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Sonics Officially Ripped Away from Seattle, and Nobody Seems to Care
The Saga in Seattle is over, and the Kevin Durants (a temporary name, I would assume) are on their way to Oklahoma, ending an era in a great basketball city. The NBA still doesn't care. Shocking.
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