the hell happened to that the team? They were for the most fun team in the NBA to watch for about 5 years. Webber, Bibby, Vlade dade.... They win a title or two if Donaghy isn't screwing them over.