Episode 1: The '90s | Sonic Boom

Book of Basketball 2.0

The Ringer

Sports

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In our pilot episode, we dive into the relationship between Seattle and the Sonics, telling the story of the franchise’s iconic teams of the '90s. And we see how decisions made in that decade ultimately laid the groundwork for the team’s move, more than a decade later. Host: Jordan Ritter Conn Producers: Noah Malale, Isaac Lee, Kara Kornhaber, Karan Nevatia, Catherine St. Louis, Jonathan Hirsch and Vikram Patel Sound Design: Scott Somerville and Vikram Patel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast was originally recorded in 2019.
0:03.4	We're releasing it again in 2025.
0:06.3	Some small details may have changed.
0:12.3	Defense!
0:15.0	Defense!
0:15.6	Defense!
0:16.3	Brian Robinson has a favorite basketball team. Brian Robinson has a favorite basketball team.
0:26.8	He wears their t-shirts, he's put up posters of their players on his walls.
0:31.4	When he gets really fired up about them, he'll send out his thoughts on Twitter.
0:36.1	Sometimes, if he's got a really good take, if he's got some spice, he'll even write a blog.
0:42.9	Brian spends a lot of time thinking about his team, arguing with friends about them,
0:47.0	wondering what they're going to do next.
0:49.2	They haven't won in a while.
0:51.3	But sometimes, if he's not too beaten down, he lets himself have...
0:56.0	You have this hope. Hope is what fans do. We hope. And we pray.
1:02.0	Maybe this sounds familiar to you. Maybe you have a team in basketball or another sport that you really love.
1:09.0	Maybe you wear the shirts and post the tweets, and maybe you get that same sense of hope.
1:14.9	But there's one thing that makes Brian Robinson unique.
1:21.4	I am today a fan of the Seattle Super Size.
1:25.1	He's a fan of a team that no longer exists.
1:30.1	From Luminary Media and the Ringer, this is Sonic Boom.
1:35.3	The story of how Seattle lost its NBA team.
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