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Seattle Supersonics: Sorry, Seattle: Your Hoops Team Is Gone
Seattle Supersonics: Sorry, Seattle: Your Hoops Team Is Gone
So you know Sonics fans were holding out hope that the Kevin Durant acquisition might spur the new ownership group -- which hails from Oklahoma City -- to keep the team in Seattle? We wouldn't hold your breath on that. In an incredibly odd interview with an Oklahoma newspaper , Aubrey McClendon, one of the new Sonics owners, blantantly admitting that they're gonna move the team to OK City
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