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Dallas Mavericks legend Jason Kidd has been proven battle-tested throughout a 19-year career in the league, but even the former champion with the Mavs admits to nearly surrendering to Gary Payton’s suffocating defense. Both Bay Area natives, Kidd had run into Payton, a somewhat unheralded up-and-coming player that was five years his elder, but without […]

NBA basketball and Seattle are finally crossing paths again after an absence that lasted far too long. The city of Seattle is set to host their first NBA game since the Seattle Supersonics left town in 2008. The Golden State Warriors released their preseason schedule and Kevin Durant will be making a return to… The […]

On Thursday afternoon, the Oklahoma City Thunder and the rest of the NBA saw a distinguished veteran retire after a solid 14-year career. Forward Nick Collison announced via a piece by ESPN’s Royce Young that he was retiring, which means that one more piece of NBA history is now gone. You may be wondering what […]

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will reportedly have one of its most illustrious classes of recent memory, inducting the likes of Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Grant Hill, Maurice Cheeks, and Tina Thompson, to name a few. Among the candidates eligible for a trip to Springfield is Ray Allen, one of the finest shooters in […]

Former Seattle Supersonics forward Kevin Durant may be playing in front of Seattle fans once again this October for a preseason game. Durant responded to the report from the Sacramento Bee that the Golden State Warriors will be playing against the Sacramento Kings at Key Arena, the old home of the Sonics when the Oklahoma […]

The Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings are reportedly going to play the NBA’s first game in Seattle at KeyArena since 2008 when the two teams will meet for a preseason contest on Oct. 6, 2018. According to an article written on Wednesday by Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee, the two Northern California […]

Tanking a season has been frowned upon by the NBA which instituted the NBA Draft Lottery in 1985 to prevent teams from doing so. The lottery was created to give all non-playoff teams a chance for the top pick in the NBA Draft. Despite several changes to the system since then, teams continue to tank […]

Trash talking in the NBA always has been and always will be an art form. Among the NBA’s most legendary trash-talkers, one would be hard-pressed to name a more vocal player than Seattle Supersonics legend Gary Payton. However, even the best of trash-talkers like Payton can sometimes be a bit careless with who they pick their […]

There was once a time when Hall of Famer and former Seattle Supersonics star point guard Gary Payton was just a young rookie in the NBA. That was during the 1990-91 season, when a 22-year-old out of Oregon State kicked off what would become an illustrious NBA career. As traditions in the NBA go, Payton […]

Seattle may get an NBA team sometime in the future after all. The Seattle City Council on Monday voted to approve costs associated with renovating Key Arena, where the Seattle Supersonics once played. The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of the project in a 7-1 decision. The project is said to close $600 million by […]

Superstar Kevin Durant flipped the NBA upside down when he decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors. Durant rightfully took plenty of flak for the decision and still does to this day for joining a team that had just ousted him from the Western Conference Finals months before. Aside from […]

The city of Seattle is ready for an NBA franchise, and if the constant talk surrounding the town through the last few years wasn’t enough, now there is another step to prove it. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and the Oak View Group have agreed to build a $600 million privately financed arena at Seattle Center, […]

Jesus Shuttlesworth can still levitate. That’s Ray Allen of course, who is currently in China busy melding back together a broken friendship with a former Boston Celtics teammate and showing everyone, he’s still got game — and hops. Looking spry and deceptively much younger than he looks, the 42-year-old Allen took part in an exhibition […]

The thirst for basketball is real in the city of Seattle. Although it’s been nine years since the Seattle Supersonics moved to Oklahoma City, people from Seattle are still not over the loss of their basketball franchise.  In a recent interview with the Players’ Tribune, NBA commissioner Adam Silver hinted that league expansion could lead […]

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant didn’t rule out a possible return to Seattle after being drafted No. 2 overall by the SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA Draft. Durant played only one season in green and gold before the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City and changed its name to the Thunder, where he played for […]

Ten years have passed since the last time Gary Payton was on the hardwood, but his elite defensive instincts haven’t left him. The 49-year-old now is getting down and dirty, teaching his 3-Headed Monsters some high-level pick-and-roll defense, but doing so with more than his clipboard. He’s being hands-on during every step of what he’s […]

One of the newest features of NBA 2K18 is including all-time rosters for all 30 current teams. The lineups will have some of the best players that have ever played for the franchise, with others considered as NBA legends for representing the team in the past. However, fans of the now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics were not […]

Earlier in the offseason, NBA commissioner Adam Silver discussed the potential of expansion. While there are numerous destinations, Seattle is the city that has been heavily mentioned. 10 years ago, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City. Since then, there have been numerous reports about different teams relocating to a new arena, but it has […]

The city of Seattle was last the home to an NBA team just over a decade ago, and they have been pushing hard to bring back another franchise. Hall of Famer point guard Gary Payton, who spent the first 12 1/2 years of his career with the Seattle Supersonics, stated that he believes the city […]

Seattle has not had an NBA team to call theirs since the 2007-2008 season. The Supersonics left for Oklahoma City to become the Thunder and the city has been dying for a team ever since. The team left Seattle due to issues over financing for a new arena as the Key Arena was outdated and […]

