The scene at KeyArena for the final game played in the former home of the Seattle SuperSonics before the arena’s two-year, $700 million reclamation project confirmed what most sports fans in Seattle already knew: The city deserves an NBA team.
The October 5 preseason game brought former Sonic Kevin Durant back to the place where he played his first NBA season a decade earlier. He returned as a member of the Golden State Warriors, the reigning league champion, who played the Sacramento Kings, a team that came close to relocating to Seattle a few years ago… read more >