I feel truly sorry for what the Sonics fans had to put up with. As an A's fan, I can't help but think that the exact same thing is going on right now with the Oakland Athletics. No thanks to Lew Wolff and Billy Beane, the A's are being forced out of Oakland just so that Wolff could build a crummy stadium in San Jose. I wish Seattle the best and I hope that you can help the A's stay in Oakland (even though it's an MLB team).
seattle fans are the worst fans in the HISTORY of the nba. if u wanted sonics then you would have chanted DONT LEAVE during your games but u didint u were idiots quite not chanting anything. u didint make enough noise.
@pinoyrawr You are clearly misinformed on the facts. Sonics fans chanted "Save Our Sonics" and SOS held rallies at almost every home game the last two years before Bennett stole our team. You need to watch the full documentary Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team and educate yourself before you sound foolish with comments like this.
Screw Clay Bennett, screw Howard Schultz, screw David stern and screw the NBA, I hope this league goes down the toilet. Thunder SUCK! Durant sucks, Westbrook sucks, and oh yeah CLAY BENNETT SUCKS!
I'm a big hornets fan, but I have to say, if we handnt moved to OKC after Katrina, they probably just would've expanded the KeyArena and stayed in Seattle
david stern is a backstabbing c***sucker. i wonder how much he was paid under the table to allow that deal to happen. who lets a major NBA team in a MAJOR NBA market leave for a small town market and is only known for a terrorist attack. That may sound bad but honestly that is the only way i knew okc before the thunder came to town. O wait its because of that brand new arena that they built when the hornets shitted out on them. can't leave em hangin. personally i think the nba f'd up.
Thunder Basketball. From the opening tipoff to the final call! You can be with the people and hear them shout as you watch the shooting stars come out/ Thunder, yea your OK! You bring us all the thrills of the NBA. Its great to the the Thunder boom in the FORD When the Thunder play in OKC!
As a seattle cabbie, i personally felt the economic loss,from losing the sonics, and i resonally blame Hoard Shultz, because he was suck a greedy and vindictive bitch,that he could not stand to see any locals from microsoft, make something out of that team..something he could not do...Boycott Sturfucks !!!
If Nickels could have waited untill the verdict was read, the Sonics would still be in the city where they belong. It is hard to believe 41 years of basketball and memories could be sold like that. Give Seattle that 2 years they should have been in the KeyArena and our city would have figured a way to keep the team. Thanks for nothing Nickels!
Great job on this film. I live in Charlotte, NC and know what you feel. Both mayors eneded up screwing their cities by caving into the NBA. I feel worse for you because you fought for your team to stay. Our team left and we didn't care. 2 years later we got a team and new arena we did not want. This film should be shown to any city considering a NBA franchise.
Howard Schultz, Wally Walker and David Stern can eat my f*cking dingleberries. All of my f*cking dingleberries, from now until the day I die. C*cksucking greedy f*ckwads.
yeah, it still hurts to this day... especially seeing how Durant is growing up and taking charge... Even though I hate Clay Bennett and his cronies for taking away the Sonics. I can't really say I blame them. It was in reality Howard Schultz' fault. The sad thing is that Seattle was the city that helped make Starbucks famous and he turns around and sells Seattle out. f'n as*hole...
I recommend everyone to watch Sonicsgate at their website as soon as you get a chance. Sacramento may be the NBA's next victim as the Maloofs plan on shipping the Kings to a better arena.
I'm from Ottawa, capital of Canada, and I'm a long time NBA fan, my first NBA game was when I visited my cousin in Seattle and he took me to see the Sonics vs Mavs in 2006. Growing up I'll always remember Payton, Kemp, Schrempf, Hawkins, and Perkins, and the 1996 Western Conf Champs!!! Hopefully Seattle will get a franchise again, I mean Charlotte did after the Hornets went to New orleans right?
Next game - Cavs vs Raps, Toronto February 26 baby!!!
I'm from the Principallity of Andorra in Europe and my dream was going to the USA to watch a match in Seattle, but now my dream is break.... Sorry people, the sonics never die in me.
rose to chicago,griffin to l.a, i fully understand that, those are huge markets but the nba's posterboy goes to ohio ? im surprised l.a didnt win it that yr
Gotta wonder how those transplanted Seattle players enjoyed the tornadoes in OKC this year!! lol
Damien Wilkins has got to be happy as hell he got his wish and got his ass shipped outta there!! I remember reading a quote from him in The Seattle TImes the day after the settlement was announced July of last year
( " I'm really, really mad about this!! " ). Hopefully, Collison will get traded too since he expressed his longing for Seattle recently and got chastised for it by an OKC radio host.
i read an article about this in the seattle times and theyre not planning on ever charging money for ppl to watch it cause the filmmakers want to get the story out. So you can probably see it online for however long you need
Having a basketball team would help any cities unemployment rate. In order for Seattle to get another NBA team we need to create a bunch of construction jobs. Woodside, as you can see your insightful commentary on the economy is not mututally exclusive to having a professional NBA basketball team. Yes to jobs and yes to culture.
