We wrote this before watching the end of last night’s Blazers vs. Rockets OT thriller, won on a Brandon Roy three with 0.8 seconds left. Last week another NBA season got underway, and for the first time since 1966 Seattle didn’t have a team in the fight. If you've forgotten why, The New York Times Magazine explains how Clay Bennett, the misunderstood visionary, rescued the Sonics from an un-caring elitist city. We dislike David Stern,......

Portland's Greg Oden, the #1 pick in this year's NBA draft, is out for the season before playing his first NBA game after exploratory surgery found extensive damage in his right knee. Oden hurt the knee--and we're not making this up--getting up off a couch. The Blazers have scheduled a news conference for 1:30 pm today. We'll update this post if anything else comes out before then. UPDATE: Here's the official statement from the Blazers:An......

SonicsCentral pointed us to this story from the Daily Oklahoman, where Clay Bennett is as explicit as ever about his desire to move the Sonics:"For now, without a building solution, it's our intent to play in Seattle and apply for relocation immediately after the (Oct. 31) deadline."It's good that Bennett's finally declared his intentions, NBA-backers can now prepare for the big fight. The Sonics' lease, signed after we taxpayers remodeled the Coliseum for them, runs......

As the amazing reality of the 2007 draft order settles in, it has become apparent that if you need to send a representative to the NBA Draft Lottery, pick a Garfield High graduate. Locally everyone wonders if this amazing stoke of luck will keep the team in town, and on the basketball front what happens with soon be restricted free agent Rashard Lewis now that the Sonics are about to draft Kevin Durant. Nationally the......

#1 Pick in the 2007 NBA Draft: Blazers! #2 Pick in the 2007 NBA Draft: Sonics! Holy poosticks! This couldn't have worked out any better. The Blazers will pick Greg Oden, that's a no-brainer, leaving the Sonics with no choice but to take Durant (unless, of course, they ruin everything by taking that Chinese guy). Durant's a much more dynamic player than Oden--if there were a guy who could save the franchise, it's him. Sonics......

Because they didn't file relocation paperwork with the NBA by some deadline, we know that the Sonics will play the 2007-08 season in Key Arena. Sonics Central and Supersonicsoul are thus far silent. Buzzer Beater outlines the possible scenarios, including the exciting "Sonics win #1 pick take Greg Oden and a tidal wave of excitement compels politicos to push through taxes" concept, better known as the "'95 Mariners Script". Maybe. But Clay Bennett, when he......

As the NBA's 10th worst team, the Sonics had about a 1/25 chance of getting one of the top three picks, and about a 9/10 chance of getting the 10th pick. They did not pick up an ace "on the river" however (if you have been unemployed in the past year you will know what this means), and so the tenth pick is theirs. This is a weak draft, and there's a reason for......