I’m from Vancouver and there’s a growing group of us who want an NBA team back. BUT more deserving of a team has to go to Seattle. That’ll always be at the top of the list of teams needed back.
Toronto could have easily been on the list of franchises on the outside of the NBA. Ownership/management matters and can be the biggest problem if they have no allegiance.
With the NBA TV contract valued at $76 billion, there is strong talk. Like you, I grew up in the Seattle area during the 90s and Shawn Kemp was my favorite Sonic.
I'm living 10k km away from Seattle out east all across the pond but the end legit made me sad. Seattle deserves a team like no other city. The Sonics were so cool, somebody needs to bring them back.
When I was a kid and just getting into basketball here in Australia, we didn’t get the NBA on Australian TV. We just had an hour long show every Sunday that gave us a rundown of the NBA week, Kemp was always my favourite player. His dunks were absolutely brutal. Thank god we now have NBA league pass.
Right you are.. I had told a co-worker who was born well past that era to go watch Kemp. He was literally amazed at the dunks and his creativity. IMO.. Seattle mgmt's break-up of GP and Kemp was just as responsible for them no longer having a franchise.
The sonics were a thorn in the Houston Rockets side in the 80s and 90s.. Chambers , X man, Ellis. Will never forget the game when Olajuwon scored 49 points in double overtime in a losing effort.
Makes you wonder how good would the Sonics have been if they still had Chambers,McDaniel and Dale Ellis when the Sonics played the Bulls. They probably would have beaten the Bulls.
My most vivid memory of the Sonics was watching them blow a huge lead in a game against the Lakers in the 1980 playoffs. With their loss in that series so ended their hopes for back to back NBA titles.
it's nice to meet you and do you have any favorites in particular on the 76ers and to be COMPLETELY honest i SOMEWHAT like the warriors 76ers and celtics because i really LOVE wilt chamberlain and bill russell
A guy named Magic kept them from another finals trip in early 80's. Loved the Sonics 1977 thur 1992. Slick Watts, Downtown, Gus Williams where my favorites.
Thank you for the videos on the Sonics! I was named after Kemp but I never really knew much about the earlier years of the Sonics, so it was nice to learn more about them!
As a teenager from Germany in the 90s: “The SuperSonics were iconic and need a comeback in the NBA. I won’t mind if OKC gets replaced. They are just a symbol of betrayal to me.”
It was a blackmail the dude who bought the team on the condition he would get the sonics a better arena basically did the agree then turn your back on them 5 seconds later thing
Seattle Sonic should've never been moved. I am more so upset that the league did very little to keep the team in Seattle rather than allow for the team to be shipped to Oklahoma. We saw that the league moved heaven and earth for the Pelicans to remain in New Orleans. I do hope both Seattle and Vancouver get a their teams back for the sake of their loyal fan base.
Bring back the Sonics. Even as a Bullets/Wizards fan the league isn’t the same without them! Most likely will need a two team expansion to make it work.
I enjoyed this series of videos on the Sonics, however there’s a few things you left out. During the Sonics run against the Bulls in the finals, then Commissioner David Stern, commented on live tv that Key Arena was a beautiful facility and would last the team for decades. Which was a bold face lie from Stern who later when Clay Bennett, who was the NBA’s mediator for the sale of the Sonics, said the arena was not up to snuff and a new facility would be needed to keep the team in Seattle. Bennett, when all other “potential” offers to buy the team fell through, finally said that he “knew some fellows” in Oklahoma City would go in with him to buy the team. Howard Schultz gets a bad rap, and as a sonic fan, he deserves it, but as a businessman he doesn’t deserve the bad rap because he did actually attempt to get the team back to keep them from moving. One thing you should’ve also mentioned in the video during a photo shoot after the last draft the sonics were involved in, Russell Westbrook, who was the Sonics draft pick that year, did appear in a Seattle uniform but never played in it as the team moved to OKC.
