MadmanLA Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well at least they wont need to realign divisions!But shouldn't the new Sonics be placed in the Northwest division? That would make more geographical sense than the Pacific Division and they'd get their old rivalry with the Blazers back.You're probably rightIt probably wouldn't happen right away; remember, when the Hornets moved to New Orleans from Charlotte, they stayed in the Eastern Conference until 2005, when the Bobcats came in, and the divisions were realigned.Personally, the best thing they could do is have the new Sonics and the Thunder swap divisions. Even if things stay the same, in terms of divisional placement, the new Sonics would practically still play the same amount of games against conference opponents each season anyway. The NBA would make it a point for the Blazers and Sonics 2.0 to play four times a year regardless of what division each team is placed in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aci Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well, if the Kings end up in Seattle, why not do the logical thing and have all five West Coast teams in one division? Pacific: Clippers/Lakers/Warriors/Kings/BlazersNorth: Thunder/Suns/Jazz/Wolves/NuggetsSouth: Mavericks/Spurs/Rockets/Pelicans/GrizzliesThe division names might be a challenge, but it seems like it'd be best for travel and time-zone purposes. Hamilton Eagles- 2012 and 2013 Continental Hockey League Champions! 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015 CHL East Division Champions! Niagara Dragoons- 2012 United League and CCSLC World Series Champions! 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 UL Robinson Division Champions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Adrian WojnarowskiThe Maloofs are finalizing an agreement to sell the Sacramento Kings to the Hansen-Ballmer led Seattle group, sources tell Yahoo! Sports.This deserved it's own thread.Wow. Seattle is going through the Clay Bennett-route; the same way their own team got pulled (team sold to investor group from arrival city) is what Sacramento's team is being pulled.If successful, does this make the Kings' relocation the most painful and grueling in sports history?Nope. Baltimore Colts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sorry it had to come to this, Sacramento. That makes three cities screwed over by Stern's insistence on keeping a team in New Orleans: Seattle, Sacramento, and the team that will have to root for the "Pelicans."Let's do some SAT analogy:Stern is to New Orleansas Bettman is to Phoenixas Goodell is to any city not named Los Angeles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Nah, Goodell is going to hurry a team into Los Angeles when the time is right.Stern's hand was forced by the Saints going all out to Save New Orleans Through Sports And Stuff. If the NFL hadn't generated such overwhelming goodwill, fallacious and ultimately pernicious as it may have been, it would've been easier to let Shinn sell to Bennett's group when he wanted to. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 They should just call them the Seattle Kings, keep the moniker alive. The real Sonics are now in OKC and Seattle is in King County www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter Morgan Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Sonics or bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well, if the Kings end up in Seattle, why not do the logical thing and have all five West Coast teams in one division?Pacific: Clippers/Lakers/Warriors/Kings/BlazersNorth: Thunder/Suns/Jazz/Wolves/NuggetsSouth: Mavericks/Spurs/Rockets/Pelicans/GrizzliesThe division names might be a challenge, but it seems like it'd be best for travel and time-zone purposes.Change the name of Divisions to Pacific, Lonestar and Mountain www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 They should just call them the Seattle Kings, keep the moniker alive. The real Sonics are now in OKC and Seattle is in King CountyIf you're operating under the premise that they have to choose between the Sonics and the Kings, you have to allow for the possibility that Kings could be off the table for the same reasons that Sonics is on it. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Oh you mean the Kansas City-Omaha/Kansas City/Sacramento Kings or the Rochster/Cincinnati Royals www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Could call them the Seattle Nomads.This would mark the fourth franchise move in Kings/Royals history if they move to Seattle. Nobody seems to want this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCall Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 They should just call them the Seattle Kings, keep the moniker alive. The real Sonics are now in OKC and Seattle is in King CountyIf you're operating under the premise that they have to choose between the Sonics and the Kings, you have to allow for the possibility that Kings could be off the table for the same reasons that Sonics is on it.I don't think Sacramento is at the level of Seattle to get an equal "in the future" type of deal. Plus the Kings franchise is too well-traveled to have their name promised to one city. I think IF another team moves there, the NBA would allow them to use Kings, but I don't think they'll promise the city anything. It's basically just an "if" situation. Â Â https://dribbble.com/MakaioCall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I wouldn't be surprised if Sacramento went for the Cleveland Deal, now that everyone is getting it. Even the Atlanta Thrashers' intellectual property is still in Atlanta, and they ain't never comin' back. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telemundo219 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Well at least they wont need to realign divisions!But shouldn't the new Sonics be placed in the Northwest division? That would make more geographical sense than the Pacific Division and they'd get their old rivalry with the Blazers back.Much less of a pain in the neck than a potential Virginia Beach scenario would've been.In a perfect NBA, the Bobcats name would die, and the Hornets name would return to Charlotte. The New Orleans NBA team moves to Seattle to be the new Sonics (a move just like the Coyotes-Jets-Thrashers sitch). The OKC Thunder would move to the Southwest division, in liew for the new Sonics being in the Northwest division. The divisions would be like this:Atlantic: Celtics, Knicks, Nets, 76ers, RaptorsCentral: Bulls, Bucks, Cavaliers, Pacers, Pistons,Southeast: Hawks, Heat, Hornets (ex-Bobcats), Magic, WizardsSouthwest: Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies, ThunderNorthwest: Blazers, Wolves, Nuggets, Jazz, Sonics (relocated New Orleans franchise)Pacific: Lakers, Clippers, Kings, Suns, WarriorsSadly, this perfect NBA can only exist in video game land.How about this? :Atlantic: Celtics, Knicks, Nets, 76ers, RaptorsCentral: Bulls, Bucks, Cavaliers, Pacers, Pistons,Southeast: Hawks, Heat, Hornets (ex-Bobcats), Magic, WizardsSouthwest: Mavericks, Rockets, Spurs, Grizzlies, PelicansNorthMidwest: Thunder, Wolves, Nuggets, Jazz, SunsPacific: Blazers, Lakers, Clippers, Sonics (relocated New Orleans Sacramento franchise), WarriorsYeah should've been the NO Hornets having to be the ones moving to OKC. College sports as we know them are just about dead. The lid is off on all the corruption that taints just about every major program and every decision that the schools or the NCAA make is only about money, money, and more money. We'll have three 16+ team super-conferences sooner rather than later, killing much of the regional flair and traditional rivalries that make college sports unique and showing the door to any school that doesn't bring money to the table in the process. Pretty soon the smaller schools are going to have to consider forming their own sanctioning body to keep the true spirit of college sports alive because the NCAA will only get worse in it's excess from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 It's fun for this former Rochestarian that the long-forgotten Royals are moving to my current city. Too bad it's at the expense of Sacramento and in a dump like KeyArena. Also it's the Kings. OKC gets a good young core from us, we get the Wizards West. To be honest, I'm most happy for the boost to the local economy. It will be nice to have two years of a major anchor tenant in a quickly-redeveloping Seattle Center area. In a perfect world, the new Sonics would stay at the Seattle Center campus, but that's basically impossible. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 It's fun for this former Rochestarian that the long-forgotten Royals are moving to my current city. Too bad it's at the expense of Sacramento and in a dump like KeyArena. Also it's the Kings. OKC gets a good young core from us, we get the Wizards West. To be honest, I'm most happy for the boost to the local economy. It will be nice to have two years of a major anchor tenant in a quickly-redeveloping Seattle Center area. In a perfect world, the new Sonics would stay at the Seattle Center campus, but that's basically impossible.At least the Maloofs wouldn't own the team anymore. With the exception of the Lakers and Heat(plus maybe the Thunder), the team could see Phoenix Coyotes like crowds the rest of the way.(Maybe even worse) BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 The six division set up is bad for the NBA because there is no perfect six way grouping of five teams.This is my realignmentAtlantic Boston, Bkny, NYK, Philly, DC. (Northeast Corridor)Central Chicago, Cleveland Detroit, Indiana Toronto (All near the great lakes)Southeast Atlanta, Charlotte, Memphis, Miami, Orlando, (All part deep southMidwest Denver, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, Utah (Well its the others) But Min and Mil natural rivalry, so is Utah and Denver.Pacific Golden State, LAC. LAL, Portland, Seattle (All on the Pacific)Southwest Dallas, Houston, OKC, Phoenix, San Antonio (All near or in Texas) www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 I'd like 'em to keep the Kings name, but I suspect they'll be the Sonics. Good compromise to me is Kings in green and yellow. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." Â BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 They could go back to the 4 division set up but it probably won't happen:AtlanticBoston, Brooklyn, Miami, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, WashingtonCentralAtlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indiana, MilwaukeeMidwestDallas, Houston, Memphis, Minnesota, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, San Antonio PacificDenver, Golden State, L.A. Clippers, L.A. Lakers, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Very happy that the Seattle Supersonics are returning. Very sad that it's at the expense of the Sacramento Kings. I love that the NBA entered small (relative) cities with no other pro sports teams and made it work (in most cases). San Antonio, Salt Lake, Sacramento, Phoenix at the time. I remember watching those early 2000s playoff games against the Lakers and ARCO looked nuts. I hope they leave the door open to return one day. Maybe a relocated New Orleans team down the road. They know the fans and market are there.Do you guys think they would just break these back out, or start from scratch?I forgot about that gold beauty.Also, where is all the Sonics stuff being kept right now? Banners, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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