{"id":854210,"date":"2026-08-11T13:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854210\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:36:14","slug":"what-the-seattle-supersonics-relocation-can-teach-us-about-the-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/854210\/","title":{"rendered":"What the Seattle Supersonics relocation can teach us about the Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/L4AAQUUH45BQXP52AUXVSAJZS4.jpg\" alt=\"A fan holds a sign in the stands urging the former Seattle Sonics basketball team to return to Seattle before a preseason NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Seattle.\" class=\" cursor__zoom-in\" style=\"aspect-ratio:5596 \/ 3731;width:100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"m-none m_bottom-mini\">A fan holds a sign in the stands urging the former Seattle Sonics basketball team to return to Seattle before a preseason NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\">John Froschauer \/ AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Nearly 20 years ago, Seattle lost its NBA team, the Supersonics. A combination of new ownership without local ties, an outdated arena and political decision-making saw the Sonics leave after 41 years in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Sounds familiar, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">With Portland City Council scheduled to vote on negotiations for the Moda Center Wednesday, Seattle Times reporter Tim Booth joins us to discuss what led the Supersonics to relocate from Seattle, and how that relates to the issues Portland currently faces with the Blazers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cThink Out Loud\u00ae\u201d broadcasts live at noon every day and rebroadcasts at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">If you\u2019d like to comment on any of the topics in this show or suggest a topic of your own, please get in touch with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OPBTOL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, send an email to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/08\/11\/think-out-loud-seattle-supersonics-relocation-portland-trail-blazers\/mailto:thinkoutloud@opb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">thinkoutloud@opb.org<\/a>, or you can leave a voicemail for us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2026\/08\/11\/think-out-loud-seattle-supersonics-relocation-portland-trail-blazers\/tel:5032931983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">503-293-1983<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fan holds a sign in the stands urging the former Seattle Sonics basketball team to return to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":854211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82,297124],"class_list":["post-854210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-think-out-loud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/854211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}