Episode 9: Epilogue

Book of Basketball 2.0

The Ringer

Sports

4.8 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Six years later, Seattle waits patiently for a chance to bid for an expansion franchise. Will the city have a team again? Host: Jordan Ritter Conn Producers: Bobby Wagner, Matt Dollinger and Vikram Patel Sound Design: Bobby Wagner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From The Ringer and Spotify, this is Sonic Boom.
0:04.3	This episode, the epilogue to the series, was reported and produced in the spring of 2025.
0:13.8	It's a Thursday night in Seattle, and the old key arena is packed.
0:23.2	Hum of the crowd and the concourse, thumps of music out in the bowl of the arena itself.
0:28.6	Jersey's on everyone, from middle-aged men to young women to infants.
0:33.7	There's a rumor that Sean Kemp is showing up a little later.
0:36.9	Right now, our old friend Brian Robinson is here.
0:39.7	He's showing me around.
0:41.5	Like that everything changes color.
0:43.0	Yeah.
0:43.5	Everything is completely different.
0:45.3	They have concerts here over and over and they're all packed.
0:48.8	Wow.
0:50.1	Brian takes me down from the concourse to the lower level and out to our seats.
0:56.8	They're good.
0:58.4	Second row.
0:59.9	Right up next to the action.
1:02.1	He introduces me to a couple of his friends, both involved with his new organization, Seattle NBA fans.
1:08.4	And we sit down and get ready to watch...
1:12.6	Hockey.
1:19.6	It's fine. Hockey's great. Fast pace, lots of physicality.
1:24.6	Brian's into it, or at least he tries to be. But let's be real here.
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