That actually has been a misconception by so many people that don't know the facts. Key Arena wasn't just renovated. The old Coliseum, which was a dump, was totally demolished except for the main support beams and roof truces. They actually dug out the ground to deepen the arena to add more seating, in addition to adding club seats and luxury suites which the old Coliseum never had. The Brand new Key Arena was opened in 1995 and Commissioner David Stern was at courtside for the grand opening. David Stern praised the city of Seattle for the complete renovation of the brand new Key Arena. He said Seattle had done itself proud and he thought the new arena was Beautiful. The only negative thing about the new arena at the time was it didn't have restaurants and lounges inside the arena. So when it was rebuilt, it was rebuilt without the fancy restaurants and dance clubs within the building. So, Key Arena was only 12 years old when the Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City. It wasn't a dump, but it was one of the smallest arenas in the NBA at that time. It still seated over 17,000. Anyway, they totally demolished Key Arena except for the historic roof which has remained since 1962 when the original Coliseum was built. The city of Seattle built the new Climate Pledge Arena which opened last year and it is NBA ready. So hopefully Seattle will finally get the Sonics back.
3:37 That was a money thing. For the exact reasons you mentioned, the Supersonics just couldn't fill enough seats in the Kingdome to justify the increased cost to rent the venue.
My all time supersonics team 1.Gary Payton 2.Ray Allen 3.Kevin Durant 4.Shawn Kemp 5..Dennis Johnson 6.Spencer Heyward 7.Gus Williams 8.Detlef Schrempf 9.Jack sigma 10.Rashard Lewis 11.Fred Brown 12.Dale Ellis 13.Xavier McDaniel
That's a really good list. I like it. All those players in their prime playing on the same team would make the Sonics Great again. You did a great job on choosing the best Sonics players. 👍😀
Man oh man, I loved those 90's Sonics teams. I truly believe if not for running into the 72 win MJ lead Bulls, they would have won the title that year, they were that good. Reign Man & The Glove was fun to watch in it's prime. NBA JAM anybody? I dare you to try me on that game with me as Seattle, Payton was hell on D and would just push you down, Kemp would do 709 flips and spin from half court, & if I use Schemphf he would just shoot the lights out & had D. So any combo worked. Because MJ was not on the game, it made Seattle the best by default. Plus it was the perfect combo for a 2 on 2 game. All though I do admit the Charlotte was good too Mugsy & LJ, Spurs because they had Rodman then and him and The Admiral would just beat you up lol. The Knicks with Charles Oakley and Starks The Pistons we're sneaky good because of the 3 & D. Basically if you can't tell I pick the teams with D on that game. Anyone could score on it and the harder the game got it would come down to who would be able to take the ball away from and get stops. It's still my first favorite sports game ever. Either one to be honest, just depends on what team you like. I like the original alot but the tournament edition was just as good.
Love to see them come back BUT, how would that work draft wise? Where would the players come from for the team? They would have no assests to trade 🤷🏿♂️
Do a Suns video please!! They're the most cursed franchise currently running lol lost a coinflip for Lew Alcindor and have been cursed ever since. The most storied NBA franchise to never have won a title. Sad lol ... 🤞🤞 that this year the curse is somehow broken lol
Damn GP and Kemp to Stockton/Malone is a lot like Dame/CJ to Splash bros. Similar playstyles but just not as good, its super obvious it just never clicked how close the sonics duo was to utahs duo playstyle wise
From about 91-96...Most exciting team I've ever watched. This TN kid was all about the Supersonics. They should've paid Kemp what he needed to stay. I fully believe a ring was coming. I haven't been able to get into the NBA since they got hosed to OKC. What a franchise to lose. Had history, had a good city, had killer uniforms, had a great fanbase? I mean cmon. Bring back the Supersonics. And bring them back to Seattle.
Oklahoma deserved a team after the extreme hospitality they showed New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans after hurricane Katrina, but not in the way Clay the snake did it.
As a thunder fan I agree. I wouldn’t want to lose my team like that. I hope Seattle gets their team back in expansion. Plus a sonics vs thunder rivalry would be so fun
Christ! if the damn Cleveland browns can come back who left in 95 then came back in 99 . It’s time!!! For the Sonics to return give the fans of Seattle they’re Sonics back! . idk if I said this already but If you’re gonna bring them back make sure they buy the history from the thunder & let the thunder be they’re own brand & team
@@smokestack29 Hey you're right. I remember watching a broadcaster back in the day say that it was Kemp traded for Pippen and just trusted it as fact. Man that really makes me think though. If The Sonics had held on to Pippen and teamed him up with Kemp and Payton we might be talking about the Sonics as the best team of the 90's. Certainly the Bulls don't win 6 titles. Pippen for Olden Polynice. That has to be one of the worst trades in NBA history.
