http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdict_preview_TP.186424fd.html

SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have reached
a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the judge who heard
the case.

Judge Marsha Pechman confirmed the settlement in an online posting
Wednesday.

Citing a City Hall source, the SeattleTimes reports the SuperSonics will
leave Seattle as part of the agreement. In exchange, the city would receive
up to $75 million -- less if the city gets another NBA team.

Both Mayor Greg Nickels and Sonics owners are set to hold simultaneous press
conferences at 5 p.m. More details are expected then.

"To have a bad relationship between the city and the tenants of KeyArena,
the Sonics, playing there for two more years. that would be a bad scenario,"
said former Sonic James Donaldson. "I think a settlement probably lends to
the team moving on to Oklahoma City pretty quickly."

The co-founders of Save Our Sonics say they were told to meet with Mayor
Greg Nickels and Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis at 4:15 p.m. for what was described
as an urgent meeting.

ans were airing their feelings on a KING5.com sports blog, where Jake
Bogaards wrote: "Four generations of Sonics fans in my family. I'm brought
to tears by this news. RIP Seattle Supersonics."

Commenter Martin wrote: "I hope Clay Bennet and the other new owners have to
pay through the nose and lose money on their investment."

The Sonics are trying to get out of the final two years of their lease at
KeyArena and move to Oklahoma City. The city sued after the team's owners
filed for arbitration last summer.

During six days of testimony last month, both attorneys for the City of
Seattle and the Sonics ownership marched out economists, city leaders,
KeyArena officials and one Sonics fan to talk about the financial, cultural
and emotional aspect of the team to Seattle, as well as to go through the
language of the lease signed after the arena's renovation in 1994.

But the most dramatic testimony involved the e-mails between Sonics owners
and others indicating the team was talking about moving away from Seattle as
soon as two months after completing the purchase of the team in 2006 - this
despite a promise to negotiate in good faith on a new arena for the Sonics
for twelve months. Sonics majority owner Clay Bennett insisted in court he
was still negotiating in good faith.

On the other side, Sonics attorneys feel they have shown the city had
unclean hands and was involved in a plot to force the Sonics owners to sell
by making it too expensive for them, both litigiously and in the public eye.
The city denies having previous knowledge of the so-called "poisoned well"
plan, but the Sonics' legal team questioned how two entities who had the
same goal could go forward without knowing what each other was doing.


Former Sonics owner Howard Schultz, the man who sold the Sonics to Clay
Bennett and the Professional Basketball Club, is also suing for breach of
contract. Part of the sale included a promise by Bennett for 12 months of
good faith efforts to secure an arena before talking about moving the team.
Schultz is asking for the 2006 sale to be rescinded and to have the team
held in trust until new local owners can be found.

The Seattle Times reports that lawsuit is still set to go forward regardless
of the settlement.

The Sonics say KeyArena is not a viable NBA facility and adds that
disagreements with the city have hurt the team's bottom line.

The NBA has already approved the Sonics move to Oklahoma City, but it's
contingent on the completion of the litigation.

Some Oklahoma City officials have also threatened to sue if the Sonics don't
move there. The team has signed a lease for the Ford Center to begin
whenever the team moves.

