If Blazers moved to Seatlle and became the Sonics would you still root for them?

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Also, curious, does anyone know previous Sonics fans who root for the Thunder?
     
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    I'd cry for weeks and I'd have to come to a very hard decision; I don't know how I would decide, but my gut reaction is no... though I'm sure I would shamefully watch for a little while longer.
     
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    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    NBA would be dead to me altogether. Actually it already is. Blazers are the only thing I love about it anymore.
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Prolly not.
     
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    No.
     
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  6. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    FUCK NO!
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Nope. Fuck that shit! Have them get their own team. Look at how the Seattle Sonics fans feel about the OKC Thunder. They don't root for them at all.
     
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    Yeah, at least until we had a team in portland again
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    I know a lot of people in seattle that were die hard sonic fans. They still follow okc but they claim to not have a specific team they root for
     
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    No, especially Seattle, it's so close and there is already a little brother/big brother complex. If the Blazers were moved to Portland Maine, or some distant place, I might still semi-root for them. Most likely, I would just stop watching NBA altogether.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Um.

    Portland Seahawks.
     
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    All my peeps in Seattle that were lifelong Sonics fans........ the team is dead to them! They could care less!
     
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    Not only no, but fucking fuck no. The team would be dead, the NBA would be dead and I'd hope every team in the league goes belly up and there would be a huge scandal tearing the league to it's core.
     
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    I live in Seattle and don't know a single Sonics fan that likes the Thunder. Most of them actually pretty much hate the team, only a few are even ambivalent. That said, a lot of them still like individual players who were here when the team was in Seattle.
     
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  15. KingSpeed

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    Someone fix my spelling of Seattle
     
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    What would you do about your tattoo?

    For me, it would depend on how they left. If we were still drawing 20k for a team nor expected to make the playoffs and made an attempt to build a stadium, I would be bitter.
     
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  17. THE HCP

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    Learn to spell...... then post!
     
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  18. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Ah shit!
     
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  19. mook

    mook The 2018-19 season was the best I've seen

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    Wouldn't bother me. I live in Boise, and grew up a Jazz fan. What do I care where they decide to hang their Larry Steele jersey or their 2000 Northwest Division banner.



    So yeah, I'll just go over thataway -> and shut my whore mouth.
     
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    Not in the slightest. In fact I would boo them every chance I got
     
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