as a 76ers fan, the sonics should of stayed in seattle because i respected the sonics but the organization took them away from the city that rightfully deserved a NBA team. how pathetic
Bill Simmons is a total douche. Come on now, he's just another bitter fan. His stuff is a joke, just like all of the crap that is posted on here and in those stupid blogs/forums. OKC didn't do anything wrong, Seattle dropped the ball and they paid the price, that's all. There was no screwjob. They operated with a smug, arrogant attitude and it ended up costing them their only pro sports franchise with any real meaning. Sorry, but it's true. Nobody misses Seattle, why should they?
realax seattleites it is just fuckin baseketball it is sports not life there are more important thing out there than basketball like life get a life seattleites Clay Bennet was just being a good bussines man and that what the NBA is a bussines losers nothing that is searous just bussines and entertainment so get a life and stop crying about some stupid basketball team you didnt support it is not like you house burned down losers ha ha ha ha ha seattle sonics are in okc now bitches
As a bucks fan, it makes me sick what happened to Seattle. Theres always talks about the Bucks moving due to our arena, and I would hate to see them just leave because they didn't like the arena, without giving Milwaukee a fair chance to build a new one. A lot of people in Milwaukee care about the Bucks like Seattle did about the Sonics, and I would hate to see that happen again.. I won't ever think of the OKC Thunder as the Thunder, they just seem like an empty shell of what the Sonics were..
seattle is better of without NBA you have lots of other things and you didn't care enough so you lost the sonics and why do you sonic fans hate the thunder jerseys the thunder have great jersey way better than the sonics jerseys that they wore in the 1990s those jersey were ugly just becuase you had a team for 40 years doesn't mean that you seattle sonic fans deserve nba more than a city with better fans and a newer or renovated arena welcome to major leagues seattle maybe you lose the seahawks
Clay will probably screw you too. Once a liar always a liar!!!!
Wait and see when Durant leaves as soon as his contract is up nobody would come to your city where all of the owners are liars!!! PROVEN LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And You ARE A SCUMBAG for supporting PROVEN LIARS!!! YOU SCUMBAG!!!
maybe you will lose the seahawks clay bennat and david stern are national heros great people the people in okc showed that they wanted an nba team and they got one seattlites
guess what david will sell the thunders to god knows what and seattle is better off without nba and oklahoma is. oklahomosexual is the gayest city ever!!!
ok picture yourself living in washington 49 years and sonics arived a little later then they were your team 40 years then oklahomo came in and stole the tame and named them selves the stealers ... wait no thunders (but to everyone in seattle its the stealers) and just left you there hopeless.
I can't think of one person outside of the state of Oklahoma that is happy for what happened last year. I take from Bill Simmons, the Team That Shall Not Be Named belongs in Seattle.
I thought this was just about a lying greedy bastard named Clay Bennett and I had nothing but respect for the Oklahoma fans, but now after reading what they are writing all I can say is you have just joined in with a greedy lying pig named Clay Bennett who has bought the team under false pretenses and now will have to give it back to Howard Shultz. Are all Oklahomans so freaking stupid???
Any Judge in their right mind would take the team away from Clay Bennett and give it back to Howard Shultz. CLAY BENNETT IS A LYING PIECE OF SHIT WHO LIES AND CHEATS EVERYTIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH EXCEPT WHEN DAVID STERN IS FEEDING HIM WITH HIS ASSHOLE COMMENTS!!! ANYONE WHO DEALS WITH CLAY BENNETT SHOULD FUCK HIM OVER IN ANY WAY THEY CAN JUST LIKE HE TRIED TO DO IN SEATTLE BUT GOT CAUGHT!!! CLAY BENNETT SHOUL BE ASHAMED TO HAVE KIDS AND ANYONE IN OKLAHOMA WHO SUPPORTS THIS GREEDY BASTARD FUCK!
Seattle needs the sonics keep them there! Move the fucking LA Clippers to OKC! I'm from Minnesota and My grandpa was telling me how pissed off everyone was when the lakers left for L.A., THERE ARE NO LAKES IN L.A. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! GO SUPERSONIC FANS! FIGHT THOSE NBA AND OKLAHOMO BASTARDS WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!
