Seattle hasn't quite gotten over the loss of its NBA franchise.

The Supersonics left Seattle for Oklahoma City in 2008. Since then, the city has yearned for basketball to return. The fan base cries in anguish any time a franchise hints at a sale. It happened with Toronto, Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Clippers and now the Atlanta Hawks.

This time, the city's Super Bowl hero made the first cry. And so it begins.

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Atlanta Dream forward Brionna Jones (24) cuts between Indiana Fever guard Shey Peddy (5) and forward Brianna Turner (11) in the first half of a WNBA basketball playoff game in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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