Comments on: The Sports Guy on Sonics, Oklahoma

By: michael u.

michael u. — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:16:57 +0000

DARNELL IS COMING AROUND GUYS. SHOOT, HE HAS TO. HE HAS TO LIVE WITH EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE UNTIED STATES LOOKING AT HIM AND OTHER OKC CITIZENS LIKE “ARE YOU CRAZY”. LIKE “DID YOU GUYS NOT SEE THE OTHER 4 FIGHTS THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS FOUGHT AND WON OVER SOME OTHER ENTITY TRYING TO TAKE AWY A PIECE OF THE FAMILY”. SEE YA IN JUNE DARNELL!!

MIKE U.

By: joey

joey — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:14:17 +0000

those posts were written over the course of a couple of days. also in and out of other conversations. sorry. it does look a little confusing. all im saying is darnell is biased. sometimes. and yes so am i. im also, not a professional journalist!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:12:07 +0000

Not sure where you stand or what you mean joey now or in your first post.

i just meant people are hearing what’s happening and they can make up their own minds..

By: joey

joey — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:29:15 +0000

rick you gotta be kiddin me!!!

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:11:01 +0000

I think Darnell has pretty much played it straight and right, covering the news from all sides.

By: SEATTLE Sonics

SEATTLE Sonics — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:11:15 +0000

There is a reason that the segment of OKC not wanting an NBA team in such a sleezy fashion is underrreported is because the sleezballs own media distribution in OKC. No reporter from the Oklahoman is going to call the deal for what it is, especially the writer charged with covering the NBA for the Oklahoman and the dimwit Jenny Paulson is just going to say what she thinks everyone wants to hear. To even get the hint of what’s going on, a reporter for the Oklahoman has to put up dangling excerpts in place of thoughtful commentary and analysis. I don’t blame him, he’s probably got five kids to feed just like the rest of us.

~Chris

By: Save Our Sonics

Save Our Sonics — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:23:18 +0000

NBA fans in Seattle think it is great when a new city like OKC comes onto the scene and is excited to part of the league. The vast majority that contact us don’t want to take our team, they want a team that is their own. If the Sonics are ripped from Seattle OKC will have a bad reputation forever. It never goes away.

What is painful is the minority of OKC fans that want to talk smack and act thrilled about stealing the team from Seattle. They try to justify this imoral act by claiming we don’t deserve the team because we didn’t pay up. We did pay up, we built the EXACT facility that the NBA asked for 12 years ago. Now they are back for more.

OKC needs to have their eyes wide open in this deal because Clay Bennett has already said that eventually he will need a full on Events Center like he asked for in Seattle to be viable in OKC. This was just the first trip to the public well.

Back in Seattle we have one of the richest men in the country leading a group willing to keep the team here. Unlike Clay they are willing to put up HALF the money to upgrade Key Arena to the new NBA standards.

Clay wants to take your tax money, not put a nickel of his own in, ruin your national reputation AND wants you to make him your hero for doing all this.

So again, we all hope you get to be a “Big League City” but just don’t do it by stealing from someone else.

Tell your elected officials that you want your own team not one ripped from a city where the fans are fighting to the last breath to keep it. And when you do get a team, no matter where it comes from, or how you do it make sure they leave the name, colors, and history behind. At least that way you end up with a little class and won’t have to be reminded forever that you took something from someone else that wasn’t yours.

By: joey

joey — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:40:16 +0000

darnell. im proud of you! now thats journalism!