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I'll believe it when they officially tip the ball at Key Arena. 
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I'll believe it when they officially tip the ball at Key Arena.
Yea, that's where I am with it. Tired of hearing them TALK about it at this point.
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Way too much smoke this time around, it's gotta be happening. May not see the team on court for another 2-3 seasons though.
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I feel like this is all a whole lotta chatter about "we're looking into it"... 
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I feel like this is all a whole lotta chatter about "we're looking into it"...
It could be, but I wonder if they want to do it like the WNBA did it. Like, boom, here are 2 new franchises coming in 202X. And then in 2032 we have 2 more, in Europe. And then in 2034, maybe more.
But it's gonna happen in my opinion. I certainly thought it was going to happen before now though. Waiting til summer AGAIN sucks. But I got my gear and I'm ready.
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I feel like this is all a whole lotta chatter about "we're looking into it"...
I mean...its going to an actual vote this time for the owners. I haven't seen a strong argument yet as to why owners wouldn't approve.
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I-5 Rivalry coming back would be 
Rather yall get Sonics back than what they're trying to do in Europe. That makes no sense whatsoever.
Rather yall get Sonics back than what they're trying to do in Europe. That makes no sense whatsoever.
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Adding two teams means more pieces of the pie to split, including the new TV deal. Owners are all of a sudden cautious that any expansion fees would be negated by the two teams taking from the massive TV revenue pot. I'm guessing they'll meet in the middle, and the expansion teams won't collect TV revenue for the first couple years. I think that's what it'll take.
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Aesthetically... C.
Memories and significance... D.
Memories and significance... D.
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Agreed. C or D. A & E aren't even in the convo 
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It'll always be C for me. My 1990 Kemp throwback is the only jersey I own.
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Voting to decide if they want to explore. 
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its building. Its coming
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Voting to decide if they want to explore.
Exclusively Seattle and LV is huge though. Imagine these owners turning down $500,000,000 + each in instant liquidity in this economy.
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I dunno, people are reacting like the ball is rolling now and can't be stopped. I guess we'll see next week but I'm excited.
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They didn't debut that colorway and logo until the following season. They played the 1994-95 season in the old green and gold, and rebranded the first season at KeyArena (1995-96).
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The fact it's made it this far after everyone said expansion was dead in the water a few months ago is telling. Also, the governor of Washington had a meeting with Silver right before All-Star break, so something has definitely shifted. We wouldn't even be talking about this unless people thought the votes were there.
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