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Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team
This documentary, created by Sonics fans with additional footage provided by local news organizations, was awarded the winning trophy in the 2010 Webby Awards for being the Best Sports Film.
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It is an educational documentary accounting on how after playing NBA Basketball in Seattle for 41 years, the Super Sonics moved to Oklahoma and became The Thunder.
This film includes original HD interviews with Gary Payton, George Karl, Slade Gorton, Brad Keller, Sherman Alexie, Paul Lawrence, Kevin Calabro and many more famous and known names.
The Seattle SuperSonics Historical Preservation Society is distributing this film online for free in order to educate the public. This film is in High Definition, close-captioned and has a soundtrack provided by Seattle area musicians and hip-hop artists such as Lil Kriz, Jake One, Grayskul, Blue Scholars, Common Market and more.
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I’m a Bulls-Fan for 20 years and I really miss the Sonics-Jersey in the NBA! I also miss the rivalries from back in the days because today there are no more real rivalries which are exciting to watch!! OKC!? Can’t blame the people/fans there, unfortunately the NBA is a business! The Kings are safe for now but there will be other teams! How about the Hornets, NEXT! Is there any sports league which owns a team playing in the same league, they can do what the want with the Hornets! It’s a shame!
this dosent have a million views ……… that needs to be fixed
Clearly stern, schultz, bennett and nickels/wa gov. were working together. Why would washington let bennett off the hook for 30m? Does anyone know if their can be a rival league basketball league started to compete with the nba? I think they may be wielding too much power. Like someone in this vid was fined 250k for speaking his mind (nothing bad really) and this is acceptable?
wow. closed captions that actually work.
@206Hoopsfan4ever– I respect the people who worked to try and save the team, but to ask me to respect a person who quit going to games ‘that meant a lot to them’?? Thats like respecting a person trying to take back an adopted baby that ended up being a millionaire… Sorry, no sympathy here..
@206Hoopsfan4ever- Blame goes to those guys? There are d-2 universities across the country shutting down their sports programs (scholarships and all) because theyre a burden to the school. Its a business. If you were to have received a scholarship for tennis, then have that scholarship pulled because the program is sucking money from the school- would you be mad at the people who ran the athletic programs? Of course not. The blame would go directly towards the business. Sonics&Okc=same concept
around 1:15:00 way to dodge the question Stern you d***. Just accuse an acclaimed reporter that always works.
So Seattle Sonics in 1990 got the 2nd pick and selected Gary Payton, player year and best from 1993-98. In 2007 Sonics got the 2nd pick and selected Kevin Durant, all star and helping the Sonics/Thunder in the best BBall for a sustained time. In 2012 OKC is headed for top seed. History repeats itself.
Are there any legal experts in contract law here? How should the judge rule based on this case? Should the contract be enforced via specific performance, or is it dysfunctional and being kept for an improper purpose?
being a kings fan i feel your pain its the worst feeling in the world but we got our team to stay so i guess i dont have the actual pain of seeing them leave but the threat was very real
@OklahomaGrl28 That’s what makes being a sports fan so fun – you should see how Heats fan dump c*** on Bulls fans over at ESPN. Heat fans taunt Bulls fans both team and city. I must admit I think Miami is more fun than Chicago in winters. A bulls fans posted a Dwight come to Chicago and an Orando fan said he’s not going to that crappy city, which Chicago fans called Orlando a useless city LOL. flame wars.
Seattle Sonics fans, it’s highly likely it will be a Thunder vs Heat 2012 or Thunder vs Bulls – do you plan to fly down to OKC when OKC wins and celebrate there (in Sonics colors of course)? You can arrange a caravan of Seattle Sonics fans to drive to OKC to celebrate or protest. (hopefully celebrate)lol . It’s fun to party when there is a sports championship!
You know Sonics fans, if the Thunder wins the 2012 NBAchampionship against Heat/Bulls, there’s no reason you can’t celebrate in bars and on the streets and have house parties and flash mob dancing! There’s no reason you Seattlites, after OKC wins and beats the Heat, you can’t go on the streets celebrating and cheering and fist pumping and saying “We WON”!!!! Secret is to pull for Durant. It’s no different than a Cleveand Lebron fan living in Cleveland cheering for Lebron in Miami Heat!
As a Thunder fan I may seem biased, but really the only argument Seattle has (had) was in the emails? I would be mad if the Thunder we’re hypothetically in talks about moving, but I wouldnt frame it as theft- unless it had unequivocally been proven to be theft by multiple courts. The Sonics were bleeding money and ended up being thrown around like a hot potato- landing in the hands of a group of motivated owners. Too little, too late’ If you sell a Picasso at a garage sell, dont ask for it back
I just don’t understand why the people of Seattlr blame thr people of Okc. Pointless bullshit. You all need to blame the fans,the city council snd state legislature for NOT showing up. If i would’vd been ond of those players on that last game in that arena…I would’ve been sad but also asking myself where the h*** were these people in Nov when the season started?! Where were you when we draftec Kevin Durant?! Sitting at home not giving a damn and you ask why they left?!?…really….wtf?!?!
@rc10street Regular season record: 29-7 — he’s a great GM for OKC.
@notagain001 Presti intentionally dismantled the team to lose on purpose to generate a lack of interest in the city. He didn’t care about the current team but instead built the team with 3 years in mind. It was a modern “Major League” situation. Any coincidence that the team had it’s worst record in franchise history it’s final year in Seattle? He traded off the team to hoard draft picks to use while in OKC and he had Durant fall in his lap. How does that make him a great GM?
@rc10street So how does Presti’s decision look in hindsight, now that OKC is league leader tied with Miami? The commentators didn’t like Wally Walker.
@206Hoopsfan4ever Thanks for the Thunder Losers
@mjljr5891 why would Kevin have a mic in the rafters? He’d be back on the call, Blackburn would though
Hey dumbass. Presti was the GM here in Seattle and was part of the effort to rape the team of all the star talent. Trading Allen for West/Szerbiak and 5th pick, then turning around and trading the 2 for 3 other scrubs. The 5 played an average of 23 games. It was a conscious effort to put a c*** product on the court to prepare for the move. Get high draft picks at the expense of the current team. Also the Thomas for Barry/Elson n 1rd pick, they released Barry the day after the trade.
@nam206 Haha, ….and Cleveland fans will root for OKC Thunder. I guess everyone in the US including jilted Chicago Bulls fans, will root for OKC against the Heat except Seattle fans lol.
@notagain001 Heat. I will never root for OKC.
An NBA franchise belongs in Seattle
Sonics fans, if OKC is in 2012 Finals vs Miami Heat, who would you root for, Heat or Thunder?