Places to mingle
My past four posts have all included Q&As with players, the team GM and a guy who last week had people briefly thinking the team will be named the Oklahoma City Marshals. While I hope those Q&As were insightful, I figure I better get away from that format in this post.
And so, as the team continues its transition from Seattle here are a couple of Internet sites you can visit to interact with fans of the new team and the NBA in general.
HornetsCentral.com. The name is old, but I assume that will change as soon as the team name is announced. The forums have changed from being primarily a Hornets message board to talk about Oklahoma City’s new NBA team. It’s also not as jumping as it used to be when the Hornets were here, but I assume that also will change as the season draws closer and the team becomes more visible in the community.
RealGM.com. A lot of good NBA fans on the forums on this site. An Oklahoma City forum recently was added and it’s becoming more and more populated. A Seattle SuperSonics forum still exists but might be extinct soon.
InsideHoops.com. There is no designated Oklahoma City forum, but you can talk all things NBA with fans of all teams. There is a 16-page thread about the team’s move, dating back to July 2 and discussion about the official announcement and going up to present-day talk about what the team name should be.
A few other sites also still weigh in on the old Sonics. They’re Seattle-based blogs with longtime Seattle fans, so they might not be great places for OKC fans to engage in actually talking about OKC’s team. But every now and again some of their content is worth a look.
Supersonicsoul.com. They’ve got a post on there now about the Uni Watch contest started by an ESPN.com blogger. You can take a look at their jersey design for yourself.
SonicsCentral.com. This blog has a lot of die-hard Seattle SuperSonics fans, and with the team now gone the topics have transitioned more to what Seattle needs to do to regain a team. I’d expect a few fans to continue following the team when the season starts and regularly post messages on the boards.
And of course there’s this space, which will begin to have more and more content as the season approaches and this city hosts its first permanent NBA franchise. Feel free to add places I didn’t list here. I’m always looking for new places where people are talking about the NBA.
-DM-
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Seattle named one of ESPN’s top Preps Hoops Cities:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recruiting/features/cityhigh?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1
That’s some elite company.
OKCTalk.com is arguably the BEST Oklahoma City based forum on topics about Oklahoma City. While most of the discussions is about OKC development (particularly downtown), the forum covers everything Oklahoma City, especially if it is hip, urban, and progressive. There is a dedicated Sonics/OKC NBA section and a number of threads with lots of activity.
I agree mark, Seattle is in good company there, as all of the other cities are at least double in population and represent the largest cities in this country; New York, Chicago, LA, Houston, DC, Atlanta and Philly. To see Seattle in that company when it comes to prep bball is not only amazing but is quite complimentary.
The InsideHoops OKC basketball forum now exists:
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=48
Later DM!
- an assistant editor
this is the only blog worth frequenting. as much as i love to talk actual basketball stuff, arguing with sad people is much more fun. i hope the seattle citizens never stop coming here.
and congrats on being one of the nation’s top preps hoops cities. how’s that working out for you?
Here’s something you won’t learn reading Darnell Mayberry in the Gaylord Tribune:
http://deadspin.com/5025811/big-money-undefeated-in-7-of-7-nba-games-reffed-by-scott-foster
hey mark, that’s kinda my point. keep playing along! i used to talk seriously, but not anymore. i love that i’m typing this stuff to no one, but you keep responding. thanks for the validation.
enjoy your high school basketball, i hear seattle goes to their games, as opposed to… well, you know.
Your point was that you like to talk “basketball stuff”, but the problem there is that you never have. If you’re really “typing this stuff to no one”, maybe you shouldn’t reference my posts.
Glad I could help your personal validation. After all, that’s what the NBA in OKC is all about: making your city believe it matters.
Not that you care about basketball, but having a top prep hoops city means you’re actually producing talent, not just paying for it to show up so you can all high-five each other and convince yourselves that everyone’s jealous of OKC’s cost of living.
but mark, my question is: why talk about seattle high school basketball on an nba in okc blog? if you want to hate on bennett moving your former team, i understand that. but telling us about high school basketball rankings? most people couldn’t give half a sh..
Well, Ed. Creativity is not your strong point and I’m not sure you could complete a 500 word essay. That said, you are at least consistent. Maybe we can bring back Spud Webb! What are you going to write when the team gets a name??
Hi DM. Good post. I’ll tell the editor of insidehoops to create an OKC forum tonight. Thanks