NBA this offseason Need's to Bring Back 1.Seattle Supersonics 2. Vancouver Grizzies since Memphis took that name 😂 3. New Jersey. 4. Las Vegas so these City's need a NBA Franchises so let's Go Silver. 😂 😂 2022 or 2023 season Fans.
Please bring back the Sonics with the Supersonic name and their uniform the same as it was when they left Seattle ..... Also add the History so they are not starting new again
The people were not interested in getting their taxes raised to keep the SuperSonics in town and some where not even sports fans just like when the raiders were seeking public funding for renovation to the arena in Oakland
I hate you, Howard Schultz for ruining the Seattle Supersonics, but Starbucks makes some real quality coffee and cappuccino, and lattes. Damn if you do, Damn if you don't.
Sonics had a better record in the regular seasons and playoffs vs the rockets. The team Olajuwon couldn't beat, except 1997 playoffs when he finally eliminated them in 7 games.
Shame on you for pretending like they’re gonna give us our team back. Great documentary about my city until your bullshit about “momentum”...you literally put Sonics guy in this and Sonics guy is fucking dead...you have no idea the amount of hurt we feel every day. Save our Sonics UA-cam - Jimmi Stone
Lived in Seattle for over 20 years and from the early 90’s to early 2000’s you could hardly ever get a ticket for a Sonics game during that time. They were the hottest ticket in town. Seattle is a great basketball town with some seriously hardcore fans, and a rich history. I do agree with you about Utah and Portland having great fans. Certainly helps when you’re also the only major professional sports team in town in those markets.
@@Brian00007 Late 90s were bad for a lot of team uniforms- Pistons, Hawks, Cavs, Rockets, Knicks, Sixers, Suns, Jazz, ....like the whole league just went nuts. But the Sonics were the worst. That orange was just a bad idea.
Look happy we get a team back In 2025. However the team will not be good because it’s an expansion team Therefore. I will try to go to one game tokenly. But the NBA to a bad team that had hope of becoming good away from us. And will give us a bad team back so i guess having a team will have to be good enough
Seattle does not deserve a nba team. They support football and baseball in that town. They turned there backs on there team in the 90s and beyond. No way do they need another nba team there. There not a good basketball market at all.
I’m from Vancouver and there’s a growing group of us who want an NBA team back. BUT more deserving of a team has to go to Seattle. That’ll always be at the top of the list of teams needed back.
Toronto could have easily been on the list of franchises on the outside of the NBA. Ownership/management matters and can be the biggest problem if they have no allegiance.
Growing up in Seattle in '90s I loved the Sonics and the NBA. I haven't watched an NBA game in 15 years and won't until the Sonics comeback.
With the NBA TV contract valued at $76 billion, there is strong talk. Like you, I grew up in the Seattle area during the 90s and Shawn Kemp was my favorite Sonic.
ditto
Same here. I've missed an entire generation+ of new NBA talent over this.
I imagine the game is played quite different nowadays.
I'm living 10k km away from Seattle out east all across the pond but the end legit made me sad. Seattle deserves a team like no other city. The Sonics were so cool, somebody needs to bring them back.
Became a Sonics fan as a kid during KD's rookie year and I'm still waiting for them to come back. Come on, NBA!
They were right on the verge of turning it all around too.
When I was a kid and just getting into basketball here in Australia, we didn’t get the NBA on Australian TV. We just had an hour long show every Sunday that gave us a rundown of the NBA week, Kemp was always my favourite player. His dunks were absolutely brutal. Thank god we now have NBA league pass.
Right you are.. I had told a co-worker who was born well past that era to go watch Kemp. He was literally amazed at the dunks and his creativity. IMO.. Seattle mgmt's break-up of GP and Kemp was just as responsible for them no longer having a franchise.
The sonics were a thorn in the Houston Rockets side in the 80s and 90s.. Chambers , X man, Ellis. Will never forget the game when Olajuwon scored 49 points in double overtime in a losing effort.
