OT: helping the sonics remain in seattle

Post #1 » by **Basti** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:02 am

hey fellow wolves fans. there is a thread on the general nba board by a sonics fan who tries to reach out to as many (other than sonics) fans as possible. actually it's too much for me to write it what he wrote so I try it say it in short.

he's trying to make us and others to write their respective owners to encourage them to vote for the sonics to remain in seattle. on april 17 there's a vote/poll among nba owners if I understood it right. we as fans can try to contact them and try to convince them to keep the sonics in seattle. why should we do that? well 1st the sonics have tradition. 40 years aren't something to wipe away so easily. and 2nd I think if they move to OKC I assume the sonics will be put into another division and I want the sonics to remain in the NW division. why? probably to keep or improve the rivalry among the teams in there because at least 3 of them are young and about to become a powerhouse if everything turns out well. it should be fun to watch. yeah we could go the easy way by having one competitor less but you don't know which team might be put into the NW division after the sonics might leave and I'd rather have a lil certainty about who we're going to compete against the next years.

so here's the OP from the general board
http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic. ... sc&start=0

p.s.: can someone hook me up with the email-address by glen taylor? I'm too stupid to find it...

Devilzsidewalk · Post #2 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:55 pm

probably glentaylor@taylorcorp.com or maybe glen.taylor@taylorcorp.com

otherwise you can write to him:

Glen Taylor
1 Taylor Ln
Mankato MN 56001

But its tradition to always include a tithing of one gold sovereign everytime you write him. Don't forget.

UNC4215 · Post #3 » by **UNC4215** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:41 pm

I live here in OKC and even I can't support whats going on with this situation. I would love to have the chance to see my wolves an extra two times a year but not at Seattles expense. Either way it goes you will neve find me cheering them on. Im true blue

shrink · Post #4 » by **shrink** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:02 pm

Could this happen in MIN? We lost the Northstars ...

Another question. If you had the money, would you even WANT to be an NBA owner? It sounds great up front, but you'd have to be able to ignore constant criticism and death threats.

PeeDee · Post #5 » by **PeeDee** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:07 pm

I think the GMs take most of the heat. That is, unless you have *ahem* an outspoken owner that doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut.

LordBaldric · Post #6 » by **LordBaldric** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:29 pm

shrink wrote:Could this happen in MIN? We lost the Northstars ...

Another question. If you had the money, would you even WANT to be an NBA owner? It sounds great up front, but you'd have to be able to ignore constant criticism and death threats.

Hell yeah it could happen. Remember when the Wolves almost went to New Orleans before Stern blocked it and Taylor bought the team?

Post #7 » by **Calinks** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:38 pm

If I had that kind of money I'd probably buy the wolves. Would be the best toy ever. I'd do whatever I could to make my team a contender. Basically be a more laid back, less visible, Mark Cuban.

The Sonics are in our division. They might land Rose in the draft. I don't want to deal with Rose and Durant for the next ten years. I tell ya what, if the sonics give us their first rounder then I'll right ten letter to Taylor. I'll even seal them with my blood.

Just kidding. I really don't want to deal with Rose and Durrant for the next decade but I can't support the crap that is going on with Clay. It just feels like what he is doing is a slap in the face.

Post #8 » by **C.lupus** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:01 pm

Sonics belong in Seattle. Period.

I wouldn't necessarily look forward to a Rose/Durant combo in our division but, really, if the idea is to win a championship (and I think that's the idea), then we need to put together a team that can beat anybody whether they are in our division or not.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #9 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:11 pm

Wolves wont leave Minnesota for a long time, especially after the renovations to Target Center, its still a really nice arena, nice location, nice seats, scoreboard etc.

In terms of seattle, selfishly I dont want to potentially deal with Green Durant and Rose or Durant Beasley and Green, much less deal with Oden Aldridge and Roy for the next 10, 12 years.

But it wouldnt seem right if Seattle didnt have a team.

Post #10 » by **Worm Guts** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 6:14 pm

Even if the Sonics move to Oklahoma City, they will still be in our division until the NBA decides for realignment, and that could be 10 years.

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #11 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:30 pm

crap.

Post #12 » by **Basti** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:19 pm

Worm Guts wrote:Even if the Sonics move to Oklahoma City, they will still be in our division until the NBA decides for realignment, and that could be 10 years.

oh I didn't know that. I thought I read somewhere that a realignment would take place. but on the other hand it wouldn't make sense anyway. the 3 texan teams and nawlins are bound to play in the SW division. memphis and OKC would be a toss-up and since that wouldn't bring anything I guess the league office won't change anything

D1SGRUNTL3D · Post #13 » by **D1SGRUNTL3D** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:21 am

you could argue that Golden state could be thrown into our division and give OKC to the west..since thats south and so's the other teams.

tanat-0s · Post #14 » by **tanat-0s** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:16 am

I would become a Wolves fan again if Taylor sells the team.

shrink · Post #15 » by **shrink** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:07 am

Calinks3 wrote:If I had that kind of money I'd probably buy the wolves. Would be the best toy ever.

Cool toy, that everyone would be looking over you're shoulder saying, "No! You're playing with it wrong!"

Post #16 » by **Basti** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:19 am

D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:you could argue that Golden state could be thrown into our division and give OKC to the west..since thats south and so's the other teams.

I guess it would rather happen that the kings would play in the NW division because they aren't as close to the pacific as Oakland is and not as south as Phoenix is

all in all I guess there wouldn't be any changes because it wouldn't make anything that mich better IMO

Post #17 » by **C.lupus** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:22 pm

D1SGRUNTL3D wrote:you could argue that Golden state could be thrown into our division and give OKC to the west..since thats south and so's the other teams.

You could argue that Minnesota belongs in the central division with Chicago, Milwaukee, Indiana, and Detroit, too.

shrink · Post #18 » by **shrink** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:55 pm

I never really thought about it, but if SEA moves, then is MIN the most disadvantaged team, having to travel the farthest (sometimes two time zones!) to play teams in its own division?

Imagine finding the geographic midpoint for each of the divisions. For the NW, that point is probably somewhere near DEN .. perhaps southern Wyoming. Then calculate the distance from that midpoint to each city. Will MIN be the biggest?

Anyone got some familiarity with linear programming out there that can investigate this?

Devilzsidewalk · Post #19 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:17 pm

I agree with Shrink, the Wolves should move to Nebraska for more geographically friendly flight plans