Article: UNLIKE SEVERAL WESTERN CONFERENCE TEAMS, THE SONICS SEE NO BENEFIT IN PURSUING A HIGH-PRICED FREE AGENT HIGH RISK, LITTLE REWARD.(Sports)

Article: Bulls come to play `Can you top this?` 67, 68, 69 . . . history ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 16, 1996 ;     700+ words ...The Chicago Bulls' prospects of winning the National Basketball Association championship entering this season were met with severe skepticism even by Michael Jordan, the team's returning blue-ribbon star. There were several questions concerning the Bulls, the most pressing centering on eccentric

Article: BLAZERS TORPEDO SUB-SONICS SEATTLE SINKS BELOW ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... another Western Conference power. More ... is how the Sonics finish out ... season. The Sonics, who are ... seed in the Western Conference, have 19 ... teams in the Western Conference.'' Ahem. The Sonics used to own ...

Article: MCMILLAN GETS $10.8 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM SONICS WITH ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  March 28, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... finish ninth in a Western Conference race that invites ... playoffs. What the Sonics are doing is looking ... Instead, the Sonics are 461/27 games ... holds the last Western Conference playoff spot ... for the final Western Conference playoff berth ... Sonics F Vin Baker ...

Article: GOING UP? IN THE VOLATILE NBA PLAYOFF MARKET, THE SONICS ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 23, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Playing for the Western Conference championship ... season. If the Sonics were an investment ... seed in the Western Conference. But the fact the Sonics drew Phoenix ... worth, the Sonics are the defending Western Conference champions ...

Article: SONICS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE COULD DROP BELOW .500 FOR FIRST ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... seven games against Western Conference opponents. Four of ... points or fewer and the Sonics have lost three of ... leading theory about the Sonics' difficulty in closing out games is age. The Sonics were the youngest playoff qualifier in the Western Conference last season and ...

Article: LAKERS GIVE SONICS A WAKE-UP CALL PAYTON SAYS FIRE LACKING ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... significant roles in the Sonics' latest loss to a Western Conference contender. The Sonics lost their second straight ... and bounced away. Sonics coach George Karl said ... record against the Western Conference elite looks worse on ...

Article: GENERATION GAP NO PLAYOFF PAYOFF FOR THESE SONICS.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 14, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... redemption for the Sonics, who reached the Western Conference finals despite having ... seasons for the Sonics. It was also the ... playoffs in the Western Conference. The playoff run was so unexpected the Sonics had to scramble ...