National dining correspondent Kyle Anderson has the scoop on a great place to stuff yourself this afternoon While Seattlest long ago gave up hope that the Sonics will stick around, who doesn’t want to see Detlef Schrempf serve up some pizza?! Sport Restaurant and Bar had the marketing savvy to combine everyone’s favorite holiday, National Pizza Day (evidently the brainchild of Papa John, the Godfather, and Little Caesar) with a “Save Our Sonics and Storm”......

True Hoop's been running a fascinating serial written by Gregory Dole, who was Leandro Barbosa's interpreter when he worked out with NBA teams before the 2003 draft. Part IV talks about Barbosa's work out with the Sonics, wherein he wowed the top of the Sonics' org chart, including then-poobah Howard Schultz. Barbosa had a great workout, hitting his shots, blowing past defenders, and unleashing a nasty crossover that caused Kirk Hinrich to fall on his......

Via True Hoop, the News Tribune's Frank Hughes reports today that the Sonics' organization is "enveloped by a cloud of paranoia, mistrust, distrust and, now, anger." The lowlights: --Clay Bennett fired Bob Hill just two hours after Hill returned home from having hernia surgery. --Bennett didn't have a news conference to announce the firings because he's "mad at the media." --Bennett believes he was misled about the Sonics' chance of getting an arena--that then-CEO......

Before you move it's a good idea to throw out the crap you don't need any more. And our Oklahoma City-bound basketball franchise is doing just that, firing longtime Sonics executive Wally Walker. Walker, whose incompetence as an executive was exceeded only by the incompetence of his hires, was the team's CEO and a partial owner under the Howard Schultz administration. What's worse, a thank you party that Walker's throwing this weekend--originally intended as thank......

The Seattle P-I confirmed what SonicsCentral reported yesterday: The Sonics' new owners were looking at possible arena sites in Bellevue yesterday--specifically the old Safeway distribution center east of 405, which has been mentioned before in connection with a new arena. Bellevue developer Kemper Freeman, Jr., who the P-I describes as "Bellevue's biggest booster for moving the Sonics to the Eastside," says he spoke with Sonics President Wally Walker and the new owners, and says......

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......

Either the city agrees to rebuild Key Arena by this time next month, or the Sonics will leave Seattle after their lease is up. That's the threat Sonics President Wally Walker lobbed at city politicos in a letter today. Let's see if it will have the same effect as threats like: "Play hard for all 82 games, Jerome, or we'll bench you." or "Accept our lowball contract offer, Nate--you'll never find a better one." After......

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. Note, this is the organization that wants you the taxpayer to pitch in for their new arena. Please. And yet we are stupid too! After the Supes traded for Chris Wilcox, we posed this question: "What......

Bainbridge and #8-ranked O’Dea (the two-time defending state champs) play a winner-to-state, loser-out game tonight. The outcome will likely hinge on this: can O’Dea’s Jamelle McMillan (son of Nate) stop Bainbridge’s Steven Gray. Gray, a 6-4 junior guard, is feeling it. He scored 46 points Tuesday in a loser-out game against Sealth, with his future college coach, Gonzaga’s Mark Few, in attendance. Seattlest saw Gray in action earlier this season. He’s a streaky shooter. But......

Befuddled Bob Weiss, whose sideline body language reminded us of overwhelmed Husky coach Keith Gilbertson, is gone, replaced by Bob Hill. Hill's last team, the 2002-03 Fordham University Rams, posted a 2-26 record (though they did nearly knock off then #25 Dayton). Hill is a safe and underwhelming choice--just like Weiss was. Times columnist Steve Kelley rips Sonic president Wally Walker a new one here. Times reporter Percy Allen asks "Who is Bob Hill?" here.......