Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Seattle SuperSonics move to Oklahoma City and got their new uniforms in time but not yet a nickname!!

The uniforms arrived in time, black mesh with white stripes along the sides, the words "Oklahoma City" across the front of the jersey and atop a simple NBA logo.

Around the bench, there was barely any SuperSonics green or gold in sight.

And with that, Oklahoma City's latest NBA storyline got off to a simple start.


Oklahoma City Basketball

Russell Westbrook, left, the Sonics' 2008 No. 1 draft pick, and Oklahoma City lost to the Pacers in their first summer league game.

A week ago, these players would have been called the Seattle SuperSonics. Now, they're from Oklahoma City, nickname to be announced. And on Monday, in the first game of the Orlando summer league, the former Sonics franchise took its first steps along the road of relocation, in a glorified scrimmage for rookies and other young pros.

"It's all happened so fast," Oklahoma City rookie point guard Russell Westbrook said. "It's something you have to live with. It happened so fast. I'm very excited to be in the position I am now."

Oklahoma City lost its summer league opener to the Indiana Pacers 95-78. Earl Calloway scored 16 points and Andre Emmett had 15 for the Pacers, who scored the game's first eight points and never trailed.

Richard Jefferson now happy he got traded to the Milwaukee Bucks!

Richard Jefferson

He's smiling now but will he be smiling come the first week of the season?

The second-leading scorer in Nets history was surprised by the trade.

"I didn't know anything was going on and then the next thing I know my phone didn't stop ringing for about a week," he said. "When this happened I was upset, but after calming down and evaluating everything I became excited."