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Seattle. The Emerald City. Home of the NBA’s Seattle Supersonics. Wait… that’s not right. Seattle used to be home to an NBA franchise. If memory serves me right, the Supersonics are now the Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s okay? Yes, I think it is. How did that happen? I’ll tell you how it happened. Money, money and more money. Not only does he make the world go round, he rules professional sports. And the last time I checked, the NBA was a professional league. And professional sports teams often make a profit, whether they admit it or not.

Apparently Clay Bennett, an Oklahoma native and owner of the Seattle Supersonics, didn’t have enough money. In 2008, Supersonics closed shop and moved east. Not very far as it turns out. The Sonics ended up in Bennett’s home state as the Oklahoma City Thunder. It appears that Key Arena, home of the Sonics, was not large enough to house the necessary fan base to generate enough revenue. Really? Yes, apparently yes. A newer and larger basketball facility was needed to keep the team afloat. Of course, to build a bigger and better arena, a lot of money would have to be spent to do so. As is the case these days in professional sports, the general tax-paying public was going to have to step up and foot the bill. Not the property. No, they couldn’t afford to spend any of the millions of dollars they had.

And the rest is NBA history. But let’s take a trip down memory lane. Back to the glory days of the Seattle Supersonics. The days when Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp hit the hard court in the great Northwest. The days of 1996 when Payton and Kemp led the Sonics to the NBA Finals. Turns out the unlucky days when the Sonics met Michael Jordan and the Bulls. The Bulls who finished the 1995-1996 regular season with a 72-10 record. Oh, and a team led by Michael Jordan. Seattle, led by its two superstars and coached by George Karl, had its best season going 64-18. In short, as we all know, it was not enough. The glory days of the Sonics ended in a 6 game loss in the NBA Finals at the hands of MJ and the Bulls.

But wait, the glory days continue. In the form of a Jordan 6 Rings shoe, that is. Yeah, I know, little consolation to die-hard Supersonic fans who deserved better. A pair of Jordan basketball shoes certainly won’t make up for what they endured. The Jordan 6 Rings “Seattle” is an edition included in the 6 Rings Championship Pack and features laser-printed graphics on a white leather upper that represent what made Seattle and the Sonics a great NBA franchise. The Space Needle, raindrops and even a picture of “The Glove” aka Gary Payton. A dark green midsole, yellow accents on the tongue and inner lining, and a fuzzy tricolor Jumpman logo complete a very cool 6-ring edition. You can still get your hands on a pair of the “Seattle” Jordan 6 Rings.

Seattle’s glory days may be a memory…for now. With the rabid basketball fan base still living and breathing basketball in Seattle, there are more glory days to come. In the near future, there will be an NBA franchise in Seattle, new or old. Supersonic fans young and old deserve it.