OTish: Sonicsgate on CNBC on Sunday night.

[EL PRESIDENTE]

http://sonicsgate.com/

Fri Apr 27 and Sun Apr 29
10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific

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and fuck the Thunder.

 

[Rhal]

So stupid what happened. Makes me hate the Thunder and I shouldn't hate a team that had no say in moving just the owners being complete dicks. Glad the Thunder owner owes hundreds of millions and is pretty much broke.

 

[Natebishop3]

I don't know if I could stomach Seattle having Durant right now. I hate that city with a passion, and as much as I loved the rivalry, I'm glad they didn't get to keep KD. Rub that salt in the wound

 

[jlprk]

So stupid what happened. Makes me hate the Thunder and I shouldn't hate a team that had no say in moving just the owners being complete dicks. Glad the Thunder owner owes hundreds of millions and is pretty much broke.

The #2 owner Aubrey McClendon, the one who funded the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads which claimed that Kerry had gotten his 3 Purple Hearts through fraud, and who funded anti-gay messages, has lived a billionaire's life purely on debt for at least 3 years. He's really worth nothing. On the ESPN Sonics board before the Okies got me banned, I used to call him Audrey. Here's the latest news.

http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=a...rm=QBNT&pq=aubrey+mcclendon&sc=8-16&sp=-1&sk=

 

[Rhal]

The #2 owner Aubrey McClendon, the one who funded the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads which claimed that Kerry had gotten his 3 Purple Hearts through fraud, and who funded anti-gay messages, has lived a billionaire's life purely on debt for at least 3 years. He's really worth nothing. On the ESPN Sonics board before the Okies got me banned, I used to call him Audrey. Here's the latest news.

http://www.bing.com/news/search?q=a...rm=QBNT&pq=aubrey+mcclendon&sc=8-16&sp=-1&sk=

Thought Aubrey was owner #1, well I was basically correct.

 

[jlprk]

That's Bennett. Just remember Benedict Arnold and his wife Audrey.

 

[HailBlazers]

Aubrey McClendon Must Be Stopped

 

[3RA1N1AC]

clay bennett is the chairman of the nba relocation committee

 

[jlprk]

http://sonicsgate.com/

Fri Apr 27 and Sun Apr 29
10pm Eastern / 7pm Pacific

Thanks. I'll be watching.

 

[HailBlazers]

clay bennett is the chairman of the nba relocation committee

So %$#&@$ Up. That's like appointing Bernie Madoff as the head of the Fed.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Brutal.

And it's a damn shame that Clay and his cronies have an elite, title contending team for years to come.

Key Arena is not suitable but neither is the town of OKC.

 

[craigehlo]

 

[jlprk]

It raced through events. It's a review for those who know the details. For the neophyte, it may whet the appetite to learn.

But it just recites a list of events without giving background reasons for those events. When it ended I switched to Grizzlies-Clippers and I'll post my thoughts on Sonicsgate later.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Here's to the Seattle Kings signing Kevin Durant 2016.

 

[crandc]

Not Audrey, please. I named my stray cat Audrey (for Audrey Hepburn, because the cat was such a waif, just like she was) before the vet informed me the cat was a neutered male and not a female.

The cat then became Brandon. No explanation needed.

 

[Paine Tablet]

Not Audrey, please. I named my stray cat Audrey (for Audrey Hepburn, because the cat was such a waif, just like she was) before the vet informed me the cat was a neutered male and not a female.

The cat then became Brandon. No explanation needed.

There's no room for gender-neutral cat names? There was a football player named Autry and a few named Aubrey. I'm sure there will be one name Audrey. Maybe he will be a waif-like and lithe 6'6" kicker.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

yes. no gender lines!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

the niners just signed a dude named jewel

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

progress. now if they can only sign a chick named jewel we will live in a just world.

 

[mook]

Not Audrey, please. I named my stray cat Audrey (for Audrey Hepburn, because the cat was such a waif, just like she was) before the vet informed me the cat was a neutered male and not a female.

The cat then became Brandon. No explanation needed.

Too bad you couldn't just go with Audie, after the straight up WWII tough guy Audie Murphy. If a cat has to suffer the indignity of being named for a human, Audie Murphy is about as tolerable as it gets. He killed over 240 of the enemy, along with destroying 6 tanks.

Even most cats would recognize his general GI badassery.

 

[mook]

Oh, and he was only 17 when he enlisted, and only weighed 110 pounds.

 

[julius]

Too bad you couldn't just go with Audie, after the straight up WWII tough guy Audie Murphy. If a cat has to suffer the indignity of being named for a human, Audie Murphy is about as tolerable as it gets. He killed over 240 of the enemy, along with destroying 6 tanks.

Even most cats would recognize his general GI badassery.

Or better yet, and I can't believe you didn't suggest this..

Audie Norris, former Trail Blazer, NOT known for killing over 240 of the enemy or destroying 6 tanks.

 

[HailBlazers]

ANYway....

back on topic, OKC crowd is wearing T-Shirt's tonight that say "Team is Community"

 

[jlprk]

It raced through events. It's a review for those who know the details. For the neophyte, it may whet the appetite to learn. But it just recites a list of events without giving background reasons for those events.

They cut it from 120 minutes (online Director's cut) to 43 minutes (1 hour CNBC recut with long ads).

A 64% cut. I should watch the original on YouTube. What I saw last night just doesn't cut it.

One of the two principals who made it used to post with me on the ESPN Sonic board against Okies, so I'll withhold any critique till I watch the whole thing.

 

[crandc]

I thought of Audie and Aubrey, but didn't like either. The night before Brandon Roy won on a 3 pointer at the buzzer, so Brandon seemed a good name. Unfortunately, I feel responsible for jinxing him. Brandon the cat was a throwaway who turned out to have multiple health issues and had to be euthanized after only a month when his kidneys failed. Brandon the player is still alive but had to retire when his knees failed.

So you can blame my cat. Or me. If you believe in jinxes.
Just don't blame Audrey.

 

[bigbailes]

finally watched the entire directors cut and damn ... i never liked the sonics but how can anyone (outside of okc) root for any team run by bennett and that group?

 

[HailBlazers]

finally watched the entire directors cut and damn ... i never liked the sonics but how can anyone (outside of okc) root for any team run by bennett and that group?

There are many many people responsible for the travesty. Bennett's group, Howard Schultz, the Mayor of Seattle, the out of touch Washington State Bureaucrats and their voters. Epic fail by all.

However, in the end, the sole responsibility lies on the NBA. This is yet another example of the National Basketball Association's blatant disregard for it's fan-base, it's customers, and the integrity of the game.

 

[magnifier661]

finally watched the entire directors cut and damn ... i never liked the sonics but how can anyone (outside of okc) root for any team run by bennett and that group?

Can someone link the director's cut?

 

[Ed O]

I haven't seen the movie, but I feel (living in Seattle) that the city didn't want to do enough to keep the Sonics.

Oklahoma City, as a community, seemed to have the civic will. And deeper pocketbooks.

While a few people I know are broken up about losing the Sonics here in Seattle, I know many more people who weren't willing to spend one more dollar to keep them in town.

Ed O.

 

[jlprk]

There is a long linkage of causation, which I posted about on this board maybe a year ago, but to cut the causal links down to barebones:

Decline of interest in Seattle<-----no wins<-----no money for FAs or trades<-----impoverished owners<-----decline in attendance<-----no creative drafts or trades<-----OWNER FIRED BOB WHITSITT