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net...
> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdict_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>
> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have
> reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the judge
> who heard the case.
>
> Judge Marsha Pechman confirmed the settlement in an online posting
> Wednesday.
>
> Citing a City Hall source, the SeattleTimes reports the SuperSonics will
> leave Seattle as part of the agreement. In exchange, the city would
> receive up to $75 million -- less if the city gets another NBA team.
>
> Both Mayor Greg Nickels and Sonics owners are set to hold simultaneous
> press conferences at 5 p.m. More details are expected then.
>
> "To have a bad relationship between the city and the tenants of KeyArena,
> the Sonics, playing there for two more years. that would be a bad
> scenario," said former Sonic James Donaldson. "I think a settlement
> probably lends to the team moving on to Oklahoma City pretty quickly."
>
> The co-founders of Save Our Sonics say they were told to meet with Mayor
> Greg Nickels and Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis at 4:15 p.m. for what was described
> as an urgent meeting.
>
> ans were airing their feelings on a KING5.com sports blog, where Jake
> Bogaards wrote: "Four generations of Sonics fans in my family. I'm brought
> to tears by this news. RIP Seattle Supersonics."
>
> Commenter Martin wrote: "I hope Clay Bennet and the other new owners have
> to pay through the nose and lose money on their investment."
>
> The Sonics are trying to get out of the final two years of their lease at
> KeyArena and move to Oklahoma City. The city sued after the team's owners
> filed for arbitration last summer.
>
> During six days of testimony last month, both attorneys for the City of
> Seattle and the Sonics ownership marched out economists, city leaders,
> KeyArena officials and one Sonics fan to talk about the financial,
> cultural and emotional aspect of the team to Seattle, as well as to go
> through the language of the lease signed after the arena's renovation in
> 1994.
>
> But the most dramatic testimony involved the e-mails between Sonics owners
> and others indicating the team was talking about moving away from Seattle
> as soon as two months after completing the purchase of the team in 2006 -
> this despite a promise to negotiate in good faith on a new arena for the
> Sonics for twelve months. Sonics majority owner Clay Bennett insisted in
> court he was still negotiating in good faith.
>
> On the other side, Sonics attorneys feel they have shown the city had
> unclean hands and was involved in a plot to force the Sonics owners to
> sell by making it too expensive for them, both litigiously and in the
> public eye. The city denies having previous knowledge of the so-called
> "poisoned well" plan, but the Sonics' legal team questioned how two
> entities who had the same goal could go forward without knowing what each
> other was doing.
>
>
> Former Sonics owner Howard Schultz, the man who sold the Sonics to Clay
> Bennett and the Professional Basketball Club, is also suing for breach of
> contract. Part of the sale included a promise by Bennett for 12 months of
> good faith efforts to secure an arena before talking about moving the
> team. Schultz is asking for the 2006 sale to be rescinded and to have the
> team held in trust until new local owners can be found.
>
> The Seattle Times reports that lawsuit is still set to go forward
> regardless of the settlement.
>
> The Sonics say KeyArena is not a viable NBA facility and adds that
> disagreements with the city have hurt the team's bottom line.
>
> The NBA has already approved the Sonics move to Oklahoma City, but it's
> contingent on the completion of the litigation.
>
> Some Oklahoma City officials have also threatened to sue if the Sonics
> don't move there. The team has signed a lease for the Ford Center to begin
> whenever the team moves.
>
Shocker, with 3 fingers in the pink

Seattle keeps the name and records and claim they will work at getting
another team.
The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena. Balmer's group
is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.

OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5 years get
another 30 mil.

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:

> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>
> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have
> reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the
> judge who heard the case.
>

I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those early texas
start times

VicXnews <news@news.com> wrote in news:2RUak.11313$Fj5.10554@newsfe23.lga:

> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdi
>> c t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>
>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have
>> reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the
>> judge who heard the case.
>>
>
> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those early
> texas start times
>
>

of course that should read I wish...'I'm glad' was wishful thinking...

VicXnews wrote:
> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>
>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have
>> reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the
>> judge who heard the case.
>>
>
> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
> early texas start times

Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past Colorado and
Minnesota to Oklahoma...
We now own half the country...

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1
@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>>
>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have
>>> reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the
>>> judge who heard the case.
>>>
>>
>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
>> early texas start times
>
> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past Colorado and
> Minnesota to Oklahoma...
> We now own half the country...
>
>
>

make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at 7:30
pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and then it's only
1 time zone away...think about how soft the east schedule is AND how easy
the travel is...