KHallesy- So they're leaving a whopping two years early. That means your city has been cheated out of, what, 28 wins? Tough shit. It's still no excuse to make substandard commercials about trying to keep the NBA's red-headed step child in your shitty city. Bennet lied because he felt sorry for you people which prevented him from telling you he hated the streak mark on the map that is Seattle. Oh, and trade Durrant. You're wasting a superstar. If you don't believe me, ask your precious Glove.
*Sorry- Durant, not Durrant. I probably would have gotten it right the first time if I were able to get a Sonics jersey from anywhere except the claw-drop machine next to the shitter at Denny's.
ad 287 is a complete dip shit. Heres the facts you stupid fuck. We spent 100 million 12 years ago and gave the Sonics everything they asked for. They agreed to play in Seattle through 2010. We are in the process of a 300 million dollar stadium and it will end up being a 500 million dollar stadium when all is done. Hust like the Mariners and Seahawks. But Clay Bennett has lied and cheated almost everytime he has opedned his mouth and he is a cock sucking mother fucker
Nobody cares about 12 years ago. They care about now, and if Seattle can't even approve funding for a renovation to KeyArena, that's their problem. Hell....The Ford Center is only 6 years old, and we're already about to do renovations to make it even better. We, the citizens, voted in favor of extending a self-imposed 1 cent sales tax for the $120 million, 100 million for the renovations and $20 million for a new practice facility. Ya'll should take some notes on how to run things the right way.
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you ppl in seattle are stupid!!! all you had to do was find public funding for a new arena and you couldn't even do that!!! so stop crying about loosing your team. maybe if you guys showed up and spoke up when it was time instead of waiting until the last minute you would still have a team.
We may live in the northwest, but money doesn't grow on trees. We are still paying for Safeco and Qwest, and the Kay was just remodeled 12 years ago in which Stern called it "One of the best places to watch a game."
With all the e-mails coming out, it's obvious that Bennett didn't operate in good faith, the Schultz case is going to expose him even more.
Never mind Safeco and Qwest; we're still paying for the KINGDOME, and that hasn't existed since 2000! Not only that but 520 and the Alaskan Way Viaduct are in need of replacement.
One of the definitions of "stern" in the dictionary is "the back end of anything"... hmmm.
garner gentry thinks he can read our minds from the dustbowl/armpit of the west? havent cared? what would he do? we filed lawsuits,held rallys,wrote letters-to no avail. armchair quarterback-as fans we are helpless.the fans in seattle did nothing to you-why the animosity? the team will eventually move to vegas etc.and then you will know how it feels to be ripped off,and still have to pay for it.
Where were all you Sonic fans when the team couldn't finish in the top 20 in attendance the last ten years? Let the team go, build an arena, keep the Sonic name, colors and logo, and get an expansion team in two years. And for god's sake, show up to games once in a while. Seattle has been the highest rated city in liveability, and has a very high per capita income.
we were there. this year we finished 22nd in attendance percentage and before that, the last four years were in the 90 percents in attendance. i mean, this year, we were only 4 percent behind a hornets team that was in the drivers seat in the western conference for much of the year. and we renovated the arena just over 10 years ago. we dont really need a new one, it was just bennett and sterns excuse to get out.
How sad, the Sonics move and seattle may never have another NBA franchise. I feel sorry for the players, going from one of the best cities in America to one of the worst. It is like going from shopping at Nordstrom to shopping at Wal Mart.
Extortion could happen today - the day I hear Jeannie Buss sold the Lakers to some dude in North Dakota, I will be bawling and Hollywood would come out in droves to keep the team here...Seattle, I know it SEEMS TOO LATE, but somehow someone needs to throw a team, money, or both at that bastard Bennett and also find a way to make Stern happy in the process.
I know, Seattle, WHY NOT THE HORNETS???OR THE GRIZZ???OR THE BOBCATS???
