Every Team's Finest Hour

[Findog]

Yep.

I bet you were awfully disappointed to find out there was no Santa Claus.

[Culburn369]

As long as I got my electric football game every Xmas I was happier than a molester at the playground.

[Findog]

Zombie Sonics: Bringing some attention back to the OKC since, well, since Mr. McVeigh and driving home the future of franchise re-locations. If you don't have a stadium that has PSLs or adequate Sky/Luxury boxes, you will lose your team.

I don't think even that will keep a team from moving. For different reasons the Grizzlies, Bobcats, Bucks and Pacers are rumored candidates to eventually move, and they all play in arenas that are up to Stern-approved standards. I know in the case of Memphis that they supposedly have an iron-clad lease that keeps them there until 2015. Those four teams all play in arenas that are less than 20 years old and come with the luxury boxes and so forth.

The ironic thing about Key Arena is that when they remodeled it from the old Seattle Center Coliseum in the mid-nineties, they did so with an emphasis on making it a great place to watch a game. It had great sight lines with the spectators being right on top of the action, along with it being an extremely LOUD venue to play in with a raucous crowd. It just didn't have the floor space necessary for another remodeling job that incorporates all of the bull Stern wants that has nothing to do with basketball...like restaurants, bars, etc.