OT: Chris Paul and the Seattle Supersonics?

http://blog.seattlepi.com/davidnelson/archives/230468.asp

ever wonder why they left the Hornets in the Western Conference......

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ets-will-be-on-their-way-to-seattle-next-year

Add the reports that the NBA may "buy" the Hornets until they can find an owner? hmmmm

 

so okc goes into the southwest division and the hornets come into the nw?

 

Would be awesome.

 

I want Seattle to get a team soon. Mainly, to shut up the fans that are convinced Paul Allen's going to eventually move the team up to Seattle.

 

I would like it, simply because the SuperSonics are a historic franchise that ought to be. The Hornets have been around for 20 years, but they don't have any real history. New Orleans has had their second chance. Their team is winning. They're just not a real basketball town. I went to the last Thunder game at the Garden. Seattle fans are still coming down to those games. Of course, they need to do something about an arena, and in this economy...

 

So does that mean we aren't getting Paul?

 

When Allen moves the Blazers to Vegas, we can all drive up to Seattle and pretend Paul is ours.

 

I think the most likely move for the Blazers is his yacht. They'll play games out on the deck, and the attendance figures will be 1... with a fiscal worth greater than a combined 20,000.

 

lol! That would actually be kinda cool if PA went batshit insane and refused to sell the team, instead doing shit like that. Play a season on his yacht, a season at the top of Mt. Hood, a season in orbit.

 

I moved to Seattle 2 months ago. I would love it if the hornets moved to Seattle, but I don't see it happening. The state and city is knee deep in a lot of financial issues and I don't see there being political will to build a new stadium. Unless they want to play in the Key Arena I don't think Seattle gets the Hornets. Now if a mega mogul buyer steps in and finances a stadium, then maybe, but I think this is just wishful thinking.

 

I think Vegas is a more likely destination ... unless Ballmer plans to privately finance a new stadium out of his own pocket.

 

As long as Key Arena is the only arena is the city they wont be getting any NBA team.

Also, Kansas City is trying to bring a team to their city and they just so happen to have a world class newly built arena just waiting for a team like the Hornets.

 

Wow, but it looks like their Death Star is only about a third of the way completed.

 

That's the only way they'd get a team, out of Allen's emotional ignorance.

Seattle has proven they can't support a team.

 

NBA to buy the Hornets from Shinn. I think its probably a Microsoft group comes together and buys the sonics....same colors as the Xbox....they certainly have the money to do so. Maybe build a stadium in Bellevue sometime and then play TEMP in Key Arena or wherever.

Seattle fans suck though. But again, its all about winning. And with CP3 and the team they have, they'll probably follow it.

 

A new stadium would have to be almost totally privately financed. No way the public there is willing to pay much of it. They just paid for new stadii in all 3 major sports in the 1990s and they're tired of it.

 

That news was on this board and I put up this link. But it's just wishful thinking if you think he's selling stock to buy a team. There's no indication of that.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/invsub/insider/trans.asp?view=All&Symbol=MSFT

Washingtonians aren't tired of new arenas? Hokay. Yeah...those darned politicians, opposing their constituents and their silly overwhelming polls...yeah.