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Seattle to NBA: Do We Get Our Sonics Back or Not?

Seth Kolloen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:58:43 +0000

The biggest question remains unanswered: If the NBA cancels Hansen's purchase agreement, by what mechanism would the league force the current owners to sell to the Sacramento group? As I have written here before, this fact—that a purchase agreement has been signed, that the Kings are not a beef cattle up for auction—is the single strongest factor in the Seattle group's favor.

Husky Hoopsters Discover Team Chemistry Doesn’t Win Games — Talent Does

Seth Kolloen — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:00:22 +0000

If there was one thing every insider agreed on before college basketball season, it was that though this year’s Huskies had less talent than last year's team, they had one ineffable, elusive, and -- to some, necessary -- component of a winning squad. “We have great team chemistry this year,” said team captain Abdul Gaddy before the season.

Women’s Basketball Teams Stake Claims to March Madness in Seattle

Seth Kolloen — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:56:47 +0000

The Husky women have enjoyed a resurgence under second-year coach Kevin McGuff. Star point guard Jazmine Davis (favorite hobby: writing poetry) is second in the Pac-12 in scoring and passed 1,000 points for her career in just her 58th game, playing a slashing, aggressive, get-to-the-basket style.

Lakeside Plays Rainier Beach for City Hoops Championship Tonight

Seth Kolloen — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:23:14 +0000

Geographically, athletically, and dad's-yacht-havingly, it would be tough to find two Seattle schools further apart than Lakeside and Rainier Beach, but the two will contest the same prize tonight: The Metro League Boys Basketball Championship. Lakeside hasn’t won a city hoops title since 1991, while Rainier Beach has won eight just since since 2000.

NBA in Seattle Inches Closer as League Gets Relocation Application

Seth Kolloen — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:21:00 +0000

At a news conference in Minneapolis yesterday, NBA commissioner David Stern announced that the Sacramento franchise has applied to move to Seattle and play this fall in KeyArena. This is step two of a process that will end in 70 days -- on April 18 (Mark your calendars!) when NBA owners will vote on the proposed sale and move.

Seattle’s “New” Sonics Team Not Likely to be Super Soon

Seth Kolloen — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:29:44 +0000

Give a starving man a burger, and he’s not going to ask whether it’s made from organic beef. So it is with we local basketball fans, who miss the NBA too much to quibble about the composition of the team we’re likely to get. Which, not to be harsh, but when we talk about the Sacramento Kings, we’re talking more "what-Burger-King-doesn’t-want-you-to-know" than grass-fed.