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bottom line...they're selling a bunch of seats in OKC even with a losing team, and they have a bright future there. money rules, fans shouldn't be so caught up with one city. there's no loyalty from teams to people. people gotta stop being so loyal back. there's needs to be more free agent fans.
LOL it's easy to sell seats your first year of existence. you can't compare ticket sales for a team in their 41st year with a terrible on-court product and an owner intentionally poisoning the relationship with the fans to a first year upstart in a town that has never had pro sports.
let's see how well they sell in OKC their tenth year with no sniff of the playoffs. how about the 41st? the new team smell will fade and so will local interest in the Blunder franchise.
well thats not totally true. for example, the paul allen paid a considerable amount of private money for the building of Qwest. But the city still partly owns the stadium. But what Bennet did was malicious, intentional, and straight up wrong.
you haven't experienced it man so I don't think you should be the one telling Seattle fans to move on. Sonics fans your more than welcome to jump the Toronto bandwagon alot of Vancouver fans former teams were the sonics so it's only right we take you guys on.
Yeah, hate Clay Bennett. I'd expect loyal Sonics fans to hate him. But if you bought a new toy, you'd want to take it home too. Bottom line is, Shultz sold out the Sonics, Nichols rolled over and let it happen, and Stern pushed the process along. So yeah, hate Bennett, but please, stop the hate of Oklahoma City. Trust me, as a Oklahoman who loves his city, it broke my heart to see the Sonics leave Seattle. Plus, whether the Sonics/Thunder suck, no matter what you call them. GO MAVERICKS!!!
Finally someone is exposing the shadiness of clay bennet and david stern. they played the biggest part of the sonics leaving and i hope they both rot in hell together. my sonics will be back though, and when they do ill be glad its not that mess of a team that got shipped to oklahoma. go sonics, fuck the thunder!!
Clay Bennet is a lieing bastard. I am from L.A. and I hate the OKC Blunders, because he stole the Sonics from Seatlle, and OKC from the Hornets. The Hornets had every intention of moving back to OKC in a couple years, if New Orleans was doing as bad as it currently is.
I feel truly sorry for what the Sonics fans had to put up with. As an A's fan, I can't help but think that the exact same thing is going on right now with the Oakland Athletics. No thanks to Lew Wolff and Billy Beane, the A's are being forced out of Oakland just so that Wolff could build a crummy stadium in San Jose. I wish Seattle the best and I hope that you can help the A's stay in Oakland (even though it's an MLB team).
TheMCcane 2 months ago
seattle fans are the worst fans in the HISTORY of the nba. if u wanted sonics then you would have chanted DONT LEAVE during your games but u didint u were idiots quite not chanting anything. u didint make enough noise.
pinoyrawr 3 months ago
@pinoyrawr You are clearly misinformed on the facts. Sonics fans chanted "Save Our Sonics" and SOS held rallies at almost every home game the last two years before Bennett stole our team. You need to watch the full documentary Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team and educate yourself before you sound foolish with comments like this.
Sonicsgate 3 months ago
@pinoyrawr you are clearly a moron and are just hating on seattle.
cburns1689 1 month ago
@cburns1689 in that post i was trolling. this was along time ago relax i actually love the sonics.
pinoyrawr 1 month ago
if you win a championship you cant leave thats it period fuck stern and bennet
razkable 3 months ago
i feel sorry 4 sonic fans, this almost happen 2 me a kings fan. u guys deserve a team. help the kings stay!!!
Asmerful 7 months ago 2
Song: Jake one - the truth
Jake one is also a product of Seattle.
lolsotheara 7 months ago
now what am i gonna do during basketball season when its raining
icytowergames 7 months ago
whats the opening song
The3sikkidz 8 months ago
Screw Clay Bennett, screw Howard Schultz, screw David stern and screw the NBA, I hope this league goes down the toilet. Thunder SUCK! Durant sucks, Westbrook sucks, and oh yeah CLAY BENNETT SUCKS!
CardinalsSpurs 10 months ago
I'm a big hornets fan, but I have to say, if we handnt moved to OKC after Katrina, they probably just would've expanded the KeyArena and stayed in Seattle
andrewhurricane 11 months ago
I hate Howard Shultz!!!!
andrewhurricane 11 months ago
lets go thunder!!
bkimmel5 1 year ago
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david stern is a backstabbing c***sucker. i wonder how much he was paid under the table to allow that deal to happen. who lets a major NBA team in a MAJOR NBA market leave for a small town market and is only known for a terrorist attack. That may sound bad but honestly that is the only way i knew okc before the thunder came to town. O wait its because of that brand new arena that they built when the hornets shitted out on them. can't leave em hangin. personally i think the nba f'd up.
oregonducksrpimpen 1 year ago
what old song is that at the beginning?
