Key Highlights
- Bob Ferguson met Thursday with the league’s commissioner to offer assistance in returning the SuperSonics to Seattle. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFerguson had reached out to set what his spokesperson called an introductory meeting with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.
- The two didn’t meet in person.“As a kid, the governor grew up attending many Sonics games, and attending the Lenny Wilkens basketball camp,” spokesperson Brionna Aho said in an email.
- She said Ferguson and Silver “had a good conversation, and the governor offered to be helpful.”Aho clarified later that Ferguson specifically “offered to be helpful in bringing back the Sonics.”Ferguson’s public calendar was updated Wednesday afternoon, showing an 11:15 a. m.
- meeting Thursday with Silver.
- This set off alarm bells for local basketball fans yearning for their team back 18 years after the Sonics left.