Enough with the Sac stuff for now.
My fave is probably #7. Not only is that one of the sickest moves I’ve ever seen a 6-10 guy make, but it’s also against the Lakers, who can go blow goats.
What’s your favorite?
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I love #5 against Gatling. Shawn just goes right over him for the slam and Gatling knows he just got got…shakes his head and gives Shawn his props.
Most iconic has to be of course the Lister dunk. Love how Shawn points to him at the end.
Yup, that dunk over Lister is what made me a Sonics fan. :-)
An impressionable Aussie kid watching the #1 on Ahmad Rashad’s Top 10 plays of the week… I was sold. Haven’t looked back. :-)
My wife and I were right behind the basket for the Gatling one. There was an obvious power battle going on in that game and that dunk settled it! It reminds me of when Vince Carter motioned to the cameras at the dunk contest , ” It’s ova!”.
I think 3 of those dunks were against Golden State. I can’t remember, but they might have all been during that same game.
#7 is my favorite! Calabro with an AMAZING call as per usual.
Great find! Simply amazing!
#3 will always be my favorite. I remember watching that game with my Grandma. She came up off the couch after that happened. I think that was the dunk that put Kemp on the map.
Its funny to think that 5/10 of those dunks he would have been T’d up on in the new sensitive NBA.
#7 and #4. Disregard the carry and the travel.
LOL it is a pretty blatant carry on #7 … but I love it all the same.
Magic Johnson carried EVERY time he ever “dribbled” the ball.
Or, as Lenny Wilkens would put it, he cawied.
LOL you can disregard #4 because he got called for a charge..
I showed this to my 10-year-old son last week after he said he didn’t know any “famous” Sonics.
His education is ongoing!
lister blister! or the one he sits in Rodman.
The first one shown (#10). The quickness and elevation was unfair.
#2 and #1 awesome
My favorite Kemp dunk isn’t on that video. It was a tip dunk in the Finals against the Bulls where he launches parallel to the rim and has to reach back with his right hand and grabs the ball slightly behind him and completely even with the edge of the glass, fully outstretched. It is burned into my mind.
On his own, #7
But everybody loves the lobs gp tossed up there, perfect lob passes, with Kemp finishing them, fantastic.
That back to the basket spin move Buck Williams schooled him on when we faced Portland came back to haunt the entire league after Kemp mastered it.
Buck was great but could never elevate like that, it’s the finish on those post moves that were so devistating.
With authority.
Thanks, Xteve. We needed the change of pace.
Special mention for sure to the one where he teabagged Rodman in the 96 Finals. That was classic.
was that the one where he ended up on the shoulders?
The same.
that was my favorite
My favorite from that video would easily be #3 against New York. Unbelievable that he was able to adjust on the fly like that in mid air.
My favorite dunk of his isn’t actually on this video though. Mine is still the fastbreak tomahawk poster he threw down over poor Antoine Carr in ’96. I just remember him jumping so high so fast that it was sort of hard to process that he actually was eye level with the rim whilst dunking right on top of a guy who was pretty damn big.
Blake Griffin my ass. There’s only two dudes who ever did it better than Shawn, and that’s ‘Nique and Vince.
#7! grabs the rebound, runs the length of the floor, stutter steps, takes flight and slams it with authority. if i was at that game i would probably have just started punching everyone in my immediate area.
Another one of my favorites is not on this particular highlight reel. It was a dunk over Antoine Carr after a scramble for the basketball that Kemp gathered in at midcourt. They both rose at the rim, and of course Kemp just skied over Carr. I just remember Marques Johnson yelling, “Ohhhhh! Don’t do dat!”
Here’s the one on Rodman, who disturbingly pats Kemp on the back afterward…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTPV2r2s1k8
Shawn is the only guy I can think of who could completely humiliate an opponent by dunking on them, only to have that same opponent turn right around and throw Kemp some dap.
Yep. The Reign Man was truly a one of a kind.
#3 - I remember when I was watching that game. I think that was his rookie year? At that point he became my favorite player and still is my favorite to this day….. Gary is a close 2nd.
Yes, that was his rookie year and his first appearance in Madison Square Garden.
sooo…..this is no good. right?
http://blog.seattlepi.com/sonics/2013/01/31/chris-hansens-offer-for-nbas-kings-likely-to-become-public/
No worries there
Well this isn’t the about the King’s….It’s about AuDrey’s departure and end of the article is interesting as Durant and Westbrook won’t be twenty somethings forever…..” Maybe the Thunder has a San Antonio Spurs-like run of success, decade after decade. But maybe not. If the Thunder success dips, fanlust for tickets will dip, too. It’s very possible it stays strong, but a partner like Chesapeake and the others help fortify for less-success times.