Also, the Sonics barely even marketed the team at all this year. They fired their flagship radio station last year, and opted towards an AM radio station that doesn't get reception in 30% of King County. Then they dismantled the team of every fan favorite player/coach that had local ties to the city. Which ultimately lead to the worst record in team history
Clayton Bennett was hoping the fans would lose interest in the team, and guess what...... he didn't!
everyone who says this hasnt done their research. we do care, we have cared. people who say stuff like that just take it from the local news, maybe even espn because that is the perception we get because that is the perception clay bennett is putting out there. truth is, no team save the bulls, lakers, celtics, and the knicks get much attendance when they are in a down year like we were this year. we still filled the stadium 78% of the way with the second worst team in the nba.
as a 76ers fan, the sonics should of stayed in seattle because i respected the sonics but the organization took them away from the city that rightfully deserved a NBA team. how pathetic
TheUltimatePhillyFan 7 months ago
Show up to the games and you have nothing to worry about.
okcrep1986 2 years ago
@okcrep1986 Until Bennett bought the team, people DID show up to the games.
samusman1 1 month ago
Bill Simmons is a total douche. Come on now, he's just another bitter fan. His stuff is a joke, just like all of the crap that is posted on here and in those stupid blogs/forums. OKC didn't do anything wrong, Seattle dropped the ball and they paid the price, that's all. There was no screwjob. They operated with a smug, arrogant attitude and it ended up costing them their only pro sports franchise with any real meaning. Sorry, but it's true. Nobody misses Seattle, why should they?
ad287 2 years ago
realax seattleites it is just fuckin baseketball it is sports not life there are more important thing out there than basketball like life get a life seattleites Clay Bennet was just being a good bussines man and that what the NBA is a bussines losers nothing that is searous just bussines and entertainment so get a life and stop crying about some stupid basketball team you didnt support it is not like you house burned down losers ha ha ha ha ha seattle sonics are in okc now bitches
okcthunder2 2 years ago
well now the lakers are open to buy because cali is out of money and we still have some
KHallesy 2 years ago
As a bucks fan, it makes me sick what happened to Seattle. Theres always talks about the Bucks moving due to our arena, and I would hate to see them just leave because they didn't like the arena, without giving Milwaukee a fair chance to build a new one. A lot of people in Milwaukee care about the Bucks like Seattle did about the Sonics, and I would hate to see that happen again.. I won't ever think of the OKC Thunder as the Thunder, they just seem like an empty shell of what the Sonics were..
2623529995 2 years ago
seattle is better of without NBA you have lots of other things and you didn't care enough so you lost the sonics and why do you sonic fans hate the thunder jerseys the thunder have great jersey way better than the sonics jerseys that they wore in the 1990s those jersey were ugly just becuase you had a team for 40 years doesn't mean that you seattle sonic fans deserve nba more than a city with better fans and a newer or renovated arena welcome to major leagues seattle maybe you lose the seahawks
okcthunder2 2 years ago
he just said he was a bucks fan
KHallesy 2 years ago 2
And he said he was a Bucks fan, and I'm a Bulls fan.
okcthunder2 = FAIL
tigernike23 2 years ago
Clay will probably screw you too. Once a liar always a liar!!!!
Wait and see when Durant leaves as soon as his contract is up nobody would come to your city where all of the owners are liars!!! PROVEN LIARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And You ARE A SCUMBAG for supporting PROVEN LIARS!!! YOU SCUMBAG!!!
Enjoy your team you stole!!!
KHallesy 3 years ago
maybe you will lose the seahawks clay bennat and david stern are national heros great people the people in okc showed that they wanted an nba team and they got one seattlites
okcthunder2 2 years ago
guess what david will sell the thunders to god knows what and seattle is better off without nba and oklahoma is. oklahomosexual is the gayest city ever!!!
ok picture yourself living in washington 49 years and sonics arived a little later then they were your team 40 years then oklahomo came in and stole the tame and named them selves the stealers ... wait no thunders (but to everyone in seattle its the stealers) and just left you there hopeless.
KHallesy 2 years ago
I can't think of one person outside of the state of Oklahoma that is happy for what happened last year. I take from Bill Simmons, the Team That Shall Not Be Named belongs in Seattle.
tigernike23 2 years ago
clay you are the sonics seattle was not worthy
rebeljebb 3 years ago
we're not stupid...
we just kow how to get shit passed so we don't have to come to youtube and cry like a lil bitch.
at least we'll have ppl in the stands.
good luck with try'n to find a new team. im off to the bank! LMAO
asugolfer12 3 years ago
I thought this was just about a lying greedy bastard named Clay Bennett and I had nothing but respect for the Oklahoma fans, but now after reading what they are writing all I can say is you have just joined in with a greedy lying pig named Clay Bennett who has bought the team under false pretenses and now will have to give it back to Howard Shultz. Are all Oklahomans so freaking stupid???
