Sorry Seattle, Oklahoma City Thunder Forever

Oddball w/ Amin Elhassan & Izzy Gutierrez

Meadowlark Media

Basketball, Comedy, Sports

2.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Oklahoma City's plans for a new $900 million arena will keep the Thunder in the city through at least 2050... what does that mean for NBA fans and the city itself? Amin and Charlotte look at the value in having teams in smaller markets and Amin makes a few demands of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in regards to future All-Star Weekend host cities. Then, Oddball gets Bold or Spicy questioning how long Jason Kidd will stay in Dallas, whether Zion Williamson is better off leaving New Orleans and vice versa, and what Pat Riley's legacy will be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Seattle, we got any other only children out here?
0:07.0	And then I just move on and it's like, so
0:12.0	that's all I've got, that's as far as I've gotten.
0:18.0	Welcome to Oddball, I'm Amino Hassen. That is Charlotte Wilder.
0:28.5	Got a hell of a show for you guys today. Little bold or spicy coming down the pike. Don't know which is which. Come find out with us.
0:38.3	I don't know.
0:40.0	But first, Charlotte is rejoicing all across the great state of Oklahoma as the Oklahoma
0:46.3	City Thunder have agreed to a deal with Oklahoma City on the building of a new arena, brand
0:52.8	spanking new arena, $900 million in cost that'll see the
0:58.6	Thunder have a home in OKC through at least the 2050 season.
1:04.4	Charlotte sounds like a great story until you hear the part where the arena costs $900 million.
1:15.2	Do you know how much of that $900 million the Thunder are putting in?
1:22.1	70 million?
1:23.6	Oh, Charlotte, you idealist.
1:27.7	This is America.
1:29.7	Billionaires don't put down $70 million.
1:33.6	Try $50 million.
1:36.1	Five and a half percent of the total cost of this arena
1:40.6	will be graciously covered by Clay Bennett
1:43.7	and the rest of his ownership group.
1:45.6	And this leads us to a very, very interesting fact, which is that's how OKC got a team to begin with.
1:55.2	The whole thing was based on Seattle, did not want to pony up funds for a billionaire's arena.
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