Why is the NBA  failing in the Pacific Northwest? Vancouver's gone and Portland and Seattle are next.?
403374
Probably because the number one team in that conference(denver)is like only 4 games above .500
399158
yup. go and check out the nba!
512862
If the penguins leave Pittsburgh no team will replace them, at least in this city.  They don't need and I hope they don't get a new arena, they are a losing team and Mario needs to cut his loses and realize that a new arena is not going to increase attendence or make the team prophitable in this town.  I don't know much else about the subject ;)  Just think they should leave and we should pick up an NBA team instead.
413182
portland or orlando will not move....look at like Atlanta, Minnesota (if KG leaves...no one will go..trust me, I live here), or the Clippers (even if they are winning this year). But yes, I think St. Louis deserves a team more then the Hawks and the Clippers
350193
Living near Cleveland I hope he does too. Bottom line, Washington does not have anybody who can stop LeBron, but at the same time the Cavs dont play any defense. Washington beat Cleveland 3 out of 4 times they played in the regular season, but the Cavs have played very well down the stretch. The real question is...Can the Cavs win on the road in Washington? They have played pretty bad on the road this season and will really need to step it up in order to advance against a pretty good team in The Washington Wizards. I think offensively Washington is better than Cleveland considering that Cleveland only has 2 real scores who actually get more then 5-7 chances to touch the ball and they are Hughes and LeBron. Illguaskas is the guy who needs to be given the ball more, and needs to score when he gets it. I think if he touches the ball 10-14 times a game, while making between 6-9 of those shots the Cavs will advance to the 2nd round. Washington has nobody who can stop him due to the fact that they dont have a very good big man in Brendan Haywood. The Cavs advance, but they are playing 6 to do it. 4-2 and the Cavs win the series.
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Ahhh! Alisha! \n\nI'm a Sonics nut (have been for life) and we need more fans like you. \n\nHere's the latest scoop...and there are many reasons to be optimistic...\n\nClay Bennet (the new Sonics owner) was upset that all the Seattlites were distrustful that the Sonics would stay in Seattle.  Bennet has said he wants a team in Oklahoma City, but he's also a business man and Oklahoma is not a good market.  It's about the same size as San Antonio and even though the Spurs have won several championships over the recent years, they haven't really been a money-maker.  \n\nBennet claims that he really wants to keep the team in Seattle and has even been the instigator of all the talks with the cities.  The latest idea is to move the team to Bellevue and build a sports complex that could host a hockey team as well as a basketball team.  \n\nAnyway, there's so much to report on about this, but there are definitely reasons to be optimistic. The best thing you can do is support the team like crazy this year, because if the fans don't support them this year, they'll be less likely to come back.  \n\nGo SONICS!
688829
Eastern teams usually run more thats why.  More of an uptempo flow rather than the half court set used by most teams in the western conference.
39747
It would nice to see a new Super Bowl Champion.  The people of Seattle haven't really had a heck a lot to cheer for during the playoffs.  Heck, Saturday was their first playoff win since 1983.  I wish them the best of luck.
558748
Toronto and New York are the two worst scenarios in the NBA right now. Unless you count the Lakers. I wouldn't want to go there unless I was a defensive specialist because with Kobe on the team, I know that I would never get to shoot the ball.
10140
No, they are a 500 club right now and they dont look like they are willing to make the changes to be better.  That puts them roughly in the 8-9 spot in the west. Also, they probably will have a big injury in the next few months.  Maybe Kobe, Mabye Lamar.  A loss of either one of those guys for a few games would pretty much close out any playoff chances.
157490
You guys are all drunk. He does not own a team...although he wanted to Coach the Blazers, but they hired Mr. Sonic instead.
735148
It's gotta be the Spurs, they've the experience and depth. Utah is leaning heavily on two rookies ... they'll "hit the wall" at some point in the season, 82 games is a lot of games!
79878
The NBA is a joke now.  That is why it is losing popularity.  It used to be about strategy.  Now it is about showboating and seeing who can make the most slam dunks before the buzzer ends the game.
381962
They went into their usual slump, but they didn't break out of it.  Historically, they usually have problems in Feb-mid-March.  Most of the time, they snap out of it in time to make a good run from mid-March on.  This time, they just didn't seem to have the drive.  I think the decimation of their defence for most of the year did not help.  They played much better when Jovo got back and he added a shot from the point on the power play.  Unfortunately, too little too late.  It depresses me and I am pretty pissed off about their lack of drive over the past 10 games.  Now I go through the playoffs with out my team.  Depressing really!
255298
The Portland Trailblazers are in a transition stage and they are currently rebuilding. I think in signing Nate McMillan they made a big step forward and are committed to giving him a few years to build up a solid team. \n\nThe problems they had in the past were lots of players who were selfish and a group that couldn't play team basketball, not to mention problems staying under the salary cap.\n\nGiven time for their young players to develop and for a few talented draft picks to come into the team, the Blazers could improve in just a short period of time. A lot of it depends on the management however.
530131
Uhm.........Noooooooo is this series over? Suns are only in the Championship because of scheduling error the best two teams in the west have already played...Sorry Suns fans this is not the LA's your dealing with. Dallas Is winning the Championship.
255201
No, they lost 113:120 to Seattle "SuperSonics"