Time Tomorrow · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

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Location Rock Paper Scissors
1318 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA

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Created By Sonicsgate Movie, Cool Chikara

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More Info Come out to Rock Paper Scissors clothing and shoe store on Capitol Hill and celebrate the launch of the RPS brand official Sonicsgate T-shirts!

The director and producers of Sonicsgate will be in the house. Hang out with fellow Sonics fans, talk about the good old days and plan what we can do to get our team back.

Also a note that I’ll be in studio at KUBE tomorrow at 7:30. Big thanks to my guy Chikara for setting that up and to Eddie Francis for being a big supporter.

If you know anyone in New Orleans send this link to them. Anyone who can get it to Chris Paul should do so. He really needs to be aware of what he is doing.

I’m not saying that Chris Paul should not follow through with his threat to demand a trade to Orlando, the Lakers, or the Knicks. It could wind up being the very best thing he ever did. How much time do you think Ray Allen truly spent regretting his trade from Seattle while he won a championship in Boston. How much worse off is Rashard Lewis having been to the finals and playing next to Dwight Howard than he would have been sitting in a mess of a franchise embroiled in an ugly relocation dispute?

Sometimes jumping ship is the right thing to do. Sometimes you can’t save it and are best served looking out for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

Our old friend Frank Hughes of SI.com has the story on a recent meeting that included George Maloof, co-owner of the Sacramento Kings, and former Sonics president Wally Walker. It seems among Seattle readers, the focus has been more on the headline and less on this key paragraph:

Sources say Maloof came away from the meeting in Seattle understanding that it would be as hard, if not more difficult, getting an arena built in Seattle as it is in Sacramento and quickly rejected the notion of moving there.

Remember, and I’ll put this in bold, nothing is going to happen until there is a long-term arena solution in place.

Maloof, who oversees the family’s casino operations, denied to Hughes that moving to Seattle was ever considered and said he was simply trying to understand the process the Sonics went through in attempting to secure a new arena, which the Kings are doing in Sacramento.

I figure Brian will chime in with some commentary later, but for now a thread to discuss former Sonics Assistant GM Rich Cho being hired by the Portland Trail Blazers as their new general manager. The ties to Seattle only continue getting stronger for the Blazers. Congrats to Cho, who did a great job for the Sonics organization for many years and is being rewarded not only with a promotion but also a chance to come back to the Northwest.

Portland, Ore. – The Portland Trail Blazers have named Rich Cho as the team’s new general manager, Trail Blazers President Larry Miller announced today. Per team policy, financial details were not disclosed.

“Rich is the perfect fit for our organization,” said Larry Miller, Trail Blazers president. “He has the right balance of basketball knowledge, business acumen and tremendous people skills. Everyone I spoke to about Rich commented not just on his qualifications but on who he is as a person. He is well known for his ability to connect genuinely with people. Rich will be a great fit for our organization and for Portland. He is an executive on the rise and we’re thrilled to have him as a Trail Blazer.”

From ESPN.com:

“Golden State Warriors owner Chris Cohan reached an agreement Thursday to sell the franchise for a record $450 million to Boston Celtics minority partner Joe Lacob and Mandalay Entertainment CEO Peter Guber.”

Even in today’s economy, teams are being sold.  Sold for big $$$.  And interestingly, Larry Ellison of Oracle fame actually offered MORE money but didn’t get the franchise.

Chris Cohan bought the Warriors in January 1995 for $119 million.  15 years later the franchise is worth roughly 3.75 times what he paid for it.  And yet the owners are going broke?

The business model is definitely broken, and I see a lockout looming, but let’s all be real about this, these guys aren’t eating cup-o-soup.