On Jul 2, 4:49 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_ve...
>
> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics have reached
> a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according to the judge who heard
> the case.
>
> Judge Marsha Pechman confirmed the settlement in an online posting
> Wednesday.
>
> Citing a City Hall source, the SeattleTimes reports the SuperSonics will
> leave Seattle as part of the agreement. In exchange, the city would receive
> up to $75 million -- less if the city gets another NBA team.

Did the guy who called himself Coz win that election someone posted
about a while back? Will he move to OKC? I remember all that trash
talking he used to post about how L.A. couldn't compare to Seattle in
terms of fan support back in 95/96.

Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The people up
there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
(though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Moreover, I have family
in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
(provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
didn't happen too many times, thankfully).

I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
"Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.

On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at getting
> another team.
> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balmer's group
> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>
> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5 years get
> another 30 mil.

Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
games up here on FSN?

Ken Cheng <kencheng@worldnet.att.net> wrote in news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-
53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com:

> Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
> a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
> it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The people up
> there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
> (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
> Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Moreover, I have family
> in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
> rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
> playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
> (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
> didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>
> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
>

anyone who would rather visit/live or work in OK over Seattle isn't all
there...
I like the OK CowPunchers for a name myself...

"Ken Cheng" <kencheng@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
> a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
> it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The people up
> there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
> (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
> Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Moreover, I have family
> in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
> rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
> playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
> (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
> didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>
> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.

They won't be the Sonics -- Seattle keeps the name.

I have no idea what they'll come up with for a team name... I just hope
it's not some lame singular collective like the "Oklahoma Wind."

brink

MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
241ab17f9e3e@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at getting
>> another team.
>> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balmer's gro
> up
>> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>>
>> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5 years g
> et
>> another 30 mil.
>
> Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
> games up here on FSN?
>

the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm wrong...don't
they do their own TV?

VicXnews wrote:
> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> VicXnews wrote:
>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>>>
>>>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
> 070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>>>
>>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics
>>>> have reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according
>>>> to the judge who heard the case.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
>>> early texas start times
>>
>> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past
>> Colorado and Minnesota to Oklahoma...
>> We now own half the country...
>>
>>
>>
>
> make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at 7:30
> pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and then it's
> only 1 time zone away...think about how soft the east schedule is AND
> how easy the travel is...

Minnesota has 5 east teams much closer than the nearest team in their
division..

NBA should conserve jet fuel...
Should look more like this:

Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
West Central Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz, Pacers
Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets

Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
East Central Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons
Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat

Ken Cheng wrote:

>
> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.

The city keeps the name and history, OKC will start as a new team.
The grizz become the sonics if they sell...

VicXnews wrote:
> MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in
> news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
> 241ab17f9e3e@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Seattle keeps the name and records and claim they will work at
>>> getting another team.
>>> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena. Balmer's
>>> gro up is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>>>
>>> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5
>>> years g et another 30 mil.
>>
>> Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
>> games up here on FSN?
>>
>
> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm
> wrong...don't they do their own TV?

We get it, but the blazers are no longer on FNW they are on comcast which
most of us do not get...

"brink" <brinknospam@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2o9eFi80oU2
@mid.individual.net:

>
> "Ken Cheng" <kencheng@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>> Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
>> a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
>> it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The people up
>> there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
>> (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
>> Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Moreover, I have family
>> in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
>> rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
>> playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
>> (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
>> didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>>
>> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
>> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
> They won't be the Sonics -- Seattle keeps the name.
>
> I have no idea what they'll come up with for a team name... I just hope
> it's not some lame singular collective like the "Oklahoma Wind."
>
> brink
>
>

that 'wind' smells like cow pies =8-/

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2ocmFij6pU1
@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> VicXnews wrote:
>>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
>> 070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>>>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>>>>
>>>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics
>>>>> have reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according
>>>>> to the judge who heard the case.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
>>>> early texas start times
>>>
>>> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past
>>> Colorado and Minnesota to Oklahoma...
>>> We now own half the country...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at 7:30
>> pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and then it's
>> only 1 time zone away...think about how soft the east schedule is AND
>> how easy the travel is...
>
> Minnesota has 5 east teams much closer than the nearest team in their
> division..
>
> NBA should conserve jet fuel...
> Should look more like this:
>
> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
> West Central Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz, Pacers
> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>
> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
> East Central Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons
> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

I like it but it's still too much travel for the west and wider time zones
too

On Jul 2, 6:36 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ken Cheng wrote:
>
> > I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> > "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
> The city keeps the name and history, OKC will start as a new team.
> The grizz become the sonics if they sell...

I sure hope that happens. I don't want the "Seattle Supersonics" to
go extinct.

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2oupFhu9tU1
@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in
>> news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
>> 241ab17f9e3e@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>> On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Seattle keeps the name and records and claim they will work at
>>>> getting another team.
>>>> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena. Balmer's
>>>> gro up is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>>>>
>>>> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5
>>>> years g et another 30 mil.
>>>
>>> Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
>>> games up here on FSN?
>>>
>>
>> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm
>> wrong...don't they do their own TV?
>
> We get it, but the blazers are no longer on FNW they are on comcast which
> most of us do not get...
>
>
>
>

that's what I thought...

VicXnews wrote:
> "brink" <brinknospam@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2o9eFi80oU2
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>>
>> "Ken Cheng" <kencheng@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>>> Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics
>>> as a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten
>>> years), it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The
>>> people up there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty
>>> decent success (though not that many championships, thanks in no
>>> small part to our Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
>>> Moreover, I have family in Seattle (used to visit every summer when
>>> I was a kid) and in those rare years when the Lakers didn't make it
>>> to the Finals or missed the playoffs, the Sonics were a good second
>>> team I could get behind (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers
>>> in the playoffs...which didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>>>
>>> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
>>> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>>
>> They won't be the Sonics -- Seattle keeps the name.
>>
>> I have no idea what they'll come up with for a team name... I just
>> hope it's not some lame singular collective like the "Oklahoma Wind."
>>
>> brink
>>
>>
>
> that 'wind' smells like cow pies =8-/

Well Cowboys, Oilers and "Sooners" is taken...
OKC was formed in a day with the land rush

OKC Rush?
The Sooners were also called the 89ers

It is Tornado Alley so Tornados or Cyclones

State animal is the Bison...

The state bird is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher =)

VicXnews wrote:
> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2ocmFij6pU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> VicXnews wrote:
>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1 @mid.individual.net:
>>>
>>>> VicXnews wrote:
>>>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
>>> 070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>>>>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics
>>>>>> have reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit,
>>>>>> according to the judge who heard the case.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
>>>>> early texas start times
>>>>
>>>> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past
>>>> Colorado and Minnesota to Oklahoma...
>>>> We now own half the country...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at
>>> 7:30 pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and
>>> then it's only 1 time zone away...think about how soft the east
>>> schedule is AND how easy the travel is...
>>
>> Minnesota has 5 east teams much closer than the nearest team in
>> their division..
>>
>> NBA should conserve jet fuel...
>> Should look more like this:
>>
>> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
>> West Central Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz, Pacers
>> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>>
>> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
>> East Central Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons
>> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>>
>>
>
> I like it but it's still too much travel for the west and wider time
> zones too

Can not move the west cities closer together...

Guess I can not get the T-Wolves east without screwing up an east team just
as bad. But the divisions still look better and they play a couple of games
less in the other two divisons and does help the Wolves somewhat.

Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
West Central T-Wolves Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz,
Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets

Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
East Central , Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons, Pacers
Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2s8eFir19U1
@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> "brink" <brinknospam@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2o9eFi80oU2
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>>
>>> "Ken Cheng" <kencheng@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>>> news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-
53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics
>>>> as a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten
>>>> years), it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle. The
>>>> people up there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty
>>>> decent success (though not that many championships, thanks in no
>>>> small part to our Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
>>>> Moreover, I have family in Seattle (used to visit every summer when
>>>> I was a kid) and in those rare years when the Lakers didn't make it
>>>> to the Finals or missed the playoffs, the Sonics were a good second
>>>> team I could get behind (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers
>>>> in the playoffs...which didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
>>>> "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>>>
>>> They won't be the Sonics -- Seattle keeps the name.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what they'll come up with for a team name... I just
>>> hope it's not some lame singular collective like the "Oklahoma Wind."
>>>
>>> brink
>>>
>>>
>>
>> that 'wind' smells like cow pies =8-/
>
> Well Cowboys, Oilers and "Sooners" is taken...
> OKC was formed in a day with the land rush
>
> OKC Rush?
> The Sooners were also called the 89ers
>
> It is Tornado Alley so Tornados or Cyclones
>
> State animal is the Bison...
>
> The state bird is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher =)
>
>

CowPunchers...

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:6d2s8fFir19U2@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2ocmFij6pU1
>> @mid.individual.net:
>>
>>> VicXnews wrote:
>>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>> news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1 @mid.individual.net:
>>>>
>>>>> VicXnews wrote:
>>>>>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>> news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
>>>> 070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
>>>>>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics
>>>>>>> have reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit,
>>>>>>> according to the judge who heard the case.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
>>>>>> early texas start times
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past
>>>>> Colorado and Minnesota to Oklahoma...
>>>>> We now own half the country...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at
>>>> 7:30 pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and
>>>> then it's only 1 time zone away...think about how soft the east
>>>> schedule is AND how easy the travel is...
>>>
>>> Minnesota has 5 east teams much closer than the nearest team in
>>> their division..
>>>
>>> NBA should conserve jet fuel...
>>> Should look more like this:
>>>
>>> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
>>> West Central Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz, Pacers
>>> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>>>
>>> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
>>> East Central Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons
>>> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I like it but it's still too much travel for the west and wider time
>> zones too
>
> Can not move the west cities closer together...
>
> Guess I can not get the T-Wolves east without screwing up an east team
> just as bad. But the divisions still look better and they play a couple
> of games less in the other two divisons and does help the Wolves
> somewhat.
>
> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
> West Central T-Wolves Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz,
> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>
> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
> East Central , Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons, Pacers
> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>
>
>

play each team in your division 8 times...and only play east teams every
other year on the road (ie one year in the west next year in the east)...no
time to work out the numbers

VicXnews wrote:
> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:6d2s8fFir19U2@mid.individual.net:

>>> I like it but it's still too much travel for the west and wider time
>>> zones too
>>
>> Can not move the west cities closer together...
>>
>> Guess I can not get the T-Wolves east without screwing up an east
>> team just as bad. But the divisions still look better and they play
>> a couple of games less in the other two divisons and does help the
>> Wolves somewhat.
>>
>> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
>> West Central T-Wolves Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz,
>> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>>
>> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
>> East Central , Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons, Pacers
>> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>>
>>
>>
>
> play each team in your division 8 times...


too slanted for strong weak divisions.

"Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2u72Fife1U1
@mid.individual.net:

> VicXnews wrote:
>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAMNOT@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:6d2s8fFir19U2@mid.individual.net:
>
>>>> I like it but it's still too much travel for the west and wider time
>>>> zones too
>>>
>>> Can not move the west cities closer together...
>>>
>>> Guess I can not get the T-Wolves east without screwing up an east
>>> team just as bad. But the divisions still look better and they play
>>> a couple of games less in the other two divisons and does help the
>>> Wolves somewhat.
>>>
>>> Pacific Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
>>> West Central T-Wolves Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz,
>>> Southwest Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>>>
>>> Atlantic Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
>>> East Central , Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons, Pacers
>>> Southeast Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> play each team in your division 8 times...
>
>
> too slanted for strong weak divisions.
>
>
>
>

happens in baseball and creates great rivalries but your right...I could
win the SE by myself =8-)
got to get the east traveling more...west less somehow...no easy answers

On Jul 2, 7:14�pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Well Cowboys, Oilers and "Sooners" is taken...
> OKC was formed in a day with the land rush
>
> OKC Rush?
> The Sooners were also called the 89ers
>
> It is Tornado Alley �so Tornados or Cyclones
>
> State animal is the Bison...
>
> The state bird is the �Scissor-tailed Flycatcher �=)-

I think it's safe to say Bombers is dead in the water.

As is the Ammonium Nitrites. Too clunky anyway. And difficult to
conveigh.

Cow Tippers?

Dust Bowlers?

Fag Hangers?

Seriously: I like the Oklahoma City Freight Train. "Go Trains!"

Okay, you do better.

> On Jul 2, 4:49 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_070208SSB_seattle_sonics_ve...
>>

>> Citing a City Hall source, the SeattleTimes reports the SuperSonics
>> will leave Seattle as part of the agreement. In exchange, the city
>> would receive up to $75 million -- less if the city gets another NBA
>> team.


The league for over a year was on Bennett's side saying Key Arena revamped
was not good enough, they had to build a new arena. No public support could
be found to make that help happen from the state or city.

Yesterday the Mayor says the league told them Key with the 30 mil
improvements was still a viable NBA arena and the OKC owners have to pay
them 30 mil in 5 years if they make the improvements and do not have a team
by then.
He said the league was helping and would let them know of any opportunities
for a team for sale, moving or an expansion.


Apparently that was pure smoke either the mayor's or the leagues...
This morning Stern announces that Seattle is a great NBA city...but only if
they build a new state of the art arena...

They are not getting a team back in Key arena nor building a new one....
the city will get it's 30 mil back and the Radio and TV market will likely
be opened up to the Blazers within a year or so if not next season at least
for the broadcast 25 or so games...the cable deal is still a mess.


--
Laurel T
When rats leave a sinking ship,
where exactly do they think they're going?"
- Douglas Gauck

On Jul 2, 6:26 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
> Ken Cheng <kench...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-
> 53b366709...@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
> > a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
> > it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle.  The people up
> > there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
> > (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
> > Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.   Moreover, I have family
> > in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
> > rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
> > playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
> > (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
> > didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>
> > I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> > "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
> anyone who would rather visit/live or work in OK over Seattle isn't all
> there...
> I like the OK CowPunchers for a name myself...- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Oklahomo Cowfuckers!

On Jul 2, 6:27 pm, "brink" <brinknos...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> "Ken Cheng" <kench...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>
> news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-a46e-53b366709d9b@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
> > a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
> > it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle.  The people up
> > there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
> > (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
> > Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.   Moreover, I have family
> > in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
> > rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
> > playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
> > (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
> > didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>
> > I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> > "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
> They won't be the Sonics -- Seattle keeps the name.
>
> I have no idea what they'll come up with for a team name...  I just hope
> it's not some lame singular collective like the "Oklahoma Wind."
>
> brink

Gay Bennett breaks the wind, ewww!

On Jul 2, 6:28 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
> 241ab17f9...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at getting
> >> another team.
> >> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balmer'sgro
> > up
> >> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>
> >> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5 years g
> > et
> >> another 30 mil.
>
> > Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
> > games up here on FSN?
>
> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm wrong...don't
> they do their own TV?

I honestly couldn't tell you who does the Blazer games in the Portland
area. I"m just saying as a fan that this would appear to open up the
Washington market for broadcast of Blazers games now that they are the
only team in the northwest.

On Jul 2, 6:29 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> VicXnews wrote:
> > "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote in news:6d2kdaFe9ukU1
> > @mid.individual.net:
>
> >> VicXnews wrote:
> >>> "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote in
> >>>news:6d2igmFhqgcU1@mid.individual.net:
>
> >>>>http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_
> > 070208SSB_seattle_sonics_verdic
> >>>> t_preview_TP.186424fd.html
>
> >>>> SEATTLE - The City of Seattle and the owners of the SuperSonics
> >>>> have reached a settlement on the KeyArena lease lawsuit, according
> >>>> to the judge who heard the case.
>
> >>> I'm glad they kept the team in the Pacific time zone...hate those
> >>> early texas start times
>
> >> Yes it was nice of the league to stretch the North West past
> >> Colorado and Minnesota to Oklahoma...
> >> We now own half the country...
>
> > make it one time zone..Pacific time and make those teams play at 7:30
> > pt...east only has a couple of teams that are not on ET and then it's
> > only 1 time zone away...think about how soft the east schedule is AND
> > how easy the travel is...
>
> Minnesota has  5 east teams much closer than the nearest team in their
> division..
>
> NBA should conserve jet fuel...
> Should look more like this:
>
> Pacific               Blazers, Kings, Warriors, LAL, LAC
> West Central    Mavs, OKC, Hornets, Grizz, Pacers
> Southwest        Suns, Utah, Den, Spurs and Rockets
>
> Atlantic                Raptors, Celts, knicks, Nets, Sixers,
> East Central      Wolves, Bucks, Bulls, Cavs, Pistons
> Southeast           Wizards, Bobcats, Hawks, Orlando, Heat- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That's pretty damn good! IT's hard to have perfect divisions because
some parts of the country are more spread out, but your version is
better than how the NBA divided it! Only quirk I see is the Texas
teams being split. Maybe the Mavs could move to southwest with the
other 2 texas teams and throw Denver to west central.

On Jul 2, 6:36 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ken Cheng wrote:
>
> > I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
> > "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>
> The city keeps the name and history, OKC will start as a new team.
> The grizz become the sonics if they sell...

And since the Grizz never won anything Seattle wont have to worry
about hanging anything from the rafters.

MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in news:09487330-f907-4fb0-8d0f-
5f1bc6e15b06@w34g2000prm.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 2, 6:26 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
>> Ken Cheng <kench...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in news:055f9495-5db7-4b28-
a4
> 6e-
>> 53b366709...@p39g2000prm.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Even speaking as a Lakers fan, who has seen the Seattle Supersonics as
>> > a division rival for years (although not much in the past ten years),
>> > it's sad to see the Sonics leave the city of Seattle.  The people up
>> > there did love their team, which enjoyed some pretty decent success
>> > (though not that many championships, thanks in no small part to our
>> > Lakers) during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.   Moreover, I have family
>> > in Seattle (used to visit every summer when I was a kid) and in those
>> > rare years when the Lakers didn't make it to the Finals or missed the
>> > playoffs, the Sonics were a good second team I could get behind
>> > (provided they didn't eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs...which
>> > didn't happen too many times, thankfully).
>>
>> > I'm going to miss the whole concept of "Seattle Supersonics."
>> > "Oklahoma City Supersonics" just won't ever sound right.
>>
>> anyone who would rather visit/live or work in OK over Seattle isn't all
>> there...
>> I like the OK CowPunchers for a name myself...- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Oklahomo Cowfuckers!
>

http://www.kashvet.org/oasis/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/AI.jpg

MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in news:e4269fa9-fd48-422a-9e2f-
96b4977fd0fe@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 2, 6:28 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
>> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
>> 241ab17f9...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at gett
> ing
>> >> another team.
>> >> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balmer's
> gro
>> > up
>> >> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>>
>> >> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5
yea
> rs g
>> > et
>> >> another 30 mil.
>>
>> > Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
>> > games up here on FSN?
>>
>> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm
wrong...do
> n't
>> they do their own TV?
>
> I honestly couldn't tell you who does the Blazer games in the Portland
> area. I"m just saying as a fan that this would appear to open up the
> Washington market for broadcast of Blazers games now that they are the
> only team in the northwest.
>

right...and I was thinking it might open it up for the Blazers fan...I
thought they had a pretty crappy TV situation right now...a bigger market
might help them get more free games...don't really know the situation...I'm
in Vegas...We get all Lakers home games on regular cable

