Sentences with phrase «seattle supersonics»
The Boeing 2707 SST still managed to leave a legacy — its supercritical airfoil is now a standard feature on all jet aircraft, and the former Seattle SuperSonics basketball team was named thusly after the Seattle - based company first won a government contract to build the plane at Boeing's factory there.
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Adds Wilkens, now the coach of the Seattle SuperSonics, «Today a guy who has the ball knows he has four people he can hit with a pass, each of whom has an excellent chance of scoring a basket.»
The last time a team did this, it was the Washington Bullets on the road against the Seattle SuperSonics.
Fast - forward to Jan. 16, 2002, right before the Jazz tips off against the Seattle SuperSonics at the Delta Center.
Dedicated fan of the Washington State Cougars, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Seahawks, and Seattle SuperSonics (May they rest in peace).
Vaccaro admits that he bought round - trip New York - to - Las Vegas plane tickets for Lopez and Hamilton last August so that the players could attend a basketball camp conducted by Tim Grgurich, an assistant with the Seattle SuperSonics.
He retired after the last one, but returned to the NBA in»73 as coach and general manager of the Seattle SuperSonics.
The Clippers, who have the only coaching vacancy in the league, quickly ended their pursuit of former Seattle SuperSonics coach George Karl after they took a look at his price tag — Karl then signed a four - year, $ 20 million deal to replace Ford in Milwaukee — and the prevailing theory is, Sterling doesn't want to put a new coaching staff on the payroll until the end of the lockout is in sight.
# 5 Seattle SuperSonics Is Olden Polynice the remedy for the Sonics» mediocrity in the middle?
A team as young as the Seattle SuperSonics had no business going 5 - 0 on an early - season road trip while its most talented player, forward Shawn Kemp, remained on the injured list with a sprained left foot.
Kevin Durant is a 28 year old NBA player, drafted by Seattle SuperSonics since 2007.
Owned the Seattle SuperSonics pro basketball team, which moved to Oklahoma in 2006 when he sold it after the city of Seattle refused public funding for a new arena
I used to have lunch with former Knick Ray Williams and his brother Gus the Wizard a Seattle Supersonic great when they played in the summers at Xavier High School in lower Manhattan decades ago.
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Nevertheless, Zorn became the most popular pro athlete in Seattle, supplanting the SuperSonics» Slick Watts, and he has been the Seahawks» No. 1 quarterback ever since.
Seattle's 73 points were the fewest ever allowed by the Nuggets, and the then - winless SuperSonics tied a league record for fewest points — eight — in a fourth quarter.