The Seattle Times is among sources saying NBA commissioner Adam Silver is speaking of maybe the league expanding beyond it's present 30 teams. While Silver, it the past, has given a pretty hard "no" to the idea of expansion, the entry fee could benefit the present teams in the league, all missing out from revenue from fans attending games in the latter part of last season and expected throughout 2021.
Seattle, which is completing it's remodeled arena for the soon to be launched NHL Kraken, could be the first in line for having a newly minted NBA team. The Super Sonics left town for Oklahoma City in 2008.
Since the sale of the team and subsequent move, fans have had ups and downs of possible purchase of the team or of franchises relocating to the area, only to have had the ideas crushed. Thus, NBA fans in the area, wanting a nearby place to attend a game, have often driven south to Portland to watch the Blazers. A good number of sports fans in the area also seem to have turned a blind eye to the league.
And we should keep our old SuperSonices name.
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