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August 30, 2007

"Storm faces offseason of uncertainty for future"

Seattle Times' Jayda Evans has a wrap-up piece on the Storm this morning - and the uncertainty around the team's future here in Seattle:

"Our last game at the Key and seeing all the fans and seeing how emotional they were made me go, 'Oh, my God, this is really real,' " said Jackson of the standing ovation the team received despite a 17-point Game 1 loss. "Hopefully the team comes back. That's what everyone wants."

...There's also a precedent for independent ownership should the Sonics and Storm leave. Connecticut and Los Angeles are examples of how it can work, those franchises ranking among the league's best by averaging 7,970 and 8,695 fans. Sparks co-owner Katherine Goodman even offered to help potential buyers with her experience." ... But no one has contacted us," Goodman said earlier this season.

Fans are on hold until the end of October, when the jousting over the new arena, funding, contracts, and the future home of the teams really starts to boil. Until then, it's all idle speculation and stomach ache.

(But I did buy my 2008 season tickets, just in case...)

Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 30, 2007 9:06 AM. Posted to Seattle Storm.

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