MrJayjayjay1 1 year ago
Thunder Basketball. From the opening tipoff to the final call! You can be with the people and hear them shout as you watch the shooting stars come out/ Thunder, yea your OK! You bring us all the thrills of the NBA. Its great to the the Thunder boom in the FORD When the Thunder play in OKC!
tulsaschoolboard 1 year ago
As a seattle cabbie, i personally felt the economic loss,from losing the sonics, and i resonally blame Hoard Shultz, because he was suck a greedy and vindictive bitch,that he could not stand to see any locals from microsoft, make something out of that team..something he could not do...Boycott Sturfucks !!!
MAKATI2LA 1 year ago
If Nickels could have waited untill the verdict was read, the Sonics would still be in the city where they belong. It is hard to believe 41 years of basketball and memories could be sold like that. Give Seattle that 2 years they should have been in the KeyArena and our city would have figured a way to keep the team. Thanks for nothing Nickels!
devinm3 1 year ago
Great job on this film. I live in Charlotte, NC and know what you feel. Both mayors eneded up screwing their cities by caving into the NBA. I feel worse for you because you fought for your team to stay. Our team left and we didn't care. 2 years later we got a team and new arena we did not want. This film should be shown to any city considering a NBA franchise.
Mah81 1 year ago
clay bennett and david stern are butt buddies.
slydawg221 1 year ago
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tlfrank 2 years ago
Howard Schultz, Wally Walker and David Stern can eat my f*cking dingleberries. All of my f*cking dingleberries, from now until the day I die. C*cksucking greedy f*ckwads.
Maxwerm 2 years ago
Hey everyone should check out Manther - "Missin' the Supersonics." It is hilarious!! Bring back the Sonics!!
MrCarsforsale 2 years ago
yeah, it still hurts to this day... especially seeing how Durant is growing up and taking charge... Even though I hate Clay Bennett and his cronies for taking away the Sonics. I can't really say I blame them. It was in reality Howard Schultz' fault. The sad thing is that Seattle was the city that helped make Starbucks famous and he turns around and sells Seattle out. f'n as*hole...
luvinalize 2 years ago
I recommend everyone to watch Sonicsgate at their website as soon as you get a chance. Sacramento may be the NBA's next victim as the Maloofs plan on shipping the Kings to a better arena.
NFLranking 2 years ago
I'm from Ottawa, capital of Canada, and I'm a long time NBA fan, my first NBA game was when I visited my cousin in Seattle and he took me to see the Sonics vs Mavs in 2006. Growing up I'll always remember Payton, Kemp, Schrempf, Hawkins, and Perkins, and the 1996 Western Conf Champs!!! Hopefully Seattle will get a franchise again, I mean Charlotte did after the Hornets went to New orleans right?
Next game - Cavs vs Raps, Toronto February 26 baby!!!
slangyung 2 years ago
I'm from the Principallity of Andorra in Europe and my dream was going to the USA to watch a match in Seattle, but now my dream is break.... Sorry people, the sonics never die in me.
Pachol007 2 years ago
whats the name of the first song in the end credits?
good documentary by the way
AsianWolvernine 2 years ago
fuck bennett
fuck stern
fuck schultz
fuck nickels
to0nstyle 2 years ago 9
so the kings get screwed by the league and stern again :(
btw why is no one makin a fuss about the nets leavin jersey, is is b.cuz the sonics have more history ?
bigsteve0999 2 years ago
rose to chicago,griffin to l.a, i fully understand that, those are huge markets but the nba's posterboy goes to ohio ? im surprised l.a didnt win it that yr
bigsteve0999 2 years ago
but why ?
and also is that why the sonics got the #2 pick in 07
bigsteve0999 2 years ago
did stern have anything to do with this
bigsteve0999 2 years ago
Thanks so much for making this. Can't wait to watch it.
jascl22 2 years ago
Gotta wonder how those transplanted Seattle players enjoyed the tornadoes in OKC this year!! lol
Damien Wilkins has got to be happy as hell he got his wish and got his ass shipped outta there!! I remember reading a quote from him in The Seattle TImes the day after the settlement was announced July of last year
( " I'm really, really mad about this!! " ). Hopefully, Collison will get traded too since he expressed his longing for Seattle recently and got chastised for it by an OKC radio host.
bigal838 2 years ago
I just found out about this tonight while watching KING 5 news.
