#4 Tearing a torn heart asunder again
No other franchise in the NBA has been ravaged recently as much as the Seattle Supersonics when they made the transition to becoming the Oklahoma City Thunder. Only the hurricane-ravaged New Orleans Pelicans come close.
They thought they had one when they drafted Kevin Durant, but that love story lasted only a year as the team relocated to Oklahoma.
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Seattle ran a “Save our Sonics” rally to oppose the team's relocation. Lawsuits were filed. A documentary named Sonicsgate was produced, detailing the bloodshed. But the city could not hold on to the team. Just like the team could not hold onto their star.
There are some fans who stopped supporting the Sonics when they became the Thunder, but for the loyal die-hard fans this blow comes as a tough one in a tender spot.
While Cleveland had a decades-long title drought, they didn't have their heart torn out recently as the Thunder had.
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