Makes you wonder how good would the Sonics have been if they still had Chambers,McDaniel and Dale Ellis when the Sonics played the Bulls. They probably would have beaten the Bulls.
Hopefully there is a team in Seattle soon. #Saveoursonics
My most vivid memory of the Sonics was watching them blow a huge lead in a game against the Lakers in the 1980 playoffs. With their loss in that series so ended their hopes for back to back NBA titles.
As a Lakers fan I sure do miss the Seattle Supersonics
I'm a sixers fan from Philadelphia and this hurt my heart. SMH I couldn't imagine losing your team. That's insane.
it's nice to meet you and do you have any favorites in particular on the 76ers and to be COMPLETELY honest i SOMEWHAT like the warriors 76ers and celtics because i really LOVE wilt chamberlain and bill russell
Most sonic fans are just oldheads still trying to cope in 2022.
The NBA needs a team in Seattle!!
Expansion will be announced in the summer
@@dreamcage1801 let's hope
@@dexxxhundo1365 trust and believe that one
Take the New Orleans franchise, NO is a NBA wasteland.
@@markg.7865 Dey just made the playoffs this year and Zion should be back next season
A guy named Magic kept them from another finals trip in early 80's. Loved the Sonics 1977 thur 1992. Slick Watts, Downtown, Gus Williams where my favorites.
Downtown Freddie brown
That Kemp Payton times were so good😍
The Rain-man was awesome.
The Supersonics: The Ackerly Era
An era that I have come to appreciate after watching this.
My favorite team in the 90s as a teenager
Best channel on UA-cam for a sports nut like myself. Keep up the great work thank you
Tears our going to cry when I see my sonics come back
Thank you for the videos on the Sonics! I was named after Kemp but I never really knew much about the earlier years of the Sonics, so it was nice to learn more about them!
1973 - 1995 - Seattle's Original Jersey, and the best looking colors.
1995 - 2002 - Seattle's Greatest Jersey 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍After 2002, 😔😔😔😔
Are you talking about the ones with the red accents? Yeah, those were not that great.
As a Seattle native: bring back our Sonics 🗣
As an LA native bring them back! Dope team cool history and sick uniforms 👌🏽
As a teenager from Germany in the 90s: “The SuperSonics were iconic and need a comeback in the NBA. I won’t mind if OKC gets replaced. They are just a symbol of betrayal to me.”
@@henning14 My Warriors getting Durant in free agency was Kharma for Oklahoma City stealing the Sonics.
I think Silver said the NBA is coming back to Seattle when it expands. It’s just a matter of when.
Seattle needs the Sonics back, San Diego needs the Chargers back and Montreal needs the Expos back!
I’d be HURT if for some reason my Lakers left the city. Bring back the Sonics we miss those dope jerseys they’d have some of the coolest ones today.
The Supersonics: The Shulman Era. I appreciate this Era as an NBA Fan.
If the SuperSonics comeback, I want to hear a Sonic the hedgehog ring noise when a FT is made
Other than as a Cleveland Cavaliers fan. I have always loved 😍 The Seattle Supersonics.
Allowing the Sonics to move to Oklahoma City of all places is one of the worst things the NBA has ever done.
It was a blackmail the dude who bought the team on the condition he would get the sonics a better arena basically did the agree then turn your back on them 5 seconds later thing
Seattle has a bunch of teams, and your over here crying about okc getting there first team? grow up and stop being selfish and ungrateful.
5:28 when your opponent gives you prop you know the dunk was outstanding 😂
Word 🤣. Early Kemp was THAT guy💪🏾
Seattle Sonic should've never been moved. I am more so upset that the league did very little to keep the team in Seattle rather than allow for the team to be shipped to Oklahoma. We saw that the league moved heaven and earth for the Pelicans to remain in New Orleans. I do hope both Seattle and Vancouver get a their teams back for the sake of their loyal fan base.
Bring back the Sonics. Even as a Bullets/Wizards fan the league isn’t the same without them!
Most likely will need a two team expansion to make it work.
Vegas and Seattle, since Seattle just got the newest NHL team, the Kraken.
It’s gonna happen in 2023, I promise 😉
Clippers should move to Vegas
Why was I paying for Netflix. This is top shelf content
Too night we ride for Seattle!
