Seattle has one of the better up-and-coming football teams in the league, but no one east of Pocatello seems to have noticed.

i would rather hear the news of seattle getting a hockey team.

Seattle needs a basketball team.

Bring back the Sonics first.

As a Bears fan living in the Emerald city, this would be cool. I would finally have a team to root for here. Besides the Sounders and the lowly, lowly Mariners of course.

/I pretend to be happy for my friends when the Hawks win...but I really enjoy when they lose.

alechemist: i would rather hear the news of seattle getting a hockey team.

Now you're talkin

El Brujo: alechemist: i would rather hear the news of seattle getting a hockey team.

Now you're talkin

If Seattle got an NHL expansion franchise, they might be competitive just in time for the city's100th anniversary of winning the Stanley Cup...

thompsonius: Yes, they have one... ONLY ONE

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Pretty much this.

Methinks subby is a butthurt Saints fan

Super Chronic: Seattle has one of the better up-and-coming football teams in the league, but no one east of Pocatello seems to have noticed.

I don't know about that. It seems that every time the MLS is mentioned, people bring up the Sounders. However, the MLS isn't too terribly popular, partially because other leagues have more talent and the sport is usually overshadowed by a different type of football in the States.

svenge: El Brujo: alechemist: i would rather hear the news of seattle getting a hockey team.

Now you're talkin

If Seattle got an NHL expansion franchise, they might be competitive just in time for the city's100th anniversary of winning the Stanley Cup...

I actually sketched up a logo for what the new team should be, in homage, the Seattle Metros

Beware_Me: Super Chronic: Seattle has one of the better up-and-coming football teams in the league, but no one east of Pocatello seems to have noticed.

I don't know about that. It seems that every time the MLS is mentioned, people bring up the Sounders. However, the MLS isn't too terribly popular, partially because other leagues have more talent and the sport is usually overshadowed by a different type of football in the States.

In MLS and NFL, what do the "S" and the "F" stand for?

I still can't believe the Sonics moved. Franchise movement is for hopeless small market teams that have never won a title. Move the Vancouver Grizzlies, Montreal Expos, Atlanta Thrashers, or the Jacksonville Jaguars and I get it. But the Sonics?!

What would the equivalent in the other sports be? An established 40 year team with a title, but not an original historic franchise.

MLB: Angels
NHL: Flyers
NFL: Broncos

I don't know, but can you imagine those leagues without those teams. It's hard to put into words but the NBA doesn't feel like a real league to me since that move.

/rant over

Dired:

New guy bought the team, and said "maybe if you give me hundreds of million dollars to build myself a new stadium, I won't relocate the team". We said "How about no?", so he moved the team (which was the intent all along, though if the cash had really arrived he'd most likely have reconsidered). Yeah it sucks, but I've yet to hear someone say "Now that I think about it, we really should've given that guy a whole lot of money."

The worst part is that Stern was perfectly OK with how it all played out. At least at the time.

gtfan92: Meh, the Hornets will be in Seattle contracted soon enough.

Bill Gates should buy the Heat or the Clippers and then move them to Seattle.

skazzytl: Bill Gates should buy the Heat or the Clippers and then move them to Seattle.

That's more Paul Allen's thing, but your point is valid.

I was never much of a sonics fan, but I feel for my fellow Seattleites who lost the team they cared about. An NBA team coming back here would almost certainly mean an NHL team... which I find much more exciting.

Sad thing is I'm pretty sure both of those teams would outsell the Mariners almost immediately. Hell... the Sounders already do. Seattle: the only city in the country where Baseball would be the 5th most popular sport.

/granted, the M's play a hell of a lot more games, so it's a bit of an off-comparison.

skazzytl: Bill Gates should buy the Heat or the Clippers and then move them to Seattle.

A lot of people proposed letting Gates be the white knight that would save the Sonics in Seattle. He let it be known pretty early on that he wasn't interested in basketball. And you know what? Good for him. He's spending his money on fighting disease and has decided that sports aren't a priority. Can I blame him?

It's not Gate's that would buy an NBA team, it's Ballmer!

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cant wait for the season to start!!! Dying to go to a game one day...hopefully against Portland or Vancouver. My son asks me which soccer team we root for during MLS season and brainwashed him into the Sounders!

Sounders are the best deal in sports. Got good tickets to the March 7 game against Santos for $10. Seahawks tickets are 10x that.

It's not the EPL, but it is a blast.

A hockey team would be fun too.

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cant wait for the season to start!!! Dying to go to a game one day...hopefully against Portland or Vancouver. My son asks me which soccer team we root for during MLS season and brainwashed him into the Sounders!

I'm still pissed over Tampa Bay losing the Mutiny.

/go Rowdies

Decillion: I still can't believe the Sonics moved. Franchise movement is for hopeless small market teams that have never won a title. Move the Vancouver Grizzlies, Montreal Expos, Atlanta Thrashers, or the Jacksonville Jaguars and I get it. But the Sonics?!

