Former NBA forward Detlef Schrempf has been one of the biggest proponents of bringing back the Seattle SuperSonics.
Of course, Schrempf spent six of his 16 years in the NBA with the franchise, which was relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008 and renamed the Thunder, who just so happened to win the NBA Finals recently.
Schrempf has revealed that commissioner Adam Silver has told him multiple times that he's working on bringing the franchise back, and Schrempf is continuing to apply as much pressure as he can on Silver.
However, that has been Silver's response for over a decade now, Schrempf said, and he's clearly sick and tired of waiting.
"We still have a really good fan base here, that's ready to go," Schrempf told 93.3 KJR. "But if they come out of these talks again in July and say 'well, this is not the right time,' I'll be very disappointed, and I'm not sure I can still say it's the best game in the world."
Schrempf's comments come before owners are expected to hold expansion talks in July at the board of governors meetings in Las Vegas, where the NBA commish is hoping to "take the temperature of the room."
"We are very focused on it. We don't take those fans for granted. The fact that we're not ready to make any public announcements with a specific timeline doesn't mean we don't care a lot about those fans," he said of bringing back the Seattle franchise earlier this year.
The love for the SuperSonics is still strong, and any conversation about basketball in the 90s includes the Seattle franchise and its impressive trio of Schrempf, Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.
In all, the SuperSonics made three trips to the NBA Finals, winning one in 1979. The aforementioned trio made an appearