Today's Poll -- Sonics Fans

by Ben Golliver on Feb 11, 2009 11:56 AM PST

Poll

Seattle Supersonics fans are coming down en masse for tonight's Blazers game against the "Oklahoma City Thunder." How do you greet them?

With Open Arms

597 votes

With Pity

473 votes

With Skepticism

117 votes

With Heckles

151 votes

1338 votes | Poll has closed

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Definitely with pity. Seattle fan bugs me but you never wish that another city (losing a team).

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Feb 11, 2009 11:57 AM PST reply actions

I pity the foos.

- Mr. T

Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot

by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 12:11 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

for all you rec-mongers out there

Mr T. reference = auto-rec from me.

Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.

by prezofdeath on Feb 11, 2009 1:38 PM PST up reply actions

It was "mascot night" at the Rose Garden, which apparently translates to a dozen inflatable versions of various NBA mascots being chased around the arena by Portland's "Blaze", which is some breed of rapist dog. -PostingandToasting

by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 11, 2009 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

and I thank you.

Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot

by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

I feel terrible for that lot.

Bad deal, that there.

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car"

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Feb 11, 2009 12:00 PM PST reply actions

the heck is a supersonics?

by lowposts on Feb 11, 2009 12:06 PM PST reply actions

from wikipedia:
An extinct team from the days of Sasquatch and I-5-Rivalries

* "Chick flicks are illegal in my house... the only girly thing my girl watches is Project Runway." Which Blazer yelled this out in the locker room? Who else? Channing Frye. I know that's going to be somebody's signature.

by BlazermaniacAndy on Feb 11, 2009 12:12 PM PST up reply actions

hmmmm...

are they coming down to root for their old team? Or are they coming down to root for the Blazers and boo the team that left them?

by Escrote on Feb 11, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions

If I could vote twice

I would add “With Open Arms”, because I am sure there are more than a few people who desperately tried to keep the team in Seattle but failed. For those good basketball souls we offer them the best basketball the NW has to offer, with Pity of Course, oh wait, “There’s No Pi-ty in the Rose Ci-ty!”.

by BlazermaniacAndy on Feb 11, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

haha +1

We need to bring Bedger’s to a Thursday Timber’s game.

From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.

by TheOdenator on Feb 11, 2009 12:23 PM PST up reply actions

I know, I also know we will play in June, but after that, we need some soccer

Blazermaniac Sec 225 was good but the Timbers Army knows how to chant!

“Clap Clap, your going home in a Port-land Ambu-lance!”.

by BlazermaniacAndy on Feb 11, 2009 12:51 PM PST up reply actions

man i miss

Timber Jim. The new guy is alright, but Timber Jim was the ish.

From the back of Travis Outlaw's Franz card: Travis leads the team in monstrous thunder dunks, wins awards for post game interviews, and often gets extra points for degree of difficulty.

by TheOdenator on Feb 11, 2009 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

much better than Blaze.

No comparison. – Elgin

Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot

by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 3:03 PM PST up reply actions

What isn't better than Blaze?

Since the Sonics fans are coming to the game tonight, can’t they bring Squatch with them so he can take Blaze down and we can have a Trail Cat BBQ?

Yes! Yes! In the face!

by LeafHawk on Feb 11, 2009 4:56 PM PST up reply actions

we should give the job to Squatch

Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot

by 22baylor on Feb 12, 2009 4:09 PM PST up reply actions

The games aren't too bad, except the soccer part sucks.

by ArbyOSU on Feb 11, 2009 1:36 PM PST up reply actions

Where is the...

“With punches” option?

Buzzing to ****

by I Want Curly Hair Too on Feb 11, 2009 12:10 PM PST reply actions

Pity for sure.

I feel bad for them. I will be super mad if they boo the Blazers though.

Rudy for ROY
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"Rudy is not everyday a shooter." ~Rudy Fernandez

by twiggs on Feb 11, 2009 12:11 PM PST reply actions

That’s OK with me. I boo the Mariners every time at Safeco – but since everyone is either filing their nails, talking on their cell phones, or chugging $9 beers in center field, nobody notices.

MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)

by The Cactus Leaguer on Feb 11, 2009 1:42 PM PST up reply actions

Open arms...and a middle finger pointed in David Stern's direction

On a bad day, the Seattle debacle makes me question my interest in NBA basketball.

