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Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by myronm, Jul 18, 2006.

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  1. myronm

    myronm Member

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    Okay, this is a simple thread dealing with the soon to be announced sale of the Sonics to an OKC group. With the sale of the team into a market that would be limited in salary money, are there any players on the Sonics that might be attractive to the Rockets? Wilcox is a free agent (restricted?) and Ray Allen is taking a huge chunk of their salary cap.

    Think it through, this might be an opportunity this summer, at the trade deadline, and even into next summer...
     
    #1 myronm, Jul 18, 2006
  2. JeopardE

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    Where's the source of this information?
     
    #2 JeopardE, Jul 18, 2006
  3. pariah

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    Did I catch a Niner in there?

    (I don't understand this thread and I'm pretty d@mn smart).
     
    #3 pariah, Jul 18, 2006
  4. daaum

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    SOURCE? its not that exiciting but how will it help us? the player wont become free-agents, or restricted....wilcox wants 10 mil like nene...so i dont see how this helps us...and NO moving back, how does it help us?
     
    #4 daaum, Jul 18, 2006
  5. WhoMikeJames

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    If the Sonics are moving its not gonna be this summer.

    And i don't think OKC is the right city to have an NBA team, maybe St.Louis or Pittsburgh.
     
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    That's a rather large claim to be ignored by major news sources. Who are the buyers? Why OKC? Source? Locked soon?
     
    #6 crimson_rocket, Jul 18, 2006
  7. myronm

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    The new owner (TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING), will be looking to reduce salary over the next 12-18 months.

    The Hornets will be returning to NO and the new owner (AN OKLAHOMAN) wants to locate the Sonics here in OKC.
     
    #7 myronm, Jul 18, 2006
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    "shuttup Richard"
     
    #8 Baqui99, Jul 18, 2006
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    Just for the record, Pittsburgh is an awful place to have a basketball team.

    OKC showed they could support a basketball team.

    BTW, shouldn't this be moved out of the GARM..? Doesn't really fit.
     
    #9 jdrock, Jul 18, 2006
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    Id love to have a team here in St. Louis. It is a great sports town. But why are we talking about this?
     
    #10 Drex22, Jul 18, 2006
  11. WhoMikeJames

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    How do you know this?
     
    #11 WhoMikeJames, Jul 18, 2006
  12. WhoMikeJames

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    lol I have no idea why is this in the GARM anyway... Yeah St. Louis would be a good location.
     
    #12 WhoMikeJames, Jul 18, 2006
  13. Stephen1616

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    Lock it UP
     
    #13 Stephen1616, Jul 18, 2006
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    Why the hell isn't OKC a good city to have an NBA team? Did you see how well the Hornets did there last season? The fans were bonkers there! No, OKC proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are a fantastic NBA city. I think they'd have the same problem as a place like Salt Lake City does in luring free agents, but as far as being able to support an NBA team, they do a better job than a whole lot of bigger markets.
     
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    wrong forum.. no source.. random blahblahblah.. lock?
     
    #15 kaleidosky, Jul 18, 2006
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    Link?????? Why in the world would Oklahoma City be a bad place. Did you see the Hornets and there attendance
     
    #16 TMACFORMVP, Jul 18, 2006
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    It sounds logical. OKC deserves a franchise after such support, New Orleans can't run away and leave them in the dust. Sonics have had discussions in leaving Seattle, it would work. The question is when? I doubt before the season that's too soon, maybe next summer..but they'll announce it really soon?
     
    #17 DraftBoy10, Jul 18, 2006
  18. myronm

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    The original question was related to who the Rockets might be able to acquire from a team that will be in transition.

    As you can see, I have been a member since 2002 and I do not start threads, obviously, I have some information that I wanted to share with this board. Unfortunately, I can't reveal the source at this point, but will give you a link to the article this evening...

    Stop adding negativity and think about who is on the Sonics that Houston would really appreciate...
     
    #18 myronm, Jul 18, 2006
  19. WhoMikeJames

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    my focus was on free agency like utah but in attendance yes you are right.
     
    #19 WhoMikeJames, Jul 18, 2006
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    So both Lakers and Sonics insiders prefer to share information with Rockets fans rather than their own team's fans. Interesting.
     
    #20 crums17, Jul 18, 2006
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