I enjoyed this series of videos on the Sonics, however there’s a few things you left out. During the Sonics run against the Bulls in the finals, then Commissioner David Stern, commented on live tv that Key Arena was a beautiful facility and would last the team for decades. Which was a bold face lie from Stern who later when Clay Bennett, who was the NBA’s mediator for the sale of the Sonics, said the arena was not up to snuff and a new facility would be needed to keep the team in Seattle. Bennett, when all other “potential” offers to buy the team fell through, finally said that he “knew some fellows” in Oklahoma City would go in with him to buy the team. Howard Schultz gets a bad rap, and as a sonic fan, he deserves it, but as a businessman he doesn’t deserve the bad rap because he did actually attempt to get the team back to keep them from moving. One thing you should’ve also mentioned in the video during a photo shoot after the last draft the sonics were involved in, Russell Westbrook, who was the Sonics draft pick that year, did appear in a Seattle uniform but never played in it as the team moved to OKC.
I loved the Coliseum (later Key Arena). I guess it was a dump, but a what a great place to watch a game.
Climate Pledge Arena is better now
That actually has been a misconception by so many people that don't know the facts. Key Arena wasn't just renovated. The old Coliseum, which was a dump, was totally demolished except for the main support beams and roof truces. They actually dug out the ground to deepen the arena to add more seating, in addition to adding club seats and luxury suites which the old Coliseum never had. The Brand new Key Arena was opened in 1995 and Commissioner David Stern was at courtside for the grand opening. David Stern praised the city of Seattle for the complete renovation of the brand new Key Arena. He said Seattle had done itself proud and he thought the new arena was Beautiful. The only negative thing about the new arena at the time was it didn't have restaurants and lounges inside the arena. So when it was rebuilt, it was rebuilt without the fancy restaurants and dance clubs within the building. So, Key Arena was only 12 years old when the Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City. It wasn't a dump, but it was one of the smallest arenas in the NBA at that time. It still seated over 17,000. Anyway, they totally demolished Key Arena except for the historic roof which has remained since 1962 when the original Coliseum was built. The city of Seattle built the new Climate Pledge Arena which opened last year and it is NBA ready. So hopefully Seattle will finally get the Sonics back.
@@tommurphy2746 expansion for Seattle will likely be announced in the summer
@@dreamcage1801 I hope so, I miss my Sonics. If they announce it this summer or sometime shortly after, I will be so excited. 😀
@@tommurphy2746 yup and they’ll have the 6th or 7th pick in next year’s draft
Sonicsgate goes deep into the relocation debacle. If you want to know more, give that a watch.
Great Video/Series!!!
One Day, Man One Day...
The Supersonics Will be back one day..#supersonics
It will good to return the Sonics to their hometown so GP and Kemp can have their numbers retired their and closure to the City of Seattle too 🏀🏀🏀
Hopefully expansion is announced this offseason!
Can someone let me the beat used at the beginning of the video? after 0:32.
keep it up man love your channel
I hope Seattle gets a team again in the NBA before I die.
Likely will in the summer
@@dreamcage1801 cap
@@SF48292 after the tv deal is dealt with
@@dreamcage1801 It's May 2024 and the new TV NBA deal is valued at $70+ billion.
@@SaveursDeSeattleEtAilleurs yeah I know they’re closing in on signing with ESPN, Amazon, and NBC
3:37 That was a money thing. For the exact reasons you mentioned, the Supersonics just couldn't fill enough seats in the Kingdome to justify the increased cost to rent the venue.
My all time supersonics team
1.Gary Payton
2.Ray Allen
3.Kevin Durant
4.Shawn Kemp
5..Dennis Johnson
6.Spencer Heyward
7.Gus Williams
8.Detlef Schrempf
9.Jack sigma
10.Rashard Lewis
11.Fred Brown
12.Dale Ellis
13.Xavier McDaniel
That's a really good list. I like it. All those players in their prime playing on the same team would make the Sonics Great again. You did a great job on choosing the best Sonics players. 👍😀
Jack Sikma is too low, KD only played one year there.
Fantastic platform
1994, Nuggets, Mutombo, a flashback from hell that still burns. 😒😪🤢🥵
Good video!
I wonder where is the SuperSonics championship banner?
