It finally sets in, and I am pissed

Here are my thoughts about the city of Seattle letting the Sonics leave

1. Seattle/Washington legislature are all idiots
If you are a Washington resident, I implore you to not re-elect our Governor (Christine Gregoire). If you live in Seattle, we need a new city council and Mayor. These people had a chance to keep the team here, twice! Yet, nothing was done. We need change if we are to ever get basketball back here again.

2. David Stern is a bastard...
I used to respect David Stern. Needless to say I no longer do. Because of him, I will no longer be able to hear him announce "The Seattle SuperSonics select..." during the NBA draft. I used to think he was the best commish in sports. He used to be the only one who would speak frankly, openly, and honestly. Before this ordeal, he had done a hell of a lot of good for this league. David Stern, you have lost the respect of everyone in the state of Washington. I hope you enjoy it.

3. ...and Clay Bennett is no better
Clay is the major reason why the team is leaving. He bought the team, and strong armed the city into not getting him a new arena deal. I hope you go back to Oklahoma, and lose billions of dollars. Also, how dare you decide to make replicas of the Sonics championship banners and even a duplicate of the trophy. It's not your teams to take, it is ours.

4. Seattle has lost its muster
Seattle can no longer be called a major sports city. A major sports city has at least 3 major franchises, and sometimes 4. We now have 2 major league teams. People of Seattle, we are now Kansas City. Our Baseball team is rebuilding, and we are pinning all our hopes on the Seahawks.

5. Seattle will NOT receive another team
How could we not get a guarantee of a new team? We now have "an agreement" with an NBA where they will tell Seattle when a team is available for sale, or when an expansion team is available. There is one question that needs to be answered: How far down are we on the list of possible cities? Kansas City and Las Vegas have been waiting for teams for a awhile now, and David Stern acknowledges them as possible venues. As long as our dear friend David Stern is the commish, we will not have another NBA team.

6. The weather is appropriate
If you are from the Seattle area, you know that the weather around here has been magnificent lately. Right as the announcement was about to happen, rolling thunderstorms hit the state. They came through the Seattle area all night, and even lasted through this morning. It is Black Thursday in Seattle.

7. ESPN and the NBA have lost me
ESPN did a terrible job covering this story, and the whole Sonics saga. Even the official move was not the top story on ESPN.com this morning. I will be weaning myself off ESPN even more then I have been, and will probably not renew my magazine subscription next year. Also, the NBA has lost me for the time being. Sure, I will still play fantasy basketball, so I will have to follow free agency and the draft. Other than that, I am not sure I will be able to bring myself to watch NBA basketball. At the very most, I will watch a few TrailBlazers games, and watch a feature TNT game once and awhile.

Im not sure I can find anyone else to blame, or bitch about right now. Here are some people that have gained my respect throughout this whole ordeal.

Bill Simmons, ESPN Columnist: He was the only one who truly covered, and cared about this saga. He made fun of Clay Bennett on his podcasts, and discussed his displeasure with this situation. He even had a scheduled interview with David Stern about this issue, but had to cancel due to illness.

Steve Ballmer, Matt Griffin and the local ownership group: The only people in this area who really tried to keep the team here. Sadly, they were thrown aside by the state legislature.