KHallesy 3 years ago
hes not going to give it back to Schults so shutup fAGGOt
garnergentry 3 years ago
Any Judge in their right mind would take the team away from Clay Bennett and give it back to Howard Shultz. CLAY BENNETT IS A LYING PIECE OF SHIT WHO LIES AND CHEATS EVERYTIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH EXCEPT WHEN DAVID STERN IS FEEDING HIM WITH HIS ASSHOLE COMMENTS!!! ANYONE WHO DEALS WITH CLAY BENNETT SHOULD FUCK HIM OVER IN ANY WAY THEY CAN JUST LIKE HE TRIED TO DO IN SEATTLE BUT GOT CAUGHT!!! CLAY BENNETT SHOUL BE ASHAMED TO HAVE KIDS AND ANYONE IN OKLAHOMA WHO SUPPORTS THIS GREEDY BASTARD FUCK!
KHallesy 3 years ago
The Sonics are staying in SEATTLE.
And OKC will be the ones whining.
tukwila206 3 years ago
No offence to OKC but the Sonics should stay in Seattle. Why doesn't the NBA give the Clippers to OKC? They already have two teams.
la16i 3 years ago
ya never know, kiddo! strange things can happen! Clay Bennett Sucks Okie Balls!
markofly76 3 years ago 2
Seattle needs the sonics keep them there! Move the fucking LA Clippers to OKC! I'm from Minnesota and My grandpa was telling me how pissed off everyone was when the lakers left for L.A., THERE ARE NO LAKES IN L.A. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! GO SUPERSONIC FANS! FIGHT THOSE NBA AND OKLAHOMO BASTARDS WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE!
Mortskcab 3 years ago 2
KHallesy- So they're leaving a whopping two years early. That means your city has been cheated out of, what, 28 wins? Tough shit. It's still no excuse to make substandard commercials about trying to keep the NBA's red-headed step child in your shitty city. Bennet lied because he felt sorry for you people which prevented him from telling you he hated the streak mark on the map that is Seattle. Oh, and trade Durrant. You're wasting a superstar. If you don't believe me, ask your precious Glove.
paulconyers 3 years ago
*Sorry- Durant, not Durrant. I probably would have gotten it right the first time if I were able to get a Sonics jersey from anywhere except the claw-drop machine next to the shitter at Denny's.
paulconyers 3 years ago
ad 287 is a complete dip shit. Heres the facts you stupid fuck. We spent 100 million 12 years ago and gave the Sonics everything they asked for. They agreed to play in Seattle through 2010. We are in the process of a 300 million dollar stadium and it will end up being a 500 million dollar stadium when all is done. Hust like the Mariners and Seahawks. But Clay Bennett has lied and cheated almost everytime he has opedned his mouth and he is a cock sucking mother fucker
KHallesy 3 years ago
Nobody cares about 12 years ago. They care about now, and if Seattle can't even approve funding for a renovation to KeyArena, that's their problem. Hell....The Ford Center is only 6 years old, and we're already about to do renovations to make it even better. We, the citizens, voted in favor of extending a self-imposed 1 cent sales tax for the $120 million, 100 million for the renovations and $20 million for a new practice facility. Ya'll should take some notes on how to run things the right way.
ad287 3 years ago
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you ppl in seattle are stupid!!! all you had to do was find public funding for a new arena and you couldn't even do that!!! so stop crying about loosing your team. maybe if you guys showed up and spoke up when it was time instead of waiting until the last minute you would still have a team.
asugolfer12 3 years ago
We may live in the northwest, but money doesn't grow on trees. We are still paying for Safeco and Qwest, and the Kay was just remodeled 12 years ago in which Stern called it "One of the best places to watch a game."
With all the e-mails coming out, it's obvious that Bennett didn't operate in good faith, the Schultz case is going to expose him even more.
bober5 3 years ago
Never mind Safeco and Qwest; we're still paying for the KINGDOME, and that hasn't existed since 2000! Not only that but 520 and the Alaskan Way Viaduct are in need of replacement.
