On Jul 6, 11:37 pm, jgray <japurpl...@removethishotmail.com> wrote:
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> <83dc2454-ed64-4090-b97b-c31340057...@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
> MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 6, 8:18 am, jgray <japurpl...@removethishotmail.com> wrote:
> > > In article
> > > <58a39ce3-214e-4ad6-b151-92cf115e7...@p25g2000pri.googlegroups.com>,
> > > MACK DADDY <pepsivani...@msn.com> wrote:
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> > > > On Jul 2, 10:00 pm, Pastor Puck <rh...@fan.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Jul 2, 7:45 pm, Mike <m...@notreal.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > "winnard" <8tra...@cox.net> wrote
> > > > > > innews:OtVak.7023$3q7.5893@newsfe15.lga:
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> > > > > > > All this news about the NBA today and not one single post on your
> > > > > > > alt.sports.basketball.nba.blah blah blah chatroom.
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> > > > > > > winnard
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> > > > > > Perhaps we already saw the handwriting on the wall. The NBA conspired
> > > > > > with
> > > > > > Bennett to take the Sonics. It was signed sealed and deliered the day
> > > > > > Bennett bought them.
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> > > > > Yep. Vancouver Grizzlies redux.
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> > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > The interesting thing about that statement is it's not completely out
> > > > of the realm of possiblity for THAT team to get relocated to Seattle.
> > > > I know they weren't really successful in BC, but they had their
> > > > diehards who would be happy to see them in Seattle. Could be a long
> > > > time though because I think they are under lease in Memphis until 2016
> > > > or something like that!
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> > > Former grizz fan here--actually, they were pretty successful,
> > > attendance-wise, considering how shitty they were for their entire run
> > > in Vancouver. About the middle of the NBA attendance numbers.
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> > > I forget the guy's name, but there was a guy from St. Louis--married to
> > > the heir to Walmart money--who wanted to buy the Grizz but he didn't make
> > > any secret of his desire to move the team so it wasn't approved.
> > > Heisley, on the other hand, pretended he was going to try to make a go
> > > of it in Van, even singing the Canadian anthem before one game.
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> > > It was complete and utter bullshit. The team quit marketing before
> > > their last season in Vancouver; people weren't contacted about renewing
> > > season tickets, and those who called the team about ordering tickets
> > > just got an answering machine and never were called back.
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> > > Heisley deliberately crashed that team to justify moving them to Memphis.
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> > > It turned me off the NBA, and now seeing this--the loss of a Seattle
> > > franchise I remember watching faithfully when I was in high school in
> > > the 70s, I am further reminded of what a joke the league has become.
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> > > I feel for the Seattle fans--you are also victim of the "Yeehaw, we jest
> > > bought us'n a big league team with'n that there staydeeum fixin' tax
> > > money we gots from that levy on moonshine" syndrome.
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> > > At least you still have the Mariners and the Seahawks. All we haveis
> > > a hockey team doomed to dwell in at least a couple more years of
> > > playoff-missing mediocrity.- Hide quoted text -
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> > Which team do you guys get on the local tv when you need an NBA fix?
> > They don't still give you Griz now that they are in Memphis, do they?
> > Some people down here think we are still gonna be seeeing OklaSonics
> > on FSN. Have you B.C.'ers been following the Sonics since it has
> > been your closest team the last few years, or have you turned to the
> > Raptors becuase it's the only other Canadian team? Personally I liked
> > when the GRizzlies were in Vancouver because it gave us sort of a 3
> > team rivalry in the northwest!
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> I hoped for nothing but the worst for the Memphis Grizzlies--and it's sad
> but they'll probably keep the name Sonics in OK, just like they didn't
> change the Grizz to the Memphis Dead Elvises or something--but most
> people I know were so disgusted by the way things went down we quit
> watching or following the league.
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> Having said that, the media coverage of the grizz continued a little for
> the first year or so--we didn't get game broadcasts, but results were
> included in the sports hilights along with the Sonics and Raptors.
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> Most people I know hated and still hate Toronto--the "Canada's Team"
> thing is a bit hard to take, and it's shoved down our throats with
> baseball as well. Most would cheer for the Sonics probably over TO.
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> Sad now, though. Maybe Portland?- Hide quoted text -
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That is sad! I didn't know the Grizzlies very well during the time
they were in Vancouver. The Sonics were going really strong at that
time so the local media down here didn't cover the Grizzlies except
during head to head games with the Sonics. I hope you can get to see
some Blazer games up there, I'm hoping that for Seattle too! Portland
looks to have made several good moves at building for the future and
finally clearing out that JailBlazer mentallity.