Nick Collison
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:04 pm
What are your memories of Nick during his years in Seattle before him and the team left for OKC?
KeyArena was loud and the city was with us -- I absolutely loved it. I love Seattle, and I've spent every summer there since I was drafted. I loved being a SuperSonic, and hate how it ended there. I had four coaches in my five years, and then Howard Schultz sold the team to Clay Bennett.
The fans knew we were gone. They stopped coming, and I don't blame them.
Our last season in Seattle we were 20-62, and there was a lawsuit after it to hold the team to its arena lease. But after the mayor took a settlement, we were moving to Oklahoma.
I learned an important lesson: The NBA is a business and all the parties involved will always act in their own best interests. The fans in Seattle deserved better, and I hope they get a team back someday soon.