One of the definitions of "stern" in the dictionary is "the back end of anything"... hmmm.
Jeff98177 3 years ago
Your a fucking clueless dipshit so learn the facts before you comment next time you fucking moran!
KHallesy 3 years ago
garner gentry thinks he can read our minds from the dustbowl/armpit of the west? havent cared? what would he do? we filed lawsuits,held rallys,wrote letters-to no avail. armchair quarterback-as fans we are helpless.the fans in seattle did nothing to you-why the animosity? the team will eventually move to vegas etc.and then you will know how it feels to be ripped off,and still have to pay for it.
GTichris70 3 years ago 2
The NBA...
Where taking your team for granted means losing them happens.
Where being arrogant, elitist, stubborn people means you're gonna pay the price happens.
Where not showing any real emotion until it's too little too late results in your city looking like fools happens.
Where patiently waiting for your time to take the next step and shine means you'll be rewarded happens.
Where a young, talented, project team leaves a lame-duck situation for a fresh start happens...The NBA
ad287 3 years ago
Where 15 year old arenas are out of date happens
Where trading 41 years for one and a half happens
Where stealing is okay happens
Where lying to one of the most respected cities happens
Where a commissioner doesn't know what the hell he's doing happens
bober5 3 years ago
Save Our Sonics
chrisz 3 years ago
Where were all you Sonic fans when the team couldn't finish in the top 20 in attendance the last ten years? Let the team go, build an arena, keep the Sonic name, colors and logo, and get an expansion team in two years. And for god's sake, show up to games once in a while. Seattle has been the highest rated city in liveability, and has a very high per capita income.
nancinmofo 3 years ago
we were there. this year we finished 22nd in attendance percentage and before that, the last four years were in the 90 percents in attendance. i mean, this year, we were only 4 percent behind a hornets team that was in the drivers seat in the western conference for much of the year. and we renovated the arena just over 10 years ago. we dont really need a new one, it was just bennett and sterns excuse to get out.
AItoMELO 3 years ago 2
How sad, the Sonics move and seattle may never have another NBA franchise. I feel sorry for the players, going from one of the best cities in America to one of the worst. It is like going from shopping at Nordstrom to shopping at Wal Mart.
nancinmofo 3 years ago 2
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guess what suckers to little to late you didnt fix your stadium so hello oklahoma city super sonics!
supono123 3 years ago
smart man
garnergentry 3 years ago
not so fast bitch. pick up a newspaper, if you can read. Buh-Bye OKC!!! BUHBYE!!!
Maybe you can get a nice hockey team.
Whatchagonado 3 years ago 2
we renovated key arena just a little over 10 years ago.
AItoMELO 3 years ago
Ladies and gentlemen,
Extortion could happen today - the day I hear Jeannie Buss sold the Lakers to some dude in North Dakota, I will be bawling and Hollywood would come out in droves to keep the team here...Seattle, I know it SEEMS TOO LATE, but somehow someone needs to throw a team, money, or both at that bastard Bennett and also find a way to make Stern happy in the process.
I know, Seattle, WHY NOT THE HORNETS???OR THE GRIZZ???OR THE BOBCATS???
TORLBC 3 years ago
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you all havent cared about them until now so why shouldnt they move
garnergentry 3 years ago
Also, the Sonics barely even marketed the team at all this year. They fired their flagship radio station last year, and opted towards an AM radio station that doesn't get reception in 30% of King County. Then they dismantled the team of every fan favorite player/coach that had local ties to the city. Which ultimately lead to the worst record in team history
Clayton Bennett was hoping the fans would lose interest in the team, and guess what...... he didn't!
roncouden 3 years ago
everyone who says this hasnt done their research. we do care, we have cared. people who say stuff like that just take it from the local news, maybe even espn because that is the perception we get because that is the perception clay bennett is putting out there. truth is, no team save the bulls, lakers, celtics, and the knicks get much attendance when they are in a down year like we were this year. we still filled the stadium 78% of the way with the second worst team in the nba.
AItoMELO 3 years ago
Loved it! Thanks for making this. Save the Sonics!
hoopsffl 3 years ago