Let The Real Begin

 If there was fanfare and celebration for the 2007-08 edition of what is the Seattle Supersonics, I would be the 1st one in line. Alas, we are a step away from losing Seattle's 40 year entry in the NBA. Many deep playoff experiences and many ultra letdowns. And one actual NBA Championship. Oh do I remember that one. The Cheap Trick "Dream Police" and the Knack "My Sharona" summer. And a certain little Catholic School girl who came to my town and broke out of her shell and I was the beneficiary! My 18nth year on the planet, and it was good. '95 wasn't bad either. I was on vacation in '94 when I picked up a paper and saw Mutombo clutching the ball smiling. I didn't make an attempt to even watch it I was so confident. The pain of it all. We are like the Bobcats West now.

 Is there anything to look forward to? HELL YEAH! The Sonics begin another season. I always look forward to it, even if there is little hope of the playoffs. Or even deeper, a team. Whats to play for, the love of the game and city? Play your way into the hearts of the fans in Oklahoma City? Take the Hornets, please. Bennett just wants to be like some kind of Okie Oil Savior who brings pro sports to the plains all wrapped up in a black death knell ribbon for Seattle. Ohmigod! And I forgot, the Storm! Ouch, just take the Storm Clay!

 We open a mile high in Denver. This Wednesday night. I consider the Nuggets a kind of rival. It is a good opening contest. The Nugs ripped off the powder blue of my beloved SD Chargers and now sell mad more merchandise. Oh and the Iverson, Carmelo thing. Hopefully Wilcox will have another performance like he did against the Suns in the last preseason game. Did everything but take tickets and make popcorn!

The straw that stirs the drink, it's just a little weaker drink than the past.

 Oh the irony. Here is the Sonics in 1967, the 1st year in the league. Nice shorts! Tom Meschery takin' the low flying hook against another team that bailed and was expansion in the same year, the SD Rockets. Now in Houston and actually have a good history. 40 yrs and we pack it in to Oklahoma? I remember in the 90's we actually had a few celebs in the crowd, when Pearl Jam and Nirvana ruled the airwaves. And Seattle actually cared, dare I say had a little love for the team. Granted, we had a great team. Nobody in Portland cared about the Blazers a few years back, and they still have a poor record, but peeps buy into the hope. And see a team that dives for loose balls. And they are back to being fairly popular and talked about in this town. I bought tickets for opening night here at the Rose Garden 11/7 against the team that should be in Oklahoma and was...the New Orleans Hornets. It is sold out so it should be rawkin'.