This is pretty heartwarming stuff. The NBA asks teams who play against New Orleans to do a little community service while they're there. Teams do, often haphazardly, sending a couple of players along to some pre-selected site.
Sonics First NBA Team to Hand Out Food at New Orleans Tent City
Oklahoma City vs Oklahoma City in Oklahoma City
The Sonics will play in their possible future home town tonight when they face the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets in the brand new Ford Center.
But Oklahoma City Already Has an NBA Team. Nope. Not Anymore.
Hurricane Katrina forced the NBA's Hornets to play most of this and last season in Oklahoma City, but they'll play all 41 of their 2007-08 home games in New Orleans.The New Orleans Hornets planned to let a deadline pass Wednesday on the team’s option to play a third season at its temporary home in Oklahoma City. “Obviously we’re extremely grateful for the people in this community, the way they’ve embraced us and have supported us,”...
SI's Cover Goes to the Huskies
Sports Illustrated is featuring the Huskies on the cover of their College Basketball preview-- well one of the five regional covers. The west coast edition features John Brockman and…really, wow, Ryan Appleby. Huh. Justin Dentmon must have had class or something.
Sonics Try New Personnel and New Ads
The Sonics gave up on Rick Brunson, their all-time worst free-agent signing. This offseason, they gave Brunson--who had a foot injury--a guaranteed $1 million contract. Brunson's foot injury never healed. He played four games. You do the math.
Sonics to Taxpayers: Um...can you guys give us a point guard, too?
Last night, the Sonics played a mediocre team, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. The mediocre team lost their only two point guards to injury. Yet the Sonics still lost.
Sonics Steady The Ship
After ending an ugly six-game losing streak with a win over the lowly New Orleans Hornets on Friday, the Sonics posted an impressive 15-point victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday afternoon.