Bottom line, McClendon’s retirement from Chesapeake shouldn’t affect the Thunder now. But it could down the road.”
http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2013/01/31/oklahoma-city-thunder-will-aubrey-mcclendons-departure-hurt/
we won’t have to worry about this in our market
http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2013/01/31/oklahoma-city-thunder-will-aubrey-mcclendons-departure-hurt/
love the final paragraphs
Too many classics, but that one at the garden is incredible.
Most electrifying player i have ever seen. Only guy i can remember where literaly everytime the ball was in his hands i put my soda down and braced myself for something amazing. Hahaha
Shawn Kemp>Blake Griffin
the car dunk was SO SO overated
ABSOLUTELY. I like Blake Griffin and all and I get the comparisons but I will always believe Shawn Kemp is not only the better dunker but the better player as well. This countdown just reminded me of that.
Hell Yeah. Thanks for the Video. How can you not be pumped up after seeing that montage of the REIGN MAN!!!!! Freaking Epic!!!
I wont say what I want to say but it involves excitement for……
Carmichael Dave is at it again:
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave
Soon an announcement will come, I believe to be a Burkle/Mastrov alliance. Downtown plaza arena location. Locked. Matching bid. Locked.
I believe in the end Sacramento keeps the team, and Hansen/Ballmer get brokered to a different team for sale. No expansion. That’s my guess.
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave
“@ArenaSeattle: @CarmichaelDave Where would you put the #RelocationMeter for Seattle?” Of the Kings? If matched? 5%
Carmichael Dave @CarmichaelDave
“@ArenaSeattle: @CarmichaelDave And the chances that they will match?” 99.9999999999999 1/9 %
I just want my sonics back…..
“Downtown plaza arena location. Locked.”
What? The one your city is currently doing a feasibility study on?
Let’s be honest - it’s about as locked as my bank’s interest rate is!
dave has no idea what he’s talking about.
Sounds like he’s drunk tweeting.
So there’s a chance they won’t match.
If after midnight, Hansen/Ballmer suit against city/whales for tortious interference. Locked.
Chances of such a lawsuit if post-1/31 counteroffer? 99.99999999999999999999 1/9%.
And in related news, War Is Peace, Ignorance Is Strength, and Freedom Is Slavery. This bit of Carmichael Dave wisdom is brought to you by Rubbermaid Memory Holes. They’re DOUBLE PLUS GOOD!
+1
Well, Pacers lease extension is due this year, I think, and if they don’t get a subsidized lease, they can leave. He’s probably wrong, but it is plausible. IF SAC matches (unlikely), I could see the league brokering a deal for the Pacers.
Other than that, I have no idea what team he is talking about. Bucks have until 2016 to work out an arena.
I don’t think he’s referencing any team specifically. I think he’s rabble rousing.
5 hours till the deposit
I don’t think Carmichael Dave knows anything. I do think it will likely be burkel and mastrov and I believe they are committing to the new location based on a coversation I had down there. He knows less than I do and I don’t know anything.
When the deal is official, it will hit him like #1 in the video above.
I find it entertaining that C Dave said they will match the deal, when the only ones that know the details of the deal are the NBA and Hansen/Maloofs. Everything published is still only rumor and has not been confirmed.
Question
IF maloofs are the one that files for relocation can the NBA vote on relocation first than sale or does it have to be sale first?
They go hand in hand. If they approve relocation without sale it would be contingent on the sale. Now IM guessing the relocation can be approved with a stipulation that the league passes a sale.
If it goes that long with approval they will vote on both. Once Hansen is approved the relocation is pretty much self-evident.
The reason this is critical is that only 16 votes are needed for relocation, while 22 are needed for sale. If there appears to be a question of whether those 22 votes are out there, I could see Stern (if he really backs the sale) calling the easier-to-pass relocation vote first, then the sale vote when it only becomes a question of whether 22 members of the BoG want a team in Seattle owned by Ballmer & Hansen, or a team in Seattle owned by the Maloofs — the option of keeping the team in Sacramento having become moot.
Well I’ve got to imagine that Carmichael Dave’s super podcast has allowed him to get several reliable sources deep inside the NBA.
Or…..or….he’s an idiot.
McCann Sports Law responded to my tweet asking how much time does KJ have to have an arena plan at least as far along as ours and a matching/better offer. Essentially if you took Hansen’s PSA aside and exactly where its at without the binding. Thats where the Kings HAVE to be in 3-4 weeks said McCann.
