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SubscribeNovember 20, 2008 3:16 PM
Life could be worse: Clay Bennett's wretched NBA team gets booed
Posted by Jerry Brewer
After another futile week in Seattle sports, we're left to ponder once again: Could life be any worse?
Well, just think about how bad this autumn would be if it also included the team formerly known as the Sonics.
The Thunder (ick) lost its ninth straight game Wednesday night and fell to a league-worst 1-11. Even more embarrassing, the fans in Oklahoma City booed their new team for the first time.
Clay Bennett hoped to revel in a year of firsts, didn't he?
I miss the NBA in Seattle, miss it something terrible. But I don't miss watching a team that was built to lose for several years so it could acquire lottery picks and cap space in order to rebuild.
Imagine if the city hadn't settled with Bennett, and we were subjected to another year of bad basketball while trying to rally support for the Sonics to stay. It would've been an impossible task, fighting for a once-proud franchise floundering under a clueless owner. And then Bennett would try to blame us for being apathetic about his awful product.
Having nothing isn't a consolation prize, but I must admit to grinning after learning that the Thunder had irritated their new fans within three weeks of their debut.
Maybe karma is a dish best served cold, too.
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