Seattle

Tonight the Golden State Warriors will face off against the Sacramento Kings in a preseason game, the first NBA game in Seattle since 2008. Unfortunately for Seattle though, it may be years before another game takes place in their city. Seattle groups interested in bringing a team to the city have met with NBA officials [...]

The NBA is returning to Seattle… for a pre-season game, sorry to get your hopes up there. According to Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee, the Kings and Warriors will have a pre-season game in Seattle in 2018: “The Kings and Golden State Warriors have scheduled a preseason game next season in Seattle, according to [...]

There hasn’t been a NBA game played in the city of Seattle since April 14, 2008. That was over nine years ago and it’s a complete shame for the league as Seattle has always had a passionate and rabid fan base. As we all know the franchise moved to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder. [...]

Seattle City Council voted on Tuesday a vital measure to the hopes or likelihood of the NBA ever returning to Seattle and the result was not good news for those pining to see the Sonics return to the community. The council voted 5-4 against giving a large chunk of real estate on Occidental Avenue South [...]

With today marking the first official day that football fans in St. Louis do not have a professional football franchise after owner Stan Kroenke was granted his wish by NFL owners yesterday to pick and move his Rams franchise back to LA, I’m sure many basketball fanatics in Seattle can relate to what many Rams [...]

Seattle narrowly missed stealing the Kings from Sacramento, but instead, they find themselves still starving for an NBA franchise. It’s unfortunate because Seattle is a great NBA town. But all may not be lost for the Emerald City. Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, the principal investors in the attempt bring basketball back, have been in [...]

When news broke that the city of Seattle would possibly be getting an NBA team, the basketball community rejoiced because of quickly the team was taken from them, and the success that OKC has enjoyed. But lost in the excitement was the fact that in order for Seattle to gain a team, Sacramento has to [...]

This week, the news that the Kings higher ups were finalizing a team sale and relocation to Seattle broke. Per, Yahoo!’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Maloofs (co owners) were in the process of wrapping up a deal. The Maloofs are finalizing an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to the Hansen-Ballmer led Seattle group, sources tell [...]

August 30, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim I could precariously ask hoop heads in Seattle to rejoice. But, I love you guys. So instead, you might just want to begin thinking about rejoicing. Investor Chris Hansen, of WSA Properties LLC, has just closed up a deal to purchase a chunk of land where Seattle’s Showbox Sodo [...]

August 24, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors NBA fans in some cities have had to endure either losing their team or the fear of that happening. It seemed like every game that wasn’t a sell out in, say, Sacramento, was a harbinger of a move. Seattle’s story is one that remains with many fans. An [...]