We worked three years to bring the Warriors there and I can tell you KD is incredibly excited. I think he may have a couple tricks up his sleeve, actually, while we’re up there. We sold out the game in 4 hours. Seattle is dying to welcome an NBA game back and to welcome Kevin Durant who won his Rookie of the Year award when he was a Seattle Sonic
“Downtown” Freddy Brown is coming, Jack Sikma is coming, Gary Payton is coming, if you have an extra quarter or two in the broadcast to talk to him. It’s gonna be really fun. It’s gonna be Lenny Wilkins, Bill Russell. It’s gonna be a great celebration of the Sonics in Seattle.
Slick [Watts]’s gonna be there.
“It’s a real shame — just the fact that the Sonics don’t exist,” he said via Drew Shiller of NBC Sports. “I think it was a real black mark on the NBA. And I’m hoping that the Sonics will be back at some point in the near future.”
“The Sonics to me were a lot like the Warriors here in the Bay — really cool brand, good history and tradition, great colors and an unbelievable fan fase,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after practice Tuesday. “I played there in the Finals in ’96 with the Bulls. It’s a basketball town.”
Seattle’s a great city. I wish, I hope they get a (NBA) team again.
"It's just one preseason game, but hopefully we can give them a nice little show," Durant said. "The energy's going to be amazing."
It was very devastating how we up and left in the middle of the night. I know those fans have been yearning for basketball for a long, long time.
Mag auf dem ersten Blick nicht passen, aber nach einer Minute geht es ab
Mag auf dem ersten Blick nicht passen, aber nach einer Minute geht es ab