What would the equivalent in the other sports be? An established 40 year team with a title, but not an original historic franchise.

MLB: Angels
NHL: Flyers
NFL: Broncos

I don't know, but can you imagine those leagues without those teams. It's hard to put into words but the NBA doesn't feel like a real league to me since that move.

/rant over

I felt terrible about losing the Hornets and haven't cared much about the NBA since. Never cared for the Bobcats. It may have been different had they left us the Hornets name and what little history we had, and we just had a new version of the Hornets (akin to the Browns). But Seattle? I can't imagine what they're going through. Probably what Baltimore did with the Colts, except everyone could see it coming a mile away.

alechemist: i would rather hear the news of seattle getting a hockey team.

Seattle has had a hockey team for over 30 years, and has had 2 for the last 5.

You should check out a game sometime.

Man, fark you, submitter.

And David Stern can fark himself. I'm not interested in the Hornets. The NBA can stay out of Seattle unless they give back the Zombie Sonics team that is exiled to Oklahoma.

Smelly McUgly: And David Stern can fark himself. I'm not interested in the Hornets. The NBA can stay out of Seattle unless they give back the Zombie Sonics team that is exiled to Oklahoma.

If Seattle did get the Hornets, I'd imagine they;d take on the Sonics name. Really, the Hornets are Seattle's only option. The league isn't going to let them just sit around un-owned forever.

Some Beer Snob: skazzytl: Bill Gates should buy the Heat or the Clippers and then move them to Seattle.

That's more Paul Allen's thing, but your point is valid.

I was never much of a sonics fan, but I feel for my fellow Seattleites who lost the team they cared about. An NBA team coming back here would almost certainly mean an NHL team... which I find much more exciting.

Sad thing is I'm pretty sure both of those teams would outsell the Mariners almost immediately. Hell... the Sounders already do. Seattle: the only city in the country where Baseball would be the 5th most popular sport.

/granted, the M's play a hell of a lot more games, so it's a bit of an off-comparison.

Maybe if they gave a shiat about putting a winning product on the field as opposed to the hydroplane races or which hat is the ball under, just maybe they'd actually draw some fans.

The Bestest: Smelly McUgly: And David Stern can fark himself. I'm not interested in the Hornets. The NBA can stay out of Seattle unless they give back the Zombie Sonics team that is exiled to Oklahoma.

If Seattle did get the Hornets, I'd imagine they;d take on the Sonics name. Really, the Hornets are Seattle's only option. The league isn't going to let them just sit around un-owned forever.

Send them to Las Vegas or Anaheim. I don't know if I'm in the minority or not, but I don't have any interest in a) getting another team and rebranding them as the Sonics, b) paying for a stadium in Bellevue or Redmond or Renton, or God forbid, Everett, or c) the inevitably increased traffic on the 405 that would result from this. No, no, no. Stay out.

I would be willing to take on an NHL team even though I'm not the biggest hockey fan, but the NBA burned its bridges with me as soon as they took away the original Sonics.

/First got into sports in general because of the Sonics teams with Tom Chambers, the X-Man, and Dale Ellis.
//Lived and died with the Payton-Schrempf-Kemp teams as a kid.

Smelly McUgly: The Bestest: Smelly McUgly: And David Stern can fark himself. I'm not interested in the Hornets. The NBA can stay out of Seattle unless they give back the Zombie Sonics team that is exiled to Oklahoma.

If Seattle did get the Hornets, I'd imagine they;d take on the Sonics name. Really, the Hornets are Seattle's only option. The league isn't going to let them just sit around un-owned forever.

Send them to Las Vegas or Anaheim. I don't know if I'm in the minority or not, but I don't have any interest in a) getting another team and rebranding them as the Sonics, b) paying for a stadium in Bellevue or Redmond or Renton, or God forbid, Everett, or c) the inevitably increased traffic on the 405 that would result from this. No, no, no. Stay out.

I would be willing to take on an NHL team even though I'm not the biggest hockey fan, but the NBA burned its bridges with me as soon as they took away the original Sonics.

/First got into sports in general because of the Sonics teams with Tom Chambers, the X-Man [heard he was eaten by wolves], and Dale Ellis.
//Lived and died with the Payton-Schrempf-Kemp teams as a kid.

That. All of it. Plus the occasional Thunderbirds game is fun, so while the NHL would be appreciated, it's not necessary.

Smelly McUgly: Send them to Las Vegas or Anaheim.

No way Vegas ever gets a team and why would they give Metro LA a third team when its second goes largely ignored?

The Bestest: Smelly McUgly: Send them to Las Vegas or Anaheim.

No way Vegas ever gets a team and why would they give Metro LA a third team when its second goes largely ignored?

The Kings were just about to head to Anaheim anyway, so I don't see why it would not be an option.