It's been awhile since I've posted an actual thing on here. I'm not trying to make excuses or anything, but my life is getting a little hectic.

I've been slipping at work because I would rather work on this thing and talk sports, my home life is going out the window...oh, and I almost got fired. Yeah...loads of fun. But you guys don't wanna hear about that. I do know something though...WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ALL THE SEATTLE SPORTS TEAMS??? I mean, really?

The Mariners have gone from favorites to the basement in a hurry, the Sonics castoffs are mainly on teams that made it to at least the second round of the NBA Playoffs, and then the heart and soul of the Seahawks has been arrested on su####ion of DUI. It is not a good time to be a Seattle sports fan.

The M's are batting .249 as a team. .249!?!? Really? Add on to that a team ERA that is 12th in the AL 23rd in the majors, you've got all the signs that this team is just plain bad. We are talking Stephen A. Smith "TERRIBLE!" here.

Then there's all the former Sonics sniffing the ring. With Ray Allen in Boston, Kurt Thomas and Brent Barry [he counts] with the Spurs, and Delonte West [mumble grumble Presti...] and Wally Szczerbiak STARTING for the Cavaliers, I really do think it's ok for Seattle fans to be a TAD bitter. Not to mention Ira Newble and Vladamir Radmonavich with the Lakers and Rashard Lewis with the Magic, that is literally a whole ROSTER of former Supes that were more or less shown the door.

Then, there's Lofa Tatupu. Aside from having an awesome name, [seriously, say that name and tell me you don't love saying it!] he has become the motor of a defense that has become the backbone or a perennial power in the NFC. He's been in the Pro Bowl his first three seasons in the League, so this is more of a national story then if say, Porkchop Womack went through the same. Who's Porkchop? Thank you for proving my point.

What Lofa did was stupid, without a doubt, and he has come out and manned up for his mistake. I hope the NFL looks at that and his past and fine him and maybe put him the Substanse Abuse program at the maximum. This is a young guy that made a mistake. We're not talking about a Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, or even a Leonard Little type situation. This is the only blemish on this guy since coming in and becoming one of the faces of the franchise.

Now, before you get on me for my BLATANT homerism, especially with Lofa, now that I write what I know. And I know that we as Seattle sports fans are cheering on the UW Men's baseball team, who I believe is #1 in the Pac 10. We can't wait for the WNBA to come back, because if Stern and Clay get there way, that's all we'll have.

And as far as Lofa goes, yes, I would feel differently if someone was actually hurt. But, no one was. Does that make it right? No. That means that Lofa was extremly lucky. And that he's got a much easier road to travel to earn the trust of those outside the 12th Man faitful. I think he'll be just fine, take whatever Roger Goodell passes down to him, and then go out there and play like he always has before. This is a one time thing. If not, I'm sure someone will let me know about it.

41 years as a franchise. Players like Lenny Wilkins, Gus Johnson, Doug Johnson, Gary Payton, Rashard Lewis, Shawn Kemp, and countless others have worn SuperSonics green. But, they have just had a first. One of their players has won the NBA Rookie of the Year. And it appears as if no one cares.

Kevin Durant is the best thing to happen to the Sonics since the run in the 90's, but you'd never guess it if you asked the average person walking the streets. He is the kind of kid (he's only 19 for crying out loud!) that can bring a community together around a team that is horrible now, but has such a bright future. And yet, the media isn't allowed to talk to him. or anyone else with the team for that matter, outside of a 30 minute window.

This is what basketball has become in this city. The ownership group and Public Relations department has made it borderline impossible for local media to even talk to anyone on the team, let alone give them and the fans enough time to truely bond with and except Kevin, Jeff Green, or anyone else on this very young team.

And yet, there he was at the final home game, calling on the fans to cheer "Save Our Sonics" louder and prouder. There he was, crying at the end of what may have been his final game in front of the Seattle faithful. The fans that supported him the entire season while teariing down the people who signed his check.

He's known since day 1 that the team wasn't going to stay long, yet he still formed a bond with a group of children that come over to his house to play video games. He took this franchise, the fans, and the people of this community and let them in when all the brass wanted just the opposite.

I hate to keep harping on the Sonics situation, but it just shows how much people like David Stern and Clay Bennett don't care about the average fan. Stern is a money hungery elitest who will bow down to the highest bidder and Clay and his groups saw a golden oppurtunity to be just that.

I love the game, I always have and always will. Where ever KD, Jeff, Nick Collison, and the rest of these guys land, I will continue to follow them. I hope that either Howard Schultz wins the lawsuit he has to get the slae recinded, but I know that the burden of proof that he will have to present may be to difficult to even comprihend.

I hope that the city can win it's suit, but am also hopeful that if they get a deal presented to them that includes an expansion team in the next 5 years that they take it.

Either way, I am amazingly happy as a fan that Kevin Durant won the award and look forward to the Most Valueable Player award that will no doubt be in his future, even if the team doesn't want me to.