Can't wait to see it. How long will we be able to watch it online?
bigal838 2 years ago
i read an article about this in the seattle times and theyre not planning on ever charging money for ppl to watch it cause the filmmakers want to get the story out. So you can probably see it online for however long you need
notdonenever 2 years ago
Having a basketball team would help any cities unemployment rate. In order for Seattle to get another NBA team we need to create a bunch of construction jobs. Woodside, as you can see your insightful commentary on the economy is not mututally exclusive to having a professional NBA basketball team. Yes to jobs and yes to culture.
Sonicsgate 2 years ago
@Sonicsgate
The funny thing is now the NBA is reporting finicial losses I hope this continues.
seattleworld2 10 months ago
What's Seattle's unemployment rate? Nine percent? Higher? Isn't that more important than a basketball team?
Woodside5605 2 years ago
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bottom line...they're selling a bunch of seats in OKC even with a losing team, and they have a bright future there. money rules, fans shouldn't be so caught up with one city. there's no loyalty from teams to people. people gotta stop being so loyal back. there's needs to be more free agent fans.
tetnus4 2 years ago
LOL it's easy to sell seats your first year of existence. you can't compare ticket sales for a team in their 41st year with a terrible on-court product and an owner intentionally poisoning the relationship with the fans to a first year upstart in a town that has never had pro sports.
let's see how well they sell in OKC their tenth year with no sniff of the playoffs. how about the 41st? the new team smell will fade and so will local interest in the Blunder franchise.
Sonicsgate 2 years ago
well thats not totally true. for example, the paul allen paid a considerable amount of private money for the building of Qwest. But the city still partly owns the stadium. But what Bennet did was malicious, intentional, and straight up wrong.
notdonenever 2 years ago
Tickets to the October 9th Seattle Premiere are officially SOLD OUT!
Sonicsgate 2 years ago
get over it
its a team, a corporation and Seattle had its sporting priorities odviously.
You still got excellent Huskies basketball
dirty30jr 2 years ago
you haven't experienced it man so I don't think you should be the one telling Seattle fans to move on. Sonics fans your more than welcome to jump the Toronto bandwagon alot of Vancouver fans former teams were the sonics so it's only right we take you guys on.
bwest92 2 years ago 2
I'm looking forward to watching this.
lanscot 2 years ago 3
Yeah, hate Clay Bennett. I'd expect loyal Sonics fans to hate him. But if you bought a new toy, you'd want to take it home too. Bottom line is, Shultz sold out the Sonics, Nichols rolled over and let it happen, and Stern pushed the process along. So yeah, hate Bennett, but please, stop the hate of Oklahoma City. Trust me, as a Oklahoman who loves his city, it broke my heart to see the Sonics leave Seattle. Plus, whether the Sonics/Thunder suck, no matter what you call them. GO MAVERICKS!!!
johnpaulmccain 2 years ago
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jascl22 2 years ago
it is and we can thank that dumbass clay bennet
petorian1 2 years ago 7
Finally someone is exposing the shadiness of clay bennet and david stern. they played the biggest part of the sonics leaving and i hope they both rot in hell together. my sonics will be back though, and when they do ill be glad its not that mess of a team that got shipped to oklahoma. go sonics, fuck the thunder!!
chewiepizza08 2 years ago 2
i hopeclay bennet chokes on a ball of his own semen and dies
kyang8589 2 years ago 2
It's a shame that we don't have a team here given all the great high school and college players coming out of here.
MrBeefinjection 2 years ago 3
fuck the okc thunder! fuck clay bennet! fuck the bitch!
xlaokidx206 2 years ago 3
The trailer looks amazing and I'm really excited to see the full documentary... thank you!
TheJDavidShow 2 years ago 4
Perfect. Can't wait.
suprabrotha 2 years ago
Thank you for making this movie, can't wait to see it.
xxentric1 2 years ago 2
Does anyone know what that song is at the end?
qetwr111 2 years ago
the song at the end is by Neema (Unexpected Arrival) and it is called "The Weatherman."
the earlier two songs are Jake One's "Trap Door" and "The Truth"
Sonicsgate 2 years ago
Many thanks. I'm looking forward to the documentary.
Still think you Sonic fans got the shaft by Bennett.
qetwr111 2 years ago
Just makes me sad.
dogawful 2 years ago 2
Clay Bennet is a lieing bastard. I am from L.A. and I hate the OKC Blunders, because he stole the Sonics from Seatlle, and OKC from the Hornets. The Hornets had every intention of moving back to OKC in a couple years, if New Orleans was doing as bad as it currently is.
aperfectoctogon 2 years ago 4
don't let those corrupt bastards get away with it! FOKC. Seattle SuperSonics 4 ever!!!
abrjam 2 years ago 4
fantastic
CampJones 2 years ago 4