‘They’re gaslighting the whole city’: Jake and Spike furious over Adam Silver’s Sonics comments
Apr 21, 2025, 5:00 PM | Updated: 5:07 pm
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has suggested the league may begin formal expansion discussions this summer, marking the first concrete timeline with Seattle and Las Vegas still leading as top candidates.
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Silver said the Seattle Super Sonics originally left in 2008 due to “understandable reasons.” However, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, Spike O’Neill and Jake Skorheim, weren’t pleased with what they believe is Silver leading on the city.
“They’re gaslighting the whole city,” Spike said. “There were no understandable reasons if you were a Sonic fan.”
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Jake agreed with Spike, highlighting that Seattle has been licking its wounds ever since the Sonics were traded.
“I feel like Seattle is always getting kicked, and we’re always kind of just the cautionary tale,” Jake said. “I don’t know why Schultz wanted to sell it to Oklahoma. They could have kept it here, and we still have a Sonics team here.”
Listen to the full conversation below:
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