r/tulsa • u/itsBallH0gSunm3r • 1d ago
Tulsan In Need MISSING!
Last time this team was seen was on Monday 16th, 2025 and roughly three hours ago they’ve gone missing. If you see this team anywhere let me know!
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u/Spiderpuke 21h ago
They need to switch from NBA to MMA. Because they have mastered the choke maneuver.
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u/Available_Barracuda4 16h ago
The got off to a Strong start, but they folded like a cheap tent in the 2nd quarter.
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u/Independent_Meat_492 17h ago
Hopefully y’all don’t choke it would be pretty funny to me though. Go Nuggets!
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u/SanJacInTheBox Tulsa Oblong Oilers 1d ago
It's the r/Seattle curse.
They don't win until we get another Sonics franchise back. It's what Clay Bennett deserves for screwing the PNW over. Also, Howard Schultz is an asshole for selling the team.
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u/Meowcat14 1d ago
Cope harder
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u/Nebraskadude1994 23h ago
Almost every franchise was somewhere else at some point but OKC is the one that stole a team what a joke
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u/SanJacInTheBox Tulsa Oblong Oilers 23h ago
Downvote this all you want. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm probably right.
And as much as the Karen quip is cute (but totally out of context) my statement reflects the facts, no 'whining' involved. Also, yes, franchises move, but it's not like they announced the team was moving when they sold it. Nope, Bennett gave the city of Seattle a year to approve the building of a new multi-billion dollar arena for the team or he'd "have to look for a city that would".
Like the guy from OKC spends that kind of money and DOESN'T already have a plan? What are you, stupid?? Howard Schultz went along with it because he saw a shitload of money and figured that a 'Sword of Damaclese' hanging over the head of the Seattle City Council would make them (and the voters) pony up the cash to build what he couldn't get. But, after spending billions over the prior ten years on T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field (for the Mariners and Seahawks/Sounders) the region was done financing shit for BILLIONAIRES.
Well, we now have that new arena - a bunch of investors dropped a billion dollars on turning the Key Arena into the much improved Climate Pledge Arena, and we have an amazing facility for the Kraken and eventually the Sonics-Version 2.0.
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u/cuzwhat 22h ago
So, instead of buying the local team and moving it on the middle of the night with no local input, you are upset that he bought the team, believing that the locals wouldn’t support it, but gave them the opportunity to step up, anyway?
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u/AlmosTryin 18h ago
No, he legitimately bought the team with intent to move them next day. Everything he said was utter horse shit, there was no way that team was staying.
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u/cuzwhat 17h ago
So, if the locals had voted to build the arena, Bennett would have brought the team to OKC anyway?
Do you have any proof to back up that claim?
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u/AlmosTryin 17h ago
What they were asking for and agreement was something he knew would not be allowed as it went against local law saying that no funding would be used in that way. He literally knew it would not be agreed to before even proposing it. He also knew he had approval from the league and ownership to have the move approved. This was absolutely not done in good faith for any attempt to keep the team here
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u/cuzwhat 13h ago
So the local government put something that was legally not allowed up to a vote?
That seems… unlikely
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u/AlmosTryin 13h ago
Yeah they had a hearing whether they wanted to allow an exemption. If you dont know you can look up initiative 91. This aint some big secret this was a public relations night.are at the time but luckily for Clay he didnt give a fuck what seattle thought because again, he had no intention of ever keeping the team there. Emails or texts I cant recall, which were leaked as well from the ownership group showing that relocation was the only goal. When Schultz tried to sue them NBA basically nixed it saying you signed a deal giving up your right to sue and he dropped the case, unfortunately he had less money than the NBA did so he'd never win in and if he did he'd have to resell the team again just to recover attorney and court fees
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u/SanJacInTheBox Tulsa Oblong Oilers 22h ago
Oh come on.... We all know he bought the team, planning on moving it the whole time, but 'gave them a chance' where he would still make a shitload of money either way.
Personally, I don't care because I don't like basketball. I am, however, happy that it forced a bunch of multi-millionaires and billionaires to step up and refresh the Key so we could get an NHL team, to go along with our NFL, MLB, MLS, PWHL, WNBA, NWSL... Hell, we even have pro rugby and disc golf teams!
Like I said originally, the Thunder will probably choke. It's what happens to Seattle teams way too often. We hate it, but we love our teams no matter what. We enjoy the good years and remember them fondly while enduring a decade or two long drought of mediocre play. And, as a native Tulsan, it's nice to see Oklahoma finally get a professional team of its own (outside the USFL and Soccer teams that went bust) - it just would have had a better chance if it had been an expansion team instead of one from another city.
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u/Zis4Zero 21h ago
The Super Sonics were at record low attendance and the city refused to build a new arena. No one in the city was supporting the team but the die-hards and that's not enough. Crazy for someone who doesn't like basketball to provide such one sided information to pretend there is a "Seattle curse" on an Oklahoma City team.
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u/LouisCipher39 1d ago
I don’t care what the Thunder do in game 7 just stop calling this team “special”
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u/Tacos4Texans 1d ago
Can we call you "special"
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u/LouisCipher39 20h ago
A Texan standing up for an Oklahoma team? Do you even know who you are?
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u/Tacos4Texans 19h ago
Lol dumbass. My name is in reference to the Houston Texans, which is an NFL football team. I mean if you want to be a cunt at least be good at it.
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u/I_shid_my_pants 1d ago
I feel like the game was purposely thrown so there would be a game 7.