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07-03-2007, 12:54 PM
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Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
Assuming that your choices here are
1- The Las Vegas/OKC/Whatever Sonics 2- The Portland Trailblazers. Both franchises are young, seem to be lead by very talented GMs, have just drafted one in every 20 year players and stand to be pretty damn good in 5 years. Can you follow a team halfway across the country? Can you root for a once hated rival that's now the team closest to you geographically? I honestly don't know what I'll do. I'd like to think I'd root for the Sonics, but when I moved to Seattle it didn't take long for my weird "I don't live near anything" Royals/Lakers/Raiders/Tampa Bay fandom to die off in favor of the teams I read and heard about every day. (moving to Seattle in the heat of the 95 run also helped a lot) I kinda pathetically think that it might have a lot to do with how KJR and other local media decides to cover things. If they stay Sonics heavy, and it's easy to keep in touch, then maybe I'm still a Supes fan. If they focus on Portland, I can see drifting into Blazer fandom. If Kevin Durant is as awesome as I think he will be, that may be a huge part of the decision (which is not likely to actually be a concious decision). I mean, I love A-Rod, and because of that I've occasionally rooted for the satan spawn that is the Yankees. Your thoughts? 
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07-03-2007, 01:03 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
Since I live in Portland now, its clearly Portland. If I lived in Seattle and the Sonics moved, I would likely not really follow the NBA at all.
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07-03-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
No way in hell I can root for Portland. I will probably just follow the NBA even less than I do now. Looking forward to seeing how the young team they are putting together now matures though.
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07-03-2007, 01:09 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
Just a forward before Seattle fans flame me. I was born in portland and rooted for them as a kid, but when I moved to Seattle I started rooting for the Sonics. But, I am back in P-Town and we have Oden, Roy, Aldridge, and Sergio HOLLA.
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07-03-2007, 01:17 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
if you like winning, root for seattle. i'm always wary of hyped up players with no experience in the nba but there is nothing to suggest durant isn't going to be an unbelievable player. his attitude says it all.
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07-03-2007, 03:18 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
I assume if/when I move I will bring my Pats/Celts with me, but I will also adopt a second-tier support for the local teams. (unless im in NYC).
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#10
07-03-2007, 04:01 PM
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Re: Sonics Fans: Who do you root for post potential move?
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[ QUOTE ] and Sergio HOLLA. [/ QUOTE ] I love how Sergio is automatically awesome. SERGIO! [/ QUOTE ]Dude is tons of fun to watch. I fully expect him to be the starter by the halfway point of the season. I guarantee Nate is bigger on him than he is Jack. That is probably why they took Green in the draft as well.
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