Moving the Thunder out of OKC
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:01 pm
All,
I want to explore the idea of moving the Thunder out of Oklahoma City to another city. Weather that be Seattle and take back the moniker of SuperSonics, or to another city and using either the “Thunder” or “SuperSonics” moniker to preserve real NBA teams.
Even with a 60 win season this year, 50 win season last year and being in the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years, my team rating and attendance are still terrible. I currently have a poor approval rating and my attendance this season is at an average of about 13 thousand, where a team like the pelicans with a sub .500 record have a better attendance record. I also understand that I might just be complaining about a faucet of the game that is mostly irrelevant, but I think both the owners and fans could potentially effect my ability to run my team, and retain or pull in FA’s.
I would like to make them the SuperSonics again, but I also recognize that the want for that market is considered “low”. So if a move to let’s say Austin would make the most sense let’s do it. I also understand the idea of preserving a realness to the real NBA, where a team going from OKC to Austin Texas does not seem possible. I would like to open up the discussions so that we can make the move this offseason if possible.
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I want to explore the idea of moving the Thunder out of Oklahoma City to another city. Weather that be Seattle and take back the moniker of SuperSonics, or to another city and using either the “Thunder” or “SuperSonics” moniker to preserve real NBA teams.
Even with a 60 win season this year, 50 win season last year and being in the playoffs 3 of the last 4 years, my team rating and attendance are still terrible. I currently have a poor approval rating and my attendance this season is at an average of about 13 thousand, where a team like the pelicans with a sub .500 record have a better attendance record. I also understand that I might just be complaining about a faucet of the game that is mostly irrelevant, but I think both the owners and fans could potentially effect my ability to run my team, and retain or pull in FA’s.
I would like to make them the SuperSonics again, but I also recognize that the want for that market is considered “low”. So if a move to let’s say Austin would make the most sense let’s do it. I also understand the idea of preserving a realness to the real NBA, where a team going from OKC to Austin Texas does not seem possible. I would like to open up the discussions so that we can make the move this offseason if possible.
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