Seattle is a basketball city.
The NBA Board of Governors, made up of the league’s owners, is scheduled to meet at a New York hotel on Wednesday to discuss league business. On the agenda is the possibility of expansion. It is widely expected that the board will advance a formal expansion process focused on Seattle and Las Vegas, potentially growing the league from 30 to 32 teams, possibly leading to the return of the Sonics.
Look at the countless Seattle area basketball stars that starred in the NBA or currently play and/or coach at the show.All of that, including the sellout crowds for NBA Exhibition games and an unwavering will to get the Sonics back even 18 years later show a city dedicated to the game.Certainly, all of that is reason enough to believe that the apparent and potential return of the Sonics would provide a feeling of healing for so many in the region.Basketball can be a way out of a difficult life, we've seen the story time and time again. Incredible people and athletes coming out of Seattle, using their talent to make generational wealth playing the game they love. The blueprint was provided by watching the Sonics, seeing the life those players and coaches led and knowing it was possible. In fact, Rainier Beach alum Doug Christie said in the moments after Lennie Wilkens passed away that seeing the Seattle icon winning championships and driving in Seattle with luxury vehicles showed him an avenue out of a tough life. In the wake of the news that the Sonics were potentially on their way back, Christie reiterated that sentiment. One that proves that this is more than just fans wanting to see an NBA game at Climate Pledge Arena ."As a kid growing up in the inner city of Seattle that's what, probably in many ways, saved my life" Christie, now head coach of the Sacramento Kings said. "The Sonics and Gus Williams and DJ _and JJ and Jack Sikma and the 79 team that beat the Bullets all of the sudden you've got hope that there's a greater capacity for your life than what you're seeing every day" Christie added.Indeed that's what this game can do. While some sports like football or hockey or baseball take several people to play and in some cases can be expensive to play.It's a story we've seen so often, Christie included.The hopeful impending return of the Sonics is one that will raise the value of so many in Seattle. You may not see it every day depending on your way of life, but it's real.And returning its NBA team would right a massive wrong for sports fans and the community as whole. "Those people in Seattle are rabid, they want a team there's everything that's built in there to make it happen so I would be very excited, on top of the fact that, you know, Portland, Seattle, it just makes a lot of sense. A lot of money there, yeah, I would be super excited for that" Christie said.“Home Improvement” star Zachery Ty Bryan will be serving another 19 months in prison in Oregon after admitting to three probation violations.People looking to put their homes on the market in Olympia will soon have to get an energy assessment first.Months after she was brutally attacked while walking on a trail near Redmond Town Center, the woman who survived the random stabbing has been discharged from thThousands of Washington retirees with small pension benefits will soon have the option to get their money faster under a bill signed this week aimed at easing tThe Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double homicide tied to a domestic violence incident in the Hoodsport area and is actively searching for a
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