Everyone knows that was a flat-out lie. Bennett hijacked the 41-year-old franchise and moved them to the dust bowl named Oklahoma City. Along with that took the history that was the Seattle Supersonics, and ever promising rookie, Kevin Durant.
But if you look at the upside the Seatt-Oklahoma City Superso-Thunder, are 3-25, making them one of the worst teams in the NBA today. But yet they still play in front of a packed arena.
In 2008, we also lost a huge part to the city, Tuba Man. You could hear him play almost anything, before a major sporting event, setting the tune for the city. He was jumped by five teenagers, and died a week later. Sports fans and city leaders from all around Seattle came together and honored him.
So, there is a silver lining to every cloud, the Seattle Storm is still here, with their 2004 WNBA Championship, but not a lot of sports fans count it as a major championship because they were not part of the first few teams to start.
The Washington Huskies Cross Country team had won the NCAA Championship. Seattle University has started playing in D-I basketball, and has won a few games to date. And also the Seattle Sounders are starting play at Qwest Field in Spring 2009.
So, 2009 the people of Seattle welcome you with Open Arms (Journey reference) and I pray the new coaches and players can make something out of my city. Now, I just hope we can hijack the Los Angeles Clippers, now that would be something.
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