Steroids? Pfff. This move was the most serious and cynical abuse of the trust conferred by sports fans, in any professional sport, in a generation.

It was an insult to the entire region, and to any city that wants an honest and thoughtful debate about the place of professional sports in its civic life.

Seattle Sonics fan: you are us.

by chnews on Feb 11, 2009 12:20 PM PST reply actions

I said with open arms

Send the hot ones my way for a gentle hug.

I like frogs.

by Dragline on Feb 11, 2009 12:27 PM PST reply actions

Are there any hot ones in Seattle?>\

And if so, why haven’t they got the heck out of there and married some other hottie from a real city…like….where the sun actually shines.

Like Portland.

Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.

by prezofdeath on Feb 11, 2009 1:40 PM PST up reply actions

I've got my gold wristbands / headband ready for tonight

I’m not gonna root for the Thunder by any means, but I’ll be there to show my support. These people were straight up robbed.

by Garces on Feb 11, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions

Skepticism

If you’re a Sonics fan coming as a Thunder fan, you’ll be just like any other away fan…
If you’re a convert to the Blazers’ awesomeness, make yourselves at home!
If you’re holding a giant foam middle finger with David Stern’s name on it, cheers! This town loves a good protest.

by rawknmxpx on Feb 11, 2009 12:32 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

Booooooooo!

I really hope Sonics fans boo the thunder. I feel super(sonics) sorry for them and a great, now defunct, rivalry. Any word on a bigfoot sighting in the arena tonight?

Life is hilarious.

by SolGoode on Feb 11, 2009 12:53 PM PST reply actions

We should burn a Bob Whitsitt

effigy at halftime. It will be a bonding experience.

by bamkapow on Feb 11, 2009 12:55 PM PST reply actions

I think we would all enjoy that

as much as a 20-point blowout. – Elgin

Since when do we need to ponder to froth? - jscot

by 22baylor on Feb 11, 2009 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

Open arms, then a punch in the face if they start booing our team

Blazer Fan

by leeroyjenkins on Feb 11, 2009 1:30 PM PST reply actions 2 recs

As long as they don't boo our team or cheer for the Sonics I'm good with them.

by ArbyOSU on Feb 11, 2009 1:37 PM PST up reply actions

Exactly!

by antediluvian on Feb 11, 2009 2:03 PM PST up reply actions

doubt Blazers will be booed

I really don’t think Sonics fans will drive 3+ hours to boo the Blazers. Pretty sure any lingering hatred towards Portland due to the I-5 rivalry will be overshadowed by the hatred of those that conspired to take the Sonics.

I want to put points on your face.

by bonesbarry on Feb 11, 2009 3:02 PM PST up reply actions

i ain't like some of you

damn people feeling sorry for losing sonic fans,aybe if you damn people supported the team better,they still be in seattle.even the oden fanboys in pdx sell out the r.garden now.there is no pity from me sonic fan go home and weep in your damn starbucks $6.50 cup of coffee.

by fatty on Feb 11, 2009 2:27 PM PST reply actions

supported the team better, huh?

You can check the numbers, but I think attendance at Sonics games last year was definitely not at the bottom (at least in terms of % filled; the Key Arena is "intimate") and was probably at least towards the middle of the pack DESPITE the team owner openly vying for a lottery pick and all but telling the fans he was going to move the team after 41 years in Seattle.

Its easy to support the Blazers now that Paul Allen no longer has them up for sale and Brandon Roy is helping lead this team back to its glory days. Go through what Sonics fans have just been through then start talking.

I want to put points on your face.

by bonesbarry on Feb 11, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions

for your damn information

unlike 90% of these people who’re in this room these last couple of years,i was at the r.garden during that jailblazer era 98-05.i say me and 5,000 of my closest friends.and that’s a fact bones book it !!!

by fatty on Feb 11, 2009 3:04 PM PST reply actions

ok?

i realize the jailblazer years were far from glorious, but is that really comparable to playing two rookie forwards out of position along with “veterans” that, using the most rose-tinted of glasses, could at best be called journeymen while the owner is basically telling the fans “forget you, we’re outta here”?

fatty, i wasn’t calling you out for lack of support. i know better than that. but i think you’re way out of line if you’re saying sonics fans got what was coming to them because no one supported the team.

I want to put points on your face.

by bonesbarry on Feb 11, 2009 4:06 PM PST up reply actions