On Jul 3, 10:45 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:e4269fa9-fd48-422a-9e2f-
> 96b4977fd...@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 2, 6:28 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
> >> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-8ed6-
> >> 241ab17f9...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>
> >> > On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at gett
> > ing
> >> >> another team.
> >> >> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balmer's
> >  gro
> >> > up
> >> >> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>
> >> >> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5
> yea
> > rs g
> >> > et
> >> >> another 30 mil.
>
> >> > Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
> >> > games up here on FSN?
>
> >> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm
> wrong...do
> > n't
> >> they do their own TV?
>
> > I honestly couldn't tell you who does the Blazer games in the Portland
> > area.  I"m just saying as a fan that this would appear to open up the
> > Washington market for broadcast of Blazers games now that they are the
> > only team in the northwest.
>
> right...and I was thinking it might open it up for the Blazers fan...I
> thought they had a pretty crappy TV situation right now...a bigger market
> might help them get more free games...don't really know the situation...I'm
> in Vegas...We get all Lakers home games on regular cable- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yeah, you're probably stuck with Lakers down there in Vegas, It seems
the Lakers are your closest team, though a case could be made for the
Suns. Yeah, I hope the Blazers inherriting this bigger market will
help them get more free games, nationally televised, or whatever, it
would seem it should! That, and the fact it's an up and coming team!

MACK DADDY <pepsivanilla@msn.com> wrote in news:c5ff7f98-05e8-48d9-ab50-
e1c0a17e0fc0@w5g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

> On Jul 3, 10:45 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
>> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:e4269fa9-fd48-422a-9e2f-
>> 96b4977fd...@z24g2000prf.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jul 2, 6:28 pm, VicXnews <n...@news.com> wrote:
>> >> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote in news:ba6976bb-2e03-41ef-
8ed
> 6-
>> >> 241ab17f9...@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> >> > On Jul 2, 5:06 pm, "Terraholm" <TerraholmSPAM...@hotmail.com> wrot
> e:
>> >> >> Seattle  keeps the name and records and claim they will work at g
> ett
>> > ing
>> >> >> another team.
>> >> >> The league has "now" said the arena is a viable nba arena.  Balme
> r's
>> >  gro
>> >> > up
>> >> >> is still willing to buy a team or an expansion team.
>>
>> >> >> OKC pay 45 mil now and if they fix the arena and have no team in 5
>> yea
>> > rs g
>> >> > et
>> >> >> another 30 mil.
>>
>> >> > Now that the Sonics have left Seattle will we get to watch Blazer
>> >> > games up here on FSN?
>>
>> >> the Blazer don't even get that in Portland...correct me if I'm
>> wrong...do
>> > n't
>> >> they do their own TV?
>>
>> > I honestly couldn't tell you who does the Blazer games in the Portland
>> > area.  I"m just saying as a fan that this would appear to open up the
>> > Washington market for broadcast of Blazers games now that they are the
>> > only team in the northwest.
>>
>> right...and I was thinking it might open it up for the Blazers fan...I
>> thought they had a pretty crappy TV situation right now...a bigger
market
>> might help them get more free games...don't really know the
situation...I
> 'm
>> in Vegas...We get all Lakers home games on regular cable- Hide quoted
tex
> t -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Yeah, you're probably stuck with Lakers down there in Vegas, It seems
> the Lakers are your closest team, though a case could be made for the
> Suns. Yeah, I hope the Blazers inherriting this bigger market will
> help them get more free games, nationally televised, or whatever, it
> would seem it should! That, and the fact it's an up and coming team!
>

I'm a Lakers fan so I'm glad I'm stuck....Lakers games have always been on
here since I remember and I moved here in 77...make no doubt...this is
Laker country...they are the only team that could sell out all home games.