So, the fine folks in Seattle got hosed by some rich dudes from Oklahoma.  It feels pretty crummy any time you get beat by folks from Oklahoma, but when they swipe your hometown NBA franchise you have plenty of reasons to be seriously grumpy.

But the deed is done.  The organization that was known as the Seattle SuperSonics will soon be re-introduced as the OKC [somethings].  While I never really have understood the Seattle franchise’s name I’ve never been concerned enough to spend the 30 seconds at wikipedia to look it up.  I would ask a Sonics fan, but I can’t recall having ever met one in person.

Whoever you are, wherever you are, I’m sure you are not happy right now and the last thing you need is somebody to make a snide remark about drowning your tears in latte or making some other generic statement about the rainy city of Seattle.  Noooo.  We are not going to stoop to that level on this, ahem, fine site.

But if it will make you feel better, we will tell a couple of lame Oklahoma jokes.

 

Q: Why do the Oklahoma license plates say OK?

A: Because they could not spell mediocre.

 

Q: Did you hear about the Texas A&M Aggie that graduated and moved to Oklahoma?

A: He raised the average IQ of both states.

 

Lucky for you, dear reader, I’ve never bothered to waste any extra brain cells with Oklahoma trivia or jokes. Just those two.  [Insert Aggie joke here.]

Anyway, if those two lame jokes don’t make the Seattle fans feel any better, how about a plan to get a franchise back in Seattle?

The best thing that could happen to the league would be for that goofball in LA to sell the Clippers to somebody who would move them to Seattle.  Then we could have basketball back where it belongs and perhaps Señor Stern can fund a black ops team to erase the world of the Clippers ugly legacy.

But… that doesn’t seem very likely.

So, what if we move the hapless Memphis Grizzlies to Seattle and then swap the division assignments of the OKC Mediocrity and the Seattle SuperSonic Grizzlies?  Seattle gets a team back.  The Grizz stop wasting time in Memphis and the divisional alignment gets repaired.

Seems like a plan to me.  Anybody got Stern’s phone number?