[54] Mastrov took a backseat to Vivek Ranadivé, founder and CEO of TIBCO and a minority owner of the Golden State Warriors, brought in to assemble a stronger group of investors. Amazing. Next Thread In 1981, the SuperSonics also created the Sonics SuperChannel, the first sports subscription cable service; subscriptions were available for $120 ($1.33 a game). It would end up being the final season in Seattle as Bennett ended up getting the rights to move the team after settling all the legal issues with the city. These uniforms were a nod to a similar style worn from the 1975–76 season through the 1994–95 season. As a result, the SuperSonics fell to last place in the Pacific Division with a 34–48 mark, the only time they ever finished in last place. [65] The Hawks were sold to a group led by Tony Ressler on June 24, 2015.[66]. Previous Thread KD retired, and his #35 was the first number the new Sonics hang in their rafters! Sonics-Blazers", "It's back on in the NBA! We get by the Wolves in the first round, with a gentelman's sweep, but the second round lands us the Warriors 4 headed monster. 8 years later, they are back and starting a new.What is my NBA 2K17 Seattle Supersonics franchise about? Game 4 was pivotal, and we managed to squeeze through and tie the series. We get back to Seattle, and that was exciting. We fall to the 3rd seed as we show a lack of will to compete in the regular season. Schultz dropped the case before the start of the 2008–09 NBA season. Saving the Sonics: A Seattle Supersonics MyLeague - 2007-08 and beyond...(NBA 2k20) User Name: Remember Me? The final SuperSonics uniforms were worn from the 2001–02 NBA season through the 2007–08 NBA season. We draft Zaire Wade, DWade's son, and he ends up being the a beast at SG. Mediocrity and poor basketball land us the 2nd and the 6th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Wilkens and Rule both represented Seattle in the 1970 NBA All-Star Game, and Wilkens led the NBA in assists during the 1969–70 season. The SuperSonics finished with a 47–35 record, and made it to the second round of the 1989 playoffs. [55] Others, including Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, Sacramento developer Mark Friedman, former Facebook executive Chris Kelly, and manufacturer Raj Bhathal, were added to the group to address team ownership and arena investment. [56] Any vote would only be on the PSA presented by Hansen and Ballmer, and the Sacramento proposal was considered a "backup offer". [28] When the request was rejected by a judge, Seattle sued Bennett's group to enforce the lease that required the team to play in KeyArena through 2010. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. [5][6] After failing to find public funding to construct a new arena in the Seattle area, the SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City before the 2008–09 season, following a $45 million settlement with the city of Seattle to pay off the team's existing lease at KeyArena at Seattle Center in advance of its 2010 expiration.[7]. One of the investors is Tim Leiweke, co-founder of the Oak View Group. Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett was quoted as saying, "I think it's presumptuous to assume that Clay Bennett and his ownership group won't own that Seattle team for a long, long time in Seattle or somewhere else. On January 2, 2015, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Atlanta Spirit, then-owners of the Atlanta Hawks, would put the team up for sale. We had the better record, by 2 wins, so the first 2 games were in Seattle. By a vote of 7–2, the Seattle City Council approved the amended MOU on September 24, 2012. On the plus side for the Seattle Supersonics, Ray Allen scored 18 points with 5 three pointers on the game. [35], In 2009, Seattle-area filmmakers called the Seattle SuperSonics Historical Preservation Society produced a critically acclaimed documentary film titled Sonicsgate – Requiem For A Team that details the rise and demise of the Seattle SuperSonics franchise. Most of the discussion centered on the Sacramento Kings, a struggling franchise that had been trying to put together a plan to replace the aging Sleep Train Arena, then called the Power Balance Pavilion, for years with no luck. This thread is archived. We pick Bagley with the 2nd pick, and trade the 6th one for Markelle Fultz, of the Philadelphia 76ers. It was pretty good, but I'm bad at my league which is why it took 10 years. Next year, we needed someone to take over from KD who was getting up there in age, and we needed a new Alpha. » Zaire won Finals MVP, and the rivalry with Toronto was on!! Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. I can't recapture the magic that save gave me. And that's exactly what happened, we got challenged a tad by Lonzo and Ingram's Lakers but that's about it, the Raps bulldozed through everyone, 12-0 in the first 3 rounds. (5 if you count the 2017 one), That summer was pivotal for the Franchise. However, it was confirmed that charity mogul and seller of maple syrup, SuperSeahawks, has bought out the Toronto Raptors and brought them back to Seattle as they were re-christened as the SuperSonics. 2k19 was due to come out, and i, foolishly, looking back at it, dropped 18. [18] Fred Brown won the NBA's first three-point shooting percentage title, Jack Sikma played in the second of his seven career All-Star Games for Seattle, Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson were both named to the All-NBA Second Team, and Johnson was also named to the All-NBA First Defensive Team for the second consecutive year. It took a while, but I finally won a championship. Before that, Sonics co-owner Aubrey McClendon told The Journal Record, an Oklahoma City newspaper, that "we didn't buy the team to keep it in Seattle; we hoped to come here", although Bennett denied knowledge of this. Mediocrity and poor basketball land us the 2nd and the 6th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Seattle continued to be a Western Conference powerhouse during the next two seasons, winning 57 games in 1996–97 and 61 games in 1997–98 for their second and third straight Pacific Division titles. -- Click here to cast your … They take Game 3 by 4 with Bronny being unplayable, just look at that = https://streamable.com/6ia2ny. The 2004–05 team surprised many when it won the organization's sixth division title under the leadership of Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, winning 52 games and defeating the Sacramento Kings to advance to the 2005 Western Conference Semifinals. [63] On January 6, 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Chris Hansen and film producer Thomas Tull (the latter a minority owner of the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers) would put in separate bids to acquire the Hawks and move them to Seattle. [74][75][76], The SuperSonics were rivals of the Los Angeles Lakers, particularly due to the teams' longstanding pairing in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Easy peasy, i say. [48] The next day, the NBA, Hansen, and the Maloofs all released statements announcing the agreement, which also included the 12% minority stake of owner Robert Hernreich, and based the sale price on a team valuation of $525 million. We pick it up in the playoffs, run through the first round, but we now face the Rockets of an old-man Harden in the second round. While Hansen had not spoken in public about his desires or pursuits for a specific team, the rumors were rampant enough that Think Big Sacramento, a community action group created by Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson to develop solutions for the Kings, composed an open letter to Hansen asking him not to pursue the city's team. Just a tip I realized if any of y’all ever do a relocation or expansion for the Sonics in MyLeague, if you use the All-Time Thunder team and just make a new roster you can get all of the best Sonics jerseys. Since i haven't done a proper MyLeague save since 2k18, let's make a tribute to it. The SuperSonics made it to the Western Conference Finals for the third straight season, but lost to the Lakers in five games. An initial counteroffer presented to the NBA by this new group was deemed "not comparable" as to merit consideration. The next year, 1993–94, the SuperSonics had the best record in the NBA at 63–19, but suffered a first round loss to the Denver Nuggets, becoming the first #1 seed to lose a playoff series to an 8th seed. We had traded for the Warriors pick, in some random filler trade, and it converted into the #2 pick in the draft, because Steph had retired, and Klay was on the Knicks.

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