What if Scenario...?

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(12-23-2020, 12:57 AM)jason Wrote: I know the city of Seattle hasn't given up, and there are several grass roots organizations that keep lobbying for an expansion Sonics. They were in line to get the Kings a few years back, but Kevin Johnson pulled a lot of strings as the mayor of Sacramento and helped get a new deal for an arena. A bunch of Sonics fans showed up to a Kings game when all that was going on to show support for Sacramento... In other words; they didn't want another city's team.

But yeah... It's beyond ****** up how the Sonics leaving happened. The NBA was complicit at the time too. The sad part is that younger fans really don't know about the team, and guys like Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp aren't really seen for how great they were because there is no organization to honor or celebrate them... Shawn Kemp's not even in the Hall of Fame.

But yeah... The Sonics were as popular as Seahawks and the Griffey Mariners back then. I went to a Sonics game when I was 21 or 22... It was nuts! Key Arena is a lil smaller than most arenas, and it really loud, but in top of that the in game experience was really good.

Yeah it's a big disappointment what happened to Seattle. It was a shame the 1995 Sonics didn't win the finals and never made it back again. Maybe if they had won it,  the Sonics don't end up moving. But the greedy owner would have probably done it anyway. I honestly don't think cincy fans would be too devastated if the Bengals move,  if their ownership keeps continuing on their current trend for another six years. Maybe if things change soon and the Bengals become a serious championship contender,  the fans would be devastated. But if they become that good,  the city probably would do a whole lot to keep them in Cincinnati anyways and the move would not be allowed to happen.