That is a TALL order and that is for them to get the NBA’s attention. Obviously the NBA would have to deny us but can KJ and his ad hoc plus city council get everything mashed out to the point they are shovel ready like Seattle in that time period?
Not to mention they must avoid lawsuits by people attempting to stop a city with a 14.3% Unemployment rate and losing companies plus school lacking appropriate funding, etc. TALL ORDER. Till I hear from people in the know that we are in trouble Im going bu this:
IN CHRIS I TRUST!!!!!
“I believe in the end Sacramento keeps the team, and Hansen/Ballmer get brokered to a different team for sale. No expansion. That’s my guess.”
- This is why the entire argument about us being “insensitive” to the Kings fans is such bulls***. We are supposed to be sensitive to their needs when basically they are saying “ya go take a team…just don’t take ours”
Yeah they call us hypocrites while being hypocritical. Thats why I said the other day…..WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITICAL in someway some form on any given day. Its not that big od deal. Sensitivity is for 5 year olds. I felt like crap and was pissed off and wanted to K.O. some OKC fans but then you use that anger, sadness, etc. to strengthen your resolve to make right what has been wronged or you use it to further endeavors by other means.
It sucks or Sacramento if they become the Sonics but its not like Ill think that sucks. Yep Im a hypocrite on this day, the day before, and the days yet to come. So be it; I accept that.
Yes, we’re the hypocrites. I guess they just assumed the Kings just magically appeared with no hurt feeling from fans in Kansas City.
And when I say WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITICAL I mean the entire population of planet Earth.
As for the dunks…#8 is the most iconic to me (i remember listening to that dunk on the radio on the way home from a little league game)…#3 is the most amazing to me
I really wish i could bring myself to stop checking this site 50 times a day. How many visits a day are the rest of you at?
Am at about 10x a day.
Does it count as 1 if you just leave the window open and hit ‘refresh’?
Yeah thats what I was gonna say
Yeah that counts
Totally counts! LOL
Way too much of my free time! It’s fun though! Over the years I’ve probably read an equivalent of 150 books. I used to search the paper in vain for Sonics articles before the these blogs came to be. Thanks to the creators!
It’s official. SonicsRising.com hit the “banned by the Chinese government” status today as a grass roots organizational site.
I only know because my buddy in China tried to access. #BigTime!
I bet Carmichael Dave is not big enough to be banned in China.
Ha! That absolutely needs to become the site’s title for the time being!
Imagine if the title bar showed “Sonics Rising: We’re Banned in China”! :-)
Fantastic. Hahaha
Only his ego.
I think the whole issue of hypocrisy is kind of a shallow, hollow thing. Yes, Sacramento stole the Kings from Kansas City under sleazy circumstances (was Clay Bennett taking notes?), but that was a while ago and Sacto has been a great NBA city. I don’t blame them for being outraged that the team might leave or trying to keep it from happening.
On our side, our team was stolen away for dubious reasons and under sleazy circumstances, and there wasn’t much we could do about it. Which put us in the lose-lose situation of either stealing a team ourselves or standing forlornly on the sidelines indefinitely. What’s happening now is pretty much the inevitable consequence of the malicious, unjustified hijacking of our 41-year old team—which we got via expansion, like all of our other teams prior to this (unlike most cities in the West or the South). So I don’t feel like a hypocrite—I feel like even more of a victim of what happened five years ago. My attitude is almost “Don’t blame us-blame the NBA for the situation it put us in.”
Mavs vs. Golden State on TNT now
Ok, so not the best game but you don’t need League Pass
why were you expecting wizards vs raptors?
a lot. About every few hours I sneak back so about 20 times a day (at least). Thinking about setting my alarm to go off tonight at 1:00 am just to check the latest news. I think, “get a life” however, when BB is just something I love so much and the Sonics such a huge missing part these past five years, I just can’t help myself. I’m addicted to the latest news.
1 am might be too late. I’m expecting Hansen, Ballmer, and the Maloofs to livestream a performance of “Dancing in the Street” at precisely 12:01.
Chris has been one step ahead from day 1, I have to believe he anticipated the risks and somehow it’s addressed in the Binding Agreement.
T minus 4 hours….
To much credit is given to Chris Hansen. This is the work of the NBA. They are the body of legal experts that know how to extract a team from one city and move it to another without challenge. The NBA works for the owners. They are nothing but a law firm specializing in sports law. Once the Maloof’s backed out of the Sactown arena deal the next option was a sale to Hansen and relocation. The Maloof’s in consultation with Stern and Hansen made that decision. Now the NBA is in motion to move the team. The NBA is not an impartial body waiting to decide. The BOG vote is the final step in a well crafted legal process.
