On the left, Howard Schultz (of Starbucks fame), and the right, Clayton Bennett. The 2 people most responsible for the demise of the Seattle Supersonics. It`s been settled. The Sonics are heading to Oklahoma City. What a crap-hole of a location. Let`s see, Seattle or Oklahoma City? Not a hard choice. But just for fun, let`s look at the tape:City Name:
Oklahoma City
Seattle+
(Any city with the name "city" in it is stupid)
Time Zone:
OKC-Central
Sea-West Coast+
Metro Pop:
OKC-1,262,027
Sea-3,919,624+
City Motto:
OKC-"the big friendly"
Sea-"the emerald city"+
Cityhood-ish:
OKC-April 22, 1889 (founded)
Sea-Dec 2, 1869 (incorporated)+
I could go on and on, but i think that it would near impossible to come up with a category that OKC could ever compete with the great city of Seattle. But, again, just for fun, let`s look at the history of sports in the 2 cities:
Oklahoma City: nothing. Well, sorry, they did host the N.O. Hornets for 2 years after hurricane Katrina...
Seattle: 3 world Championships! (Yeah, not a ton, but hey, compared with OKC...) The Stanley Cup was won by the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917, and had 2 more chances, one of them, in 1919, was canceled (at 2-2-1) because of a spanish flu pandemic. In 1979 the Seattle Supersonics won the NBA championship over the Washington Bullets. And a 3rd was won by the Seattle Storm, sometime, no one cares really.+
Seattle: Grunge+
OKC: dirt
That`s it, can`t believe it... What a crap thing to happen. I`ll talk a bit more about it on the show.
pictures: The Seattle Times
info*: Wikipedia
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