The national media will remember for a while. And, were the _________s to get into the playoffs, there would be discussion about the sad fact that they were originally in Seattle, since the media has to talk about something. A lot of that would be ameliorated were Seattle to get another team and the Sonics were playing there again. I still think the Colts get a lot more grief than the Ravens, because they kept the name and the history, which is precisely why I thought the name should be left in Seattle. I don't want any Sonics' banners either. That would actually bring up talk every time a game in OKC is television nationally, and we don't want that. I'm hoping Bennett said that he wants copies of the banners to use as a negotiating point with Schultz.

I do think, though, that if we sell out season tickets and again become the place all the other teams love/hate to play, that a lot of the negative national media attention will go away quickly.