Im a Sonics fan, and obviously we want the Sonics back.. but when the Kings move they will use the Sonics name and logo so Im happy with that. The only thing left I would like from the past is Durant!

They def need to be called the Sonics.

Would they be called the Sonics though? I thought OKC had the rights to the Super Sonics franchise.

I remember from SonicsGate that OKC even owns all the championships, accolades etc. ever won by the Super Sonics franchise.

They would need to buy the history and name back from okc

Relocation and renaming is usually straightforward.

The upcoming New Orleans Pelicans, are the old...
New Orleans Hornets, who are the old...
New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, who are the old...
New Orleans Hornets, who are the old...
Charlotte Hornets.

The Sacramento Kings, are the old...
Kansas City Kings, who are the old...
Kansas City-Omaha Kings, who are the old...
Cincinnati Royals, who are the old...
Rochester Royals.

But even though The Oklahoma City Thunder, are the old...
Seattle SuperSonics, it's a little different since the settlement terms of a lawsuit between the city of Seattle and Clay Bennett’s ownership group.
They stipulate that the Seattle SuperSonics’ banners, trophies and retired jerseys remain in Seattle.
The nickname, logo, and color scheme are available to any subsequent NBA team.
The Seattle SuperSonics’ franchise history will be shared with the renamed Oklahoma City Thunder.

The only way Seattle gets a team is through relocation. After the NBA gave a team to Charlotte the NBA made it clear that they were pretty much done with expansion.

Needs to be Supersonics, and bring Kemp out of retirement.

At least we know the new owners wont be short a quid

http://gizmodo.com/5974627/ballmers-buying-a-basketball-team

It's Kemp’s and Payton’s city, but not their team.

The new Seattle team (formerly the Sacramento Kings)
oughta officially name themselves the Seattle Sonics
to distinguish themselves from the Seattle SuperSonics (their official name).

Kemp’s and Payton’s Seattle SuperSonics
relocated to Oklahoma City and were renamed the
Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Seattle Sonics (formerly the Sacramento Kings)
would rock new green and gold unis and logos
(influenced by the Seattle SuperSonics) and
Kemp and Payton would get their numbers retired
by the Seattle Sonics for their basketball accomplishments in the city of Seattle.

What about the rhetoric coming out of Seattle saying they didn't want to "steal" another city's franchise since they didn't want to put another fanbase through what they went through?

I thought the talk was Sacto was relocating to Virginia Beach...

You won't see the Kings go to Seattle.

The article I read said that Clay Bennett left the Name, logo and history with the city of Seattle

http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/01/sacramento-kings-rumored-as-coming-to-seattle/