First things first, Welcome Kevin Durant. (and Jeff Green) In one draft the Sonics have comepletely rebuilt the team (and some would say made it easier to move, more on that in a few). The team is now younger, more athletic, and better defending. The three point shooting and points lost with Ray Allen will be replaced by Wally and Kevin (three pointers and scoring), not to mention the much improved defense added by Green and Delonte West. Factor in the money saved from trading Ray, which helps in the re-signing of Rashard. When Wally's contract expires in two years, that will only free up more money for a team who will be looking to add hopefully one last piece for a championship run. Another factor I like about this team is all of the front court scoring we have. Lewis, Green, Durant, Wilcox, and even Nick Collison can all get points inside, which takes some pressure off our guards. All in all I was very impressed with the moves and draft picks made by our front office, and I fully trust young Sam Presti and the rest of his front office to run this team correctly.
Also There has been alot said about the Seattle Sonics packing up and leaving town, since That Dousche Bag Who Owns Starbucks sold The Sonics (for a hefty profit) to Oklahoma City Businessman Clay Bennett. While Bennett has said he will look into moving the Sonics to somewhere like Kansas City or Oklahoma City, I believe he is blowing smoke. His threat of an October deadline to agree to build a new arena is just a weak attempt at forcing the Washington State Legislature to be called to a Special Session (the only one who can call it is Chris Gregoire) which wont happen. Reasons he wont leave?
- Has a lease with Key Arena through 2010 which would be VERY expensive to get out of
- Seattle is the 13th rated market, whereas KC and OkC are somwhere like 32nd and 41st
- He would have to get approval from the city in question to either build a new stadium or move into an existing one (which wouldnt be any different really then Key Arena so why pay so much to leave something for the same thing?)
- He would have to get approval from the NBA and its boards to move, and they do not want the team to move
In the end, he would have to pay way too much money to move to another city where he would not make as much as he would here in Seattle. More likely, Seattle will agree to a newer stadium down the road when the lease is nearly up in 2010.
Links:- David Stern's thoughts on the Sonics and the first mentions of the Indian proposal
- Greg Johns offers insight into a possible new home for the Sonics, provided by none other then a local Indian tribe.
- A former Sonics Coach pops up again in the NBA, as the Maverick's newest assistant coach.
- British authorities find and disarm a car bomb in London, and another possible carbomb is being investigated in an apparent attack by Islamic extremists.
- And people say that we spread propoganda here in America?
- Ever wonder who were the greatest movie basketball players? Thankfully Cracked answered this question for us.
- They also tell us what we were supposed to learn from the best 80's cartoons.
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I look forward to reading your views about sports and whatever else you might write about. Good luck!
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