Man oh man, I loved those 90's Sonics teams. I truly believe if not for running into the 72 win MJ lead Bulls, they would have won the title that year, they were that good. Reign Man & The Glove was fun to watch in it's prime. NBA JAM anybody? I dare you to try me on that game with me as Seattle, Payton was hell on D and would just push you down, Kemp would do 709 flips and spin from half court, & if I use Schemphf he would just shoot the lights out & had D. So any combo worked. Because MJ was not on the game, it made Seattle the best by default. Plus it was the perfect combo for a 2 on 2 game. All though I do admit the Charlotte was good too Mugsy & LJ, Spurs because they had Rodman then and him and The Admiral would just beat you up lol. The Knicks with Charles Oakley and Starks The Pistons we're sneaky good because of the 3 & D. Basically if you can't tell I pick the teams with D on that game. Anyone could score on it and the harder the game got it would come down to who would be able to take the ball away from and get stops. It's still my first favorite sports game ever. Either one to be honest, just depends on what team you like. I like the original alot but the tournament edition was just as good.
Seattle and Baltimore need their teams back
I hated that the Seattle Super Sonics had left the emerald city and I especially didn't like them moving to OKC
I cry when the Seattle supersonics left for Oklahoma city
Shawn Kemp and Gary Paytonput Seattle SuperSonics on the map in the 1990s…
Just bring them back man. Please.
Seattle SuperSonics will be back in Seattle soon. #2022SonicBoom
Love to see them come back BUT, how would that work draft wise? Where would the players come from for the team? They would have no assests to trade 🤷🏿♂️
How did any team start out? They all did sometime, ya know...
The Thumbnail makes KD look like his the love child of Kemp and Payton 😂
Do a Suns video please!! They're the most cursed franchise currently running lol lost a coinflip for Lew Alcindor and have been cursed ever since. The most storied NBA franchise to never have won a title. Sad lol ...
🤞🤞 that this year the curse is somehow broken lol
When KD left OKC he was probably thinking: Who cares? Not my city anyway.
Which made us Warriors Fans all the happier when he played in Golden State. And Curry just won his first Final MVP, post Durant era.
Neither was Seattle tbf. He just wanted to win titles and he did. Should’ve been a Celtic that summer tho
Bring back our Sonics!
Damn GP and Kemp to Stockton/Malone is a lot like Dame/CJ to Splash bros. Similar playstyles but just not as good, its super obvious it just never clicked how close the sonics duo was to utahs duo playstyle wise
Didn't know Gary Payton wore number 2 in the beginning.
I miss my Sonics 😢
Jaylen Brown next video theScore 🙏🙏🙏
From about 91-96...Most exciting team I've ever watched. This TN kid was all about the Supersonics. They should've paid Kemp what he needed to stay. I fully believe a ring was coming. I haven't been able to get into the NBA since they got hosed to OKC. What a franchise to lose. Had history, had a good city, had killer uniforms, had a great fanbase? I mean cmon. Bring back the Supersonics. And bring them back to Seattle.
Oklahoma deserved a team after the extreme hospitality they showed New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans after hurricane Katrina, but not in the way Clay the snake did it.
As a thunder fan I agree. I wouldn’t want to lose my team like that. I hope Seattle gets their team back in expansion. Plus a sonics vs thunder rivalry would be so fun
Bring back the Sonics and Grizzlies.
Should be Vancouver first then Seattle since they have been waiting longer for a new team
Most underrated Power Forward & PG in the modern era of ball. 🌲🤘🏻
PS FUCKKKK STARBUCKS & SCHULTZ. 😘
I love this content but you gotta mention Dennis Johnson as finals mvp leaving him out in a lil segment kinda hurt my feelings
That Kevin Durant Jersey would be niice
why were the 1993 and 1996 sonics not as elite as their 1978 1979 and 1980 teams
I never watch any NBA games and bought any NBA merchandise since they got rid of the Sonics. Even if they bring back the Sonics. Never will.
Christ! if the damn Cleveland browns can come back who left in 95 then came back in 99 . It’s time!!! For the Sonics to return give the fans of Seattle they’re Sonics back! . idk if I said this already but If you’re gonna bring them back make sure they buy the history from the thunder & let the thunder be they’re own brand & team
It always ended losing to the Lakers in the 80s
The Sonics didn't draft Kemp. They drafted Pippen and traded him for Kemp.
