Kevin Durant, Oklahoma, etc
I'm thrilled that the (Seattle) Sonics got draft rights to Kevin Durant.
I was listening to the NBA lottery on my car radio Tuesday night, and as it became obvious that we were going to get a top three pick — the Celtics' misfortune ensured it — I started to pump my fists and honk my horn. I was ridiculously stoked. The Sonics, after all, were my first love. Without Shawn Kemp, etc, I never start to follow sports; nobody in my family ever has.
So, during the commercial break, I pull over into a grocery store parking lot. I'm wearing a massive grin, kinda creepy like, I imagine. Whatever. My phone is ringing off the hook, and so I'm picking up, shouting a few things to my friends, and hanging up again. The Sonics! Greg Oden! Kevin Durant!
I'll admit this: I was disappointed when I heard we got the second pick. Only Oden seems to guarentee a future NBA title. But that only lasted two seconds. I jumped out of my car, danced a little jig, answered some calls, shouted a ton, and then went to Jack in the Box for a congratulatory milkshake — large this time, and Oreo. Delicious.
There's no way the Sonics are staying in Seattle, by the way. I just cannot imagine how that would happen. The team pissed off the community, and the league pissed off the government. Even I — a honking and shouting and fist pumping fool — oppose a new stadium. I'm furious. There is a small chance that the Sonics could move to Renton, WA, which is about an hour south of my childhood home in Kenmore, but even that seems unlikely. Seattle is not going to happen; Renton maybe maybe maybe (maybe maybe maybe) could. Whatever.
Of course, the issue isn't going to come to a vote. That idea is 100 percent dead. The tax package which would pay for the stadium would simply extend hotel/motel taxes for about 20 years. Out-of-state visitors would pay, the team says. And, you know, screw out-of-state visitors, they imply.
Plans suggest the team needs a $500M facility. Even though we redid the stadium 10 years ago, the NBA is back for more. Even though we've nearly filled the stadium these past seven years to watch crappy, uninspired players, the NBA asks for more. I mean. What? What in the world is a city supposed to do? It's absurd. Screw the visitors? Screw the NBA.
But. Kevin Durant! Wow! Go Supes!
I was listening to the NBA lottery on my car radio Tuesday night, and as it became obvious that we were going to get a top three pick — the Celtics' misfortune ensured it — I started to pump my fists and honk my horn. I was ridiculously stoked. The Sonics, after all, were my first love. Without Shawn Kemp, etc, I never start to follow sports; nobody in my family ever has.
So, during the commercial break, I pull over into a grocery store parking lot. I'm wearing a massive grin, kinda creepy like, I imagine. Whatever. My phone is ringing off the hook, and so I'm picking up, shouting a few things to my friends, and hanging up again. The Sonics! Greg Oden! Kevin Durant!
I'll admit this: I was disappointed when I heard we got the second pick. Only Oden seems to guarentee a future NBA title. But that only lasted two seconds. I jumped out of my car, danced a little jig, answered some calls, shouted a ton, and then went to Jack in the Box for a congratulatory milkshake — large this time, and Oreo. Delicious.
There's no way the Sonics are staying in Seattle, by the way. I just cannot imagine how that would happen. The team pissed off the community, and the league pissed off the government. Even I — a honking and shouting and fist pumping fool — oppose a new stadium. I'm furious. There is a small chance that the Sonics could move to Renton, WA, which is about an hour south of my childhood home in Kenmore, but even that seems unlikely. Seattle is not going to happen; Renton maybe maybe maybe (maybe maybe maybe) could. Whatever.
Of course, the issue isn't going to come to a vote. That idea is 100 percent dead. The tax package which would pay for the stadium would simply extend hotel/motel taxes for about 20 years. Out-of-state visitors would pay, the team says. And, you know, screw out-of-state visitors, they imply.
Plans suggest the team needs a $500M facility. Even though we redid the stadium 10 years ago, the NBA is back for more. Even though we've nearly filled the stadium these past seven years to watch crappy, uninspired players, the NBA asks for more. I mean. What? What in the world is a city supposed to do? It's absurd. Screw the visitors? Screw the NBA.
But. Kevin Durant! Wow! Go Supes!
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