UPDATE: Hawks coach Mike Woodson has come out blasting the fact that Al Horford didn't at least a share of the award. Really? I like Al, I really do, but he was on the same team as Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, and Josh Childress, all established vets.

"It's a travesty and it's not right," Woodson moaned. "We haven't had a power forward/center come in our league and do what he's done [average 10.1 points and 9.7 boards] in I don't know how many years."

Um...

Dwight Howard 2004-05: 12 points, 10 boards, 1.7 blocks

Emeka Okafor 2004-05: 15.1 points, 10.9 boards, 1.7 blocks

Al Horford 2007-08: 10.1 points, 9.7 boards, 0.9 blocks

That's two other guys in his division to do just that...but I won't tell Mikey if you won't.

Today is a sad day for all Seattle fans. Expected yes, but sad none the less. The team is on the way out and the NBA is applying as much pressure as they possibly can to make the exit fast.

After a vote of 28 - 2 for relocation, there was a standard press confereance where the two major villians in this shame of a negotiation, Clayton Bennett and David Stern, squirmed and lied through their teeth to villify everyone else. They constantly tried to shift the blame away from them and on to anyone and everyone else. Just hearing the flat lies coming from those twos mouths nearly made me swerve off the road on my way to work.

They both said that they'd prefer to leave the team name, colors, and history in Seattle as well as leaving the door open for an expansion team in the near future because they know that's the only bits of leverage they have left. They want us to stop fighting and just let these guys go so that they won't have to listen to anymore of the questions that will come as long as this process is going and try to recover from this PR nightmare that will do nothing but leave a black eye bigger then those recieved by anyone facing Chuck Lidell. But this is just the beginning.

While local government has done nothing but drag their collective heels to this point, I believe that the tide has finally turned in our favor. I think that we, be it government, private investors, fans, or even blowhards such as myself who have more free time then disposable income, will continue to fight until tip off in OKC.

But, for right now, all we can do is wait and see what the courts decide and how things play out from there.

I'd like to thank a few people really quick, even though some of them won't read this or really even care who I am:

Mark Cuban, I've always been a fan of the way you handle yourself in all facets of life. Thank you for supporting Seattle in all of this, even though you didn't have much support amongst your "peers".

Paul Allen, the only other person to vote no. Since day one, you've been trying to keep Northwest sports alive by keeping the Hawks in town and turning around the Blazers. Even though the Sonics leaving means you'd have the entire area to yourself, you still voted no. That's big.

Kevin Calebro, the voice of OUR Seattle SuperSonics, for saying that if the team leaves, you're not going with them. When ever I think of Sonics basketball, I think of three people: the Glove, the Reign Man, and you.

Slade Gordon, the only politician that seems to have given a damn since day one.

Steve Balmer and his group for basically trying to be Paul Allen 2.0, even if it was a bit late.

Everybody at saveoursonics.org and 950 KJR AM for constantly keeping all of us fans afloat on all of the information coming out about this debacle.

Everybody at Fox Funhouse for giving me this forum to rant and rave about all of this. I promise to keep it coming, just wait until the NFL comes along. lol

Lastly, everyone who reads my stuff. Without the actual readers, I'm still just the guy with more free time then money. Whether you agree what I say or not makes no difference to me, as long as there is someone out there that reads my ramblings, I'm happy. Thank you for your continued readership and go Sonics!

Myself and thousands like me have been saying the same thing since July of 2006: Clay Bennett is a lying sack of ####! Now, that the emails detailing the plans by three members of the ownership group, Clay included, to move MY Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma and then blatantly lie to David Stern's face about have come out, the rest of you know it as well.

But Stern is still standing pat as he sinks into the pile of #### that he has backed himself into by supporting the outright theft of the franchise. Even with the evidence mounting that he's been led on, along with mostly everyone else outside of the Pacific Northwest, he still states that the move is a good idea.

Now, a slight beam of hope in the perpetual grey skys over Seattle...Howard Schultz, the inept owner who sold them in the first place, is calling ####, and it's about damn time someone did.

Schultz is suing Clay's group for your basic breach of contract because he didn't live up to the one year good faith clause that was there. Clay and Stern have got no legal leg to stand on. The news has gotten out, the support that they said didn't exist has been broadcasted load and clear, and there's even desention within the ranks with Mark Cuban and Larry Miller, owners of the Mavricks and Jazz respectively, coming out and saying that the move from Seattle is a dumb idea.

Clay tried to just take the team and then he resorted to bribing us with just taking the people but not the Sonics, leaving us the name, history, and colors. That won't fly. The Sonics are our team, we have a loyalty to them. Something you and your cronies, David Stern included, haven't got the slightest idea about.

Now, I wish there was a way to get people out there to aid our cause, but it may be to late with the Board of Goveners meeting coming this week. But, with Schultz stepping up the way he has and the continued media coverage, I hope this will be enough to finally show the NBA that while our team may suck and ownership has done everything imaginable to make fans stop caring, we are still here. Sonics Nation is alive and strong. Save Our Sonics!