NBA champion and the league’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, Ray Allen, is enjoying his time off the court after 18 seasons in the NBA. While he’s not officially retired, it’s almost a foregone conclusion at the age of 41 that the sharpshooter won’t find that perfect situation which will prompt another return to the hardwood. He […]

The release of George Karl’s book, Furious George, is certainly turning some heads. Karl’s words have gotten the attention of former and current players including Kenyon Martin and Carmelo Anthony, and now it’s the GOAT himself that Karl is bringing back to the forefront. An excerpt from the book details a blockbuster trade back in 1994 […]

Ever since the heartbreak of the Seattle Supersonics’ relocation to Oklahoma City in 2008, the city of Seattle has sought the return of basketball. Existing efforts to build a new arena in Seattle have recently progressed with the backing of one very prominent Seattleite. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has joined the effort in bringing basketball back […]

To celebrate the the recent news of Ray Allen‘s retirement, here are the Top 10 plays of his illustrious 19-year career. See you in the Hall of Fame, Ray-Ray. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOqmjFlW6AY No. 10: Ray Allen’s up-and-under over Pau Gasol during the 2008 NBA Finals showed the doubters that he still had the athleticism he showcased in […]

Just when everyone thought that Kobe Bryant was the last player to retire from the fabled draft class of 1996, we are reminded that Ray Allen hasn’t officially called it quits yet. That was the case until today when the NBA’s all-time leader in three-pointers announced that he is officially retiring through a message he […]

Halloween is just around the corner and with only a week left to the much-awaited holiday, artist David Rappoccio of UpRoxx has re-worked every NBA logo into a holiday-themed one. There’s also an extra nugget at the bottom of the list for those of you who are nostalgic fans of this league. Check them out and […]

Kevin Durant will begin this season on his third team since entering the NBA. In a technical sense, he was a Seattle SuperSonics player until now, and he has never forgotten about it. Durant spoke with SI’s Chris Ballard about his connection to the Pacific Northwest. I think about it all the time. The fans, the community, the […]

The NBA and NBPA are currently finalizing the details of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement and should be done anytime soon. It is expected to include an expansion bidding where Seattle will be one of the cities to bid for a new team. Back in 2008, the NBA was forced to relocate the defunct Seattle SuperSonics franchise to […]

There are professional basketball players, and then there’s a professional dunker. Canadian Jordan Kilganon has had a cult following over the years, thanks to his ability to make crazy dunks that puts some of those in the NBA’s dunk contest to shame. Just recently, Kilganon’s abilities were on display in Rio’s NBA House wherein Gary […]

It appears some big changes are coming to NBA 2k gaming. This year, according to a tweet by NBA 2k17, you will be able to create expansion teams and fully customize nearly everything about them. "Every possible configuration you could want is now at your fingertips." Read more: https://t.co/3cCijaxpyy #NBA2K17 pic.twitter.com/1baIVyOnWD — NBA 2K (@NBA2K) July […]

We’re approaching a decade without professional basketball in Seattle. Despite stellar fan support, the SuperSonics left the city for Oklahoma City in 2008, and the fans are far from over the devastation of losing their favorite team. There have been strong efforts to bring the NBA back to the Emerald City, but they’ve all come […]

There has been a huge increase in the NBA salary cap this summer, meaning that a lot of players are getting paid much more than expected. As the value of the league has hugely increased over time, we now find ourselves miles away from the way in which players were rewarded in the league’s earlier […]

After 2013-14 MVP Kevin Durant left Oklahoma City for Golden State yesterday, Thunder fans nationwide expressed their misery with the 3-time scoring champion’s decision. Some ended up burning his jersey and releasing statements on the internet towards the (now) Warriors’ highest-paid player. Yet, Oklahoma’s misery brought vindication for Seattle fans who saw their beloved SuperSonics relocate to […]

Superstar small forward Kevin Durant recently made a decision that shook the entire NBA. He announced in the Player’s Tribune that he intends to sign with the Golden State Warriors for the 2016-17 season, pretty much forming the scariest death line-up in NBA history. Although he may acquire many accolades and a likely chance at an […]

It is no surprise Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant is a hot ticket among many free agents this summer. Ever since being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics back in 2007, Durant has always made a constant effort to lead his team into the postseason, completing this task numerous times. This is why many teams have […]

8-time All-Star Gary Payton spent most of his career donning a jersey that’s no longer in the NBA. The Seattle SuperSonics moved to Oklahoma City eight years ago, leaving one of the league’s most passionate fanbases empty handed. A select few still follow Kevin Durant & company, but the vast majority of Sonics fans turned […]

Since losing the SuperSonics in 2008, Seattle sports fans have avidly supported bringing an NBA basketball team back to the city. Billionaire Chris Hansen almost purchased the Kings back in 2013, but was halted by a local effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Unfortunately for those fans, those hopes took a major hit Monday […]

Since 2008, the city of Seattle has been without professional basketball. For 41 years, the Seattle SuperSonics were a staple in the Pacific Northwest, beloved throughout the region before being shipped off to Oklahoma City. Basically, ever since their departure there have been efforts by individuals and groups in the area to bring a team back. […]