KJ will be given a hearing. The NBA lawyers will destroy his plan. They work for the Maloof’s until further notice. He is out gunned. Too many issues remain. Seattle needs two teams in the arena to be financially viable. LA does, as well. New buildings are so expensive the deal will not work in Sactown with only one team. That is why the Maloof’s backed out.
Chris Hansen deserves a LOT of credit for his patience and just giving us a chance with Ballmer & Nordstroms to get the NBA back ALONG with getting the NHL back to this great city, so I disagree with you bud, he deserves a ton of credit in my opinion.
It is not my intent to diminish Hansen’s efforts. I only hope to enlighten you to the fact that he is not a lawyer but a financial expert. This legal work is outside his area of expertise. Ballmer does not do this either. They hire it done. The NBA is the contractor.
I’ve changed my mind, dunk #7.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/sonics/2013/01/31/chris-hansens-offer-for-nbas-kings-likely-to-become-public/
You already posted this once, Mags. Not a big deal.
#1 against Alton Lister! Their all great, but that one is just awesome. It all goes back to Lister getting a fat contact after one decent year (86-87), then totally dogging it (A proud Sonic tradition among big men). Amazingly, we got a #1 pick from the Warriors for him. After that, he became a prime target for derision by Sonics fans. Kemp wrecked him here!
I think it’s time for another dumb joke break.
Two cannibals sitting at a table eating a clown. One says to the other, ” Does this taste funny to you?”
1mstevelarge_cbs13@largesteven
Mayor KJ likely won’t make any big announcement tomorrow. Story tonight on cbs13 at 10 on downtown plaza site. And a decade of studies.
Why is he delaying?
Because he still does not have his “whales” full committment to go public on this one.
All the stuff you’re reading currently is something that tries to buy them time, as they still don’t have everything in place they should have by now.
Probably because he has nothing.
The decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars is not something one decides in a few days. It may sound good on first blush to those win no skin in the game but once you get into the details there is tremendous risk which must be resolved. Consider how long the Maloof’s and KJ worked together on the arena deal. In the end the decision was it was not economic for the Maloof’s to proceed.
I think people know that this takes time, but that’s been the reason for most of us to be sceptical of their efforts.
They’ve got about two months to get their act together, get everything worked out with their arena to be on par with us and be willing to match the Hansen/Ballmer offer.
That’s what most think is nearly impossible within this short amount of time.
Though, KJ’s been talking about his “whales” and presenting them real soon(first he said last week, then this week) since last week and it looks like he still won’t be able to do so this week.
What has changed?
Nothing? He just stopped calling press conferences because he didnt want to turn into that boy who cried wolf.
I honestly would be suprised if he had an announcement by Sunday. I bet that they may next week just because fans will get restless. The announcement will be vague and say that are still working on the “fine” details. The “details” being everything that needs to be done. The fact that it sounds like they are using the DT Plaza in their pitch to the NBA and they are just starting a feasibility study doesnt sound good for them which is go.od for us
The price. The Maloof’s already owned the franchise. Burkle does not.
what?
Um maybe a stupid question because both teams are based on the west coast. But dont alot of transactions that happen automatically happen based on eastern time? Since most financial institutions are based on the east coast (NYC). SO could it be that the deposit has already transeferred? Essentially because it is past midnight where the big money instituions are? I know its just semantics and doesnt really matter. All that matters is that the day has come.
Okay,
Im about to totally change the course of this conversation as yet to see and I don’t know how we bring it back from
:who enjoys lentils?
Anyone like castor oil?
Can’t stand Barbara Streisand.
Lentils, Castor Oil, and Barbara Streisand Im getting a not so pretty visual.
Hey Kevin you use that link on the Sonics gear last night to get anything? I ordered the green sonics zip up hoodie. Can say Im pretty excited.
What do you think of Gonzaga’s big guy Kelly Olynyk’s potential at the next level? Seems like he is pretty finesse but he doesnt need to be. I think he could excel in the right system. Then again I think anyone with 1st round talent/size combo can excel in the right system.
Castor Troy? Sean Archer?
I was serious about lentils!
*cries*
i like lamp
You only LIKE lamp?
Brick LOVES, I only like
Light bat.
Troll, I dropped like $400 on that site last night. I was not kidding.
And I’ve only saw on Gonzaga game so far this year. Going to a game in Spokane in the next couple of weeks.
Nice….I kept it simple but Im doing mine in waves…..makes it so my better half doesnt grill me. Slowly but surely Ill add to the repotoire (butchered that word).
