how are you calling balls and strikes, now? i'm sure the sonics were popular whenever it was that they came into being, so slow down there, okie. i'm telling you, it's just not going to work out long-term for okc. the fans always come out for a little while and then they realize that they just aren't much into the whole pro basketball thing because pro basketball, is, by-and-large, for city-dwellers. the novelty will wear off just like the novelty of having a girlfriend will wear off, eventually.