Show the love to the Emerald City

by Seth Pollack on Apr 15, 2008 1:23 PM MDT in Phoenix Suns Commentary

Let's show some love to a great basketball town....

Here's the existing BSoS discussion thread on the topic...

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I wish I felt different but...

I live in Dallas now and clearly still love the suns. I think the reverse is true, if they moved away (the suns) I'd still follow them. Some fans follow just because it's their home team. I'm not one of those guys. I was just lucky in that of all the teams I could've followed, the suns have been a lot of fun in the 80's and 90's. And they came back to me in 2003-4.

Diehard fan, no. I'm a fan of what I like to watch. It just so happens the Suns are it. Even if I knew who would win this year and it happened to not be the Suns, I'd still be a Suns fan. I love this team.

As the sonics go, it's too bad for them...I don't know too much about the situation, but I do know oklahoma is 2 hours away!

Boston is the other team I like right now, not like the Suns, but I do like them. Portland is going to be a lot of fun over the next few years. I'll watch just to see Oden,

Nothing in this Verse can stop us!

by jasonsuns1 on Apr 15, 2008 11:38 PM MDT reply actions

family is about being loyal and honest

sports are about competition and entertainment....not loyalty. It's probably why I'll not try to admin a site like this, I know my reasons for following the Suns. It's too bad though, this site has a lot of great people helping run it, very impressed.

The thing I smile about most on this site, that there are people in Panama and in the East (U.S.) and others here in Dallas that are as excited and anxious to watch the Suns as I am.

Last year during the playoffs I was driving from Phoenix to Dallas on the way home. Normally on that drive I'd go until midnight - 3am trying to gut it out. This particular trip (playoffs last yr) I stopped at a hotel around 6pm and stayed the night there so I could catch the 7pm Suns playoff game...I haven't followed any sports team in my life like I've followed this team the last 3 years. Ready.....here it comes....I read a book about them (7 seconds or less) and finished it in 1-2 days.

cool stuff

Nothing in this Verse can stop us!

by jasonsuns1 on Apr 15, 2008 11:46 PM MDT up reply actions

It's a real shame

Leaving Seattle is a real shame both for the long basketball tradition of the city and from a business point of view for the NBA. The league is trading the 12th TV market in the nation for the 40th something...more or less.
I am sure the Commish will regret it soon.
Let's just hope Seattle will get its Sonics back in a few years, maybe with a better owner this time.

by Son of Steve Nash on Apr 15, 2008 11:39 PM MDT reply actions

i still think the rams are in L.A.

Nothing in this Verse can stop us!

by jasonsuns1 on Apr 15, 2008 11:47 PM MDT up reply actions

Yeah

And what about the Browns winning the 2000 Super bowl

'07-'08 Suns: It's clobberin' time!

by Hawk42 on Apr 16, 2008 6:01 AM MDT reply actions

Thank you Guys!

Thanks for helping the movement. Could you add this to your article?

"As a form of protest, we vow to boycott any game next season in which the Oklahoma City Sonics play, whether it be in our arena or watching it on television."

Also, please tell all interested people to e-mail/message that to any media source they can think of. It all started with some Heat fans at The South Florida Fan: http://thesouthfloridafan.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-help-seattle-keep-their-sonics.html

It's on us (the non-Sonics fans) to make this happen.

by thesouthfloridafan on Apr 16, 2008 9:04 AM MDT reply actions

Leaving Seattle

Seattle and Washington state could have kept the Sonics. They could have used public money to build a arena just like Phoenix did. But, liberals do not believe in supporting private interests with public money. They want to keep it to build more facilities for the poor and disvantaged. That is fine, but don't whine when some conversative city like Oklahome City takes your basketball team. You could have prevented it, but you chose not to.

by OneSunsFan on Apr 16, 2008 11:18 AM MDT reply actions