Going out swinging

The trial between the Sonics and the City of Seattle over the last two years remaining on the lease, started today.

As fans, there is little for us to do anymore. Most of us have sent so many emails to the Governor, she probably blocks them by this time.

The Save our Sonics group held a rally at the courthouse today. One of the Sonics owners defenses is that no one in Seattle cares about the team. Today we proved him wrong.

The SOS group has been publicizing this event for a few weeks now, and they really got the message out. They had hoped to attract 1000 fans, even saying that if only 500 show up, that it will enforce the owners point. Of course, it helps to have Gary Payton on hand to generate some interest.

An estimated 3000 people showed up to the rally! It was amazing. I was hoping to reach the 1000 mark. I invited my friend Jim to come over on the ferry and meet me for the rally.



We arrived right at 4:30. One of the SOS guys spoke into the microphone for a while, then they handed the mic to Seattles biggest sports fan, figuratively and literally, Big Lo. Big Lo has made a career of firing up crowds, and he went right to work. He led a few cheers and spoke positive on the situation.

Dave Moller from KJR am then took the mic. A few more cheers, as Gary was stuck in traffic, but he assured us Gary would be there shortly.

Spencer Hawes got up on the mic, he is an active player in the nba, so he really could not speak in detail. He told the crowd he was here as a fan of the team and of Seattle.

Next up was the X man, who spoke for about a minute, saying he was a "Sonic for life".

Finally, GP arrives. He climbed up on something, so he could be above the swelling crowd. He said great things, like "the Sonics are not going to leave" and that if and when he gets selected to the NBA hall of fame, he will go in as a Sonic.


After the rally, my friend Jim followed Gary and got him to sign a basketball card from his second season. He was really stoked. We hit some bars on the way home, eventually ending up at the 5 Point. We looked at the plaque on the bar honoring the life of our friend Rick. We left and went home.

Now, I have to go catch up on the latest courtroom news. Its a heck of a read.

SAVE OUR SONICS!