Would you root for an Oklahoma team...

by AgentBurntOrange on Nov 2, 2007 6:20 PM CDT

... if the Sonics moved to Oklahoma City? I watched the Sonics home opener last night, lost to Suns, and the crowd was chanting "Save our Sonics". Well, the owner of the Seattle Sonics ignored them and filed today to move the team. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/s...

Durant looked much better in his second career NBA game, finishing 11 of 23 leading the team with 27 points.

So I know this move was mentioned in the other Durant(Sonics) thread, but I figured I'd ask the question to all of you that I've been asking myself. Can I fight back the upchuck reflex and root for a team located in Oklahoma? I'm just not sure I could. I know it shouldn't matter, I mean when a Longhorn gets drafted by an NFL team that I dislike I feel sorry for him but I still root for his personal achievements. But there is no NFL team in Oklahoma, and I hate Oklahoma beyond reason. So, if Durant and the Sonics get moved to Okie City, I dont know what I'll do.

Guys, any help?

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Would you cheer for a Durant led Oklahoma Sonics?

Absolutely not, that money would be better spent relocating the state of Oklahoma to Mexico.

13 votes

No, basketball isn't important enough to me to care.

4 votes

Yes, but only with a full bottle of Pepto before each game.

4 votes

Yes, once a Longhorn always a Longhorn.

42 votes

Absolutely, even if they renamed the team Oklahoma Soonics.

2 votes

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Don't care about professional Oklahoma sports

(If there were any)

It's Norman. It's OU. It's those disgusting creatures in crimson.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Nov 2, 2007 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

Can we pass a law

that when a franchise moves, it has to change it's regionally inspired name? Is Bud Adams the only intelligent owner in the history of sport?

Utah needs to give New Orleans its name back, the Lakers can certainly find a better moniker in the nation's second largest city, and there is not a Grizzly bear anywhere within a thousand miles of Memphis - not even at the zoo, I checked.

by BrooklynHorn on Nov 2, 2007 11:31 PM CDT reply actions

And when they leave...

... They have to give up the rights to that name if another team moves into that city.

I miss my Oilers.

Also, KD doesn't hold the same mystique to me that VY does. He was here for one year, didn't win any championships, didn't get us farther than we've been before. At most, he made last year's basketball season more interesting. VY couldn't have gone to a team I had more bitter feelings towards, and yet they're now my second favorite team (Go Bears!). KD was just some kind of passing interest to me.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Nov 2, 2007 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Well put

He was here for one year because he new an assistant coach in Austin and David Stern applied the rule that kids must have a year between high school and pro

It was fun as hell to watch that kid last year. But even though he was named player of the year by a bazillion organizations, I think TJ Ford had a way bigger impact in Texas

Plus, KD was a kid from another part of the country who (timewise) wasn't here even a year

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

by FreedomDip on Nov 3, 2007 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions