All the Pieces are in Place for the Sonics Return

By Zaiem Beg | Jun 13th 2025 | 12 min read |

Rejoice! The Seattle SuperSonics are returning to the NBA. (Probably. Almost certainly.) After 17 years of false starts, arena proposals that went now...

Podcast: Sonics Return Gets Closer as NBA Expansion Talks Heat Up

By Jolie Simons | Jun 12th 2025 | 3 min read |

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver drops his most definitive expansion language yet! Glenn and Zaiem break down Silver’s comments about “explori...

OKC Collapses in 4th Quarter of NBA Finals, Indiana Pacers Lead 2-1

By Zaiem Beg | Jun 12th 2025 | 3 min read |

Oklahoma City fell behind 2-1 in the NBA Finals to the Indiana Pacers after a 116-107 loss Wednesday night. Oklahoma City’s bench was outscored ...

The Nutty Side Of Sonics Memorabilia

By Glenn Dreyfuss | Jun 11th 2025 | 5 min read |

Story 1 of 2 An Ebay.com search for “SuperSonics” turns up more than 110,000 results. Sure, a few are for a furry blue hedgehog or fast-fo...

The Night Shawn Kemp Turned Larry Bird From Foe Into Friend

By Glenn Dreyfuss | Jun 10th 2025 | 6 min read |

This is the second of three stories told by “Reign Man” Shawn Kemp of the 1990s Sonics. He discusses a memorable game guarding Larry Bird,...

Sonics Could Have Used Penalty Boxes For Games Against ABA

By Glenn Dreyfuss | Jun 9th 2025 | 6 min read |

Bench-clearing brawls were all the rage in the '70s, in the winter sport with skates and sticks and pucks. And sometimes, when teams from rival pro ba...

NBA Commissioner Gives Clearest Timeline Yet for Expansion Process

By Zaiem Beg | Jun 6th 2025 | 4 min read |

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver gave us the most concrete timeline yet for potential league expansion, and for us waiting for the Sonics to come back, th...

Oklahoma City Blunder! Indiana Pacers Steal Game 1 of NBA Finals

By Zaiem Beg | Jun 6th 2025 | 7 min read |

The Indiana Pacers have done this impossible again. If you haven’t been following the Pacers this postseason, they’ve turned late-game imp...

Lights, Camera, Payton! Acting Fits Sonics Star Like A Glove

By Glenn Dreyfuss | Jun 5th 2025 | 9 min read |

For someone who could (trash) talk as well as Seattle Sonics legend Gary Payton, success on the small and big screens was a no-brainer. In addition to...

This Seattle SuperSonic was the MVP of the Kingdome All-Star Game

By Glenn Dreyfuss | Jun 4th 2025 | 9 min read |

It’s easy to forget how the NBA All-Star Game was once revered, not reviled. Exhibit A is the 1987 ASG in Seattle, in which players – gasp...