So browsing through the Seattle Times online edition, I came across two articles, both involving the Sonics, which I found to be very interesting together.

First off was an article about the cities of Renton and Bellevue and their current push to get the Sonics new ownership to build the new arena for the team in their cities and not the other.

The Sonics are looking at 21 acres of Boeing land in Renton, near Lake Washington, as well as a 14-acre property on Bellevue’s “Auto Row,” near downtown. The team has not decided between the two sites, and is “not even leaning in one direction.”

Then I read a second article… and all I have to say is be careful what you wish for…

[The Sonics] 111-93 loss to the lowly New York Knicks was about as bad as basketball can get. And the Knicks play in the lowly regarded Eastern Conference’s Atlantic Division where no team is above .500, so they know bad basketball.

With performances like this, shouldn’t it be the Sonics wooing the cities and not the other way around? That’s like making a push to get the Kansas City freakin’ Royals. Come on guys, the Sonics ain’t going to Oklahoma where there is less then 1/4 the market. So come on, get off your knees… you are embarrassing yourselves.

• Renton, Bellevue waiting on Sonics’ decision (Seattle Times)
• Sonics offer few answers as Knicks run and laugh (Seattle Times)