Seattle Supersonics, Capitol Hill, and the essence of the hoopster.

Last night, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, I attended a concert of a lifetime. Hoopsters united in possibly the most hoopster event ever, a rally to bring back the 5 years gone Seattle SuperSonics. The "Bring Our Sonics Back" concert was held at Neumo's, and featured Seattle rappers like Geo of the Blue Scholars, Nacho Picasso, and Sam Lachow.

For those of you who don't follow this stuff, the Sonics got sold to some guy who brought them to OKC, and now Seattle is hoping to get the Sacramento Kings (unlikely, IMO) to bring back the Sonics.

Decal distributed at last night's Bring Our Sonics Back concert.

H to the Oopster. What is more hoopster than cheering for a team that hasn't even existed since 2008? Imagine this: a full-to-capacity Neumo's crowd wearing the green and yellow of an extinct NBA team (Neumos is in the heart of Cap Hill, hipster-town USA), comparing jerseys (Durant rookie jersey?), cheering on Shawn Kemp (of the Sonics 1989-1997... he kicked off the party), and screaming along to Geo of the Blue Scholars' rap about Sonics players from the 90s and early 00s (hipster rap + basketball = hoopster).



Throughout the night, performers updated the crowd on the score of the OKC vs Memphis game. As Memphis rallied late in the game, the crowd's reaction was mixed. Cheers for ousting the team that was stolen from Seattle, but boos for beating the team that is really still the Sonics.

As one man in front of me proclaimed, "It's like if my wife got kidnapped by pirates. I would still love her, even if she were kidnapped."