Which team will self-destruct?
Opponent File
Seattle Super Sonics
The Sonics play at the Key Arena in Seattle,
Washington. Their 2004 - 2005 record was 52 - 30 (first in the North West).
Here's the Seattle
Sonics roster.
Local Papers:
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer | Sonics
Seattle
Times | Sonics/NBA
Tacoma
News Tribune | Sonics/NBA
Team Pages:
CNNSI.com
| Sonics
ESPN.com
| Sonics
FoxSports
| Sonics
NBA.com | Sonics
Sportsline.com
| Sonics
Head Coach: Bob Weiss.
2005 Draft: C Johan Petro (#25), France;
F Mikeal Gelabale (#48), Spain; F Lawrence Roberts (#55), Mississippi
State (traded to Memphis).
New Players: G Rick Brunson (Free Agent);
C Mikki Moore (Free Agent).
Season Goal: Bomb away with the young talent
and make it back to the playoffs behind Ray Allen's resigning.
Record vs. Nets: 0 - 0
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Seattle SuperSonics (2 - 4) - Tuesday, November
15, 2005, 7:30PM EST - Continental Airlines Arena
Et Tu, Seattle?
The Sonics are next on the docket, suffering
from the same ills as the team from East Rutherford: total lack of defensive
intensity. Witness the 137 - 96 blowout by the Wizards the other night
as proof - new head coach Bob Weiss (who took over for the departed Nate
McMillian, who's having his own troubles in Portland) used words and phrases
like "embarassment" and "didn't compete" about his
team's performance. The Sonics, behind Ray Allen (who re-upped for the
max.), Rashard Lewis, Nick Collison and Luke Ridnour were supposed to
work from last year's NorthWest division leading 52 - 30 record, but instead
they've lost their 4 games by an average of 25 points.
It's not all doom and gloom - the Sonics managed to beat the Raptors in
overtime on Sunday behind Lewis' 41 points to temporarily right the ship.
But there is still work to be done, with a rookie C (#1 pick Johan Petro)
and a not especially deep bench. The Nets of course can appreciate all
of this, having lost two consecutive games in an ugly fashion, with the
defensive presence of a sieve.
Can the Nets defend the Sonics into another funk
and pick up a much-needed win at home? Or will Allen and Co. start the
bombing and fire up the Sonic boom on the Nets?
- Joe
Seattle SuperSonics Cheat Sheet
The Story From Seattle:
What did coach Bob Weiss think of the Sonics'
effort against the Wiz on Saturday night? "It was an embarrassment," he
said. "We have to become accountable. We've got to become more aggressive.
We've got to take it more personal. We let teams manhandle us. We have
to have more pride. "We're just in a funk. We're out there stumbling around.
We're not competing. It was just completely unacceptable."
Pain Game: G Rick Brunson (plantar faciitis)
will miss at least another week.
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