Blanchette: Sonics Go Way Of The Dodo

Bob Rule … Tom Meschery … John Tresvant … Lenny Wilkens … Forty-one years of Northwest professional basketball history goes into storage this morning. The classic skyline logo, the retired jerseys, the NBA championship banner, the Squatch costume – all of it, boxed up and mothballed in Seattle mayor Greg Nickels’ attic. For 75 million pieces of silver – give or take 30 million – the city of Seattle sold its hold on the Supersonics on Wednesday, settling the about-to-be-decided lawsuit against Sonics owner Clay Bennett before a judge could rule whether the club would have to play out the final two years of its KeyArena lease/ John Blanchette , SR. More here .

Question: Is/was anyone out there a Seattle Supersonics fan?