I always wanted to get to Spokane and see the Zags play at home in a high impact game.
I had no safety net last night. Even bought a banana and mango tree for the house.
Wife has yet to find out about this… Should probably switch my screen name….
If she doesnt see the bill…..then tell her your friend Brian Robinson sent you some stuff. Now if you and Brian hang out and she knows Brian then I dunno.
Unless she is cool with it then you are in the clear. My ball and chain would be upset for a while until she finds the next thing to be upset about :)
R.E. Graswich@REGraswich
Behind scenes, Sea group certainly not acting like first refusal right is non-issue
So this guy says that we think its an issue. Though this is a contradiction to prior reports. Even though this guy is very biased
Good grief. It gets annoying what is being said on twitter sometimes.
I know like this guy has access inside Hansen’s war room. Cmon if there is one side that stays quiet is Hansen’s. He is like Jack Z. of the Mariners who gives nothing.
If Hansen’s group has a legal presence involved in all this it’s called “covering all of your bases”.
Even folks on Sactown Royalty think he’s full of crap normally. I put no stock into what he says.
How does a guy in Sacramento know what’s going on behind the scenes in Seattle?
BTW, this guy is KJ’s assistant.
Breathe, kids! Go outside and play, have a drink, yell at your boss.. Lets stay out of the rabbit hole.
Yeah does Wascawy Wabbits
Ooooooooooo Dat scwewy wabbit!
I will say following this saga ar too closely has taken me away from the zaniness that is the weeks leading up to LOI day in college football. I bought into that but I try not to get to emotional on that front when it comes to Husky Football.
Now this whole saga I just want an NBA team back just like 99% of the people on this site. I migrated because well the Seattle Times sucks except for some of the sportwriters
True Story. I am an apartment manager (on site) and so when people move out and leave stuff which sometimes they leave a ton of stuff. Some people even just bone out and are gone and never return so I store their stuff for “x” amount of time. Well when it has been a “reasonable” amount of time I call some guys to take it away who do who knows what with it.
Before it goes I have the RoFR yes the RoFR to all that stuff. Anybody else have a RoFR story they would like to share? Yes Im that bored and I figure that it keeps us on topic of whats on-going in this saga but also takes us away from it enough to give our own personal RoFR stories. Dont know if I should post this…..
Did u get anything good from apt stuff rofr?
stevelarge_cbs13@largesteven
Mayor KJ likely won’t make any big announcement tomorrow. Story tonight on cbs13 at 10 on downtown plaza site. And a decade of studies.
Watch him announce that Sacramento would bring in the coyotes.
he’ll announce that he just saved 15% by switching to geico.
Let’s talk about coyote hockey players
ding ding ding ding ding…SOLD!!!! to the man with the plan!!!!!
DID THE CHECK CLEAR?!?!?! party?
Yep Ballmer found just enough money under his mattress. He’ll have to raid his sock drawer and maybe even break some of the drywall to get the rest of the cash…..these guys are definently not Greg Jamison (prospective Coyotes owner trying to get funds in place). There is probably about zero worry about Hansen/Ballmer/Nordstrom coming up with ALL the 525 million if needed.
It is done.
Chris Daniels @ChrisDaniels5
At 12:01 on 02/01: Hansen non-refundable down payment on #NBAKings is official, and #NHL Coyotes deal expires. #Seattle #SeattleArena
Chris: Nobody do the 30 mill like you do!
saw a group of three scruffy men pull up in a limo at a Vegas Moneytree
Chris took the first showcase.
I drank all the champagne now what do I do?
party like it’s 1999
So, Boone’s Farm then?
Yay.
:)
So author gets a bit of inside scoop from the unraveling Kings organization
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nba/news/20130131/sacramento-kings-seattle-relocation/?eref=twitter_feed#all
I have to say that all of the posterizing dunks are amazing! I know the term wasn’t around back then but Kemp certainly excelled at it. For me it has to be #5. Anytime you dunk over someone and they nod in approval and shake your hand means something.
Can we get a team already???
That was my favorite, too.
I went to a Sonics game in Minneapolis in early 1994 where Kemp had something like 28 points and of those points there were 10 thunderous dunks to get there. Each dunk different from the previous ones. Being about the only Sonics fan there, I got a bit loud as time went on, nearly leading to a brawl in the stands with some drunken bozo T-pups fans who weren’t taking kindly to my enthusiasm and with the spanking th home team was getting. Two guys got escorted out, and I got warned that security might not be so nearby the next time. Best game I’ve ever attended!