I might be incorrect, but Seattle drafted Pippen and traded him to the Bulls for Olden Polynice.
@@smokestack29 Hey you're right. I remember watching a broadcaster back in the day say that it was Kemp traded for Pippen and just trusted it as fact. Man that really makes me think though. If The Sonics had held on to Pippen and teamed him up with Kemp and Payton we might be talking about the Sonics as the best team of the 90's. Certainly the Bulls don't win 6 titles. Pippen for Olden Polynice. That has to be one of the worst trades in NBA history.
NBA this offseason Need's to Bring Back 1.Seattle Supersonics 2. Vancouver Grizzies since Memphis took that name 😂 3. New Jersey. 4. Las Vegas so these City's need a NBA Franchises so let's Go Silver. 😂 😂 2022 or 2023 season Fans.
Please bring back the Sonics with the Supersonic name and their uniform the same as it was when they left Seattle ..... Also add the History so they are not starting new again
The people were not interested in getting their taxes raised to keep the SuperSonics in town and some where not even sports fans just like when the raiders were seeking public funding for renovation to the arena in Oakland
This team definitely gave problems to the Rockets in the 90s. The one team the rockets feared in the NBA.
Show some love to the Storm...Climate Pledge is home to our Storm! They're the ones to bring us the most championships!
Never Thunder always Supersonics !!!
grow up.
no credit for DJ
I hate you, Howard Schultz for ruining the Seattle Supersonics, but Starbucks makes some real quality coffee and cappuccino, and lattes. Damn if you do, Damn if you don't.
Sonics had a better record in the regular seasons and playoffs vs the rockets. The team Olajuwon couldn't beat, except 1997 playoffs when he finally eliminated them in 7 games.
Shame on you for pretending like they’re gonna give us our team back. Great documentary about my city until your bullshit about “momentum”...you literally put Sonics guy in this and Sonics guy is fucking dead...you have no idea the amount of hurt we feel every day. Save our Sonics
UA-cam - Jimmi Stone
This is why Kevin Durant is the GOAT
I wish the team stayed in Seattle, not move the team to Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Thunder doesn't sound like a name for a NBA team.
Oh, how I hate Clay Bennett and Howard Shultz.
Bring back the "Supersonics". You can keep the sonics.
They shall return but not at the cost of another city losing its team.
This production continues the tradition of disrespect in regards to Dennis Johnson, ridiculous!
The Supersonic should never revamp/relocated to Oklahoma.
Putting Kemp and Payton behind durant is a jackass move.
Not even I am just stating the facts. They do not love there basketball like other small market teams. Def not like Milwaukee, Portland or Utah.
Lived in Seattle for over 20 years and from the early 90’s to early 2000’s you could hardly ever get a ticket for a Sonics game during that time. They were the hottest ticket in town. Seattle is a great basketball town with some seriously hardcore fans, and a rich history. I do agree with you about Utah and Portland having great fans. Certainly helps when you’re also the only major professional sports team in town in those markets.
Late 90s Sonic unis were the worst.
naw those were nice
@@Brian00007 Late 90s were bad for a lot of team uniforms- Pistons, Hawks, Cavs, Rockets, Knicks, Sixers, Suns, Jazz, ....like the whole league just went nuts. But the Sonics were the worst. That orange was just a bad idea.
@@BDUBZ49 The Warriors logo in the 90's was also just as bad, the 90's sure had some of the ugliest cartoony logos in professional sports at the time.
Look happy we get a team back In 2025. However the team will not be good because it’s an expansion team Therefore. I will try to go to one game tokenly. But the NBA to a bad team that had hope of becoming good away from us. And will give us a bad team back so i guess having a team will have to be good enough
i hate OKC
Idk how you can. The fans and city were told they were getting a team and become ecstatic. Hate clay Bennett and Howard Schultz
Seattle does not deserve a nba team. They support football and baseball in that town. They turned there backs on there team in the 90s and beyond. No way do they need another nba team there. There not a good basketball market at all.
Are you here as a paid troll? I can't believe anyone could come here to say some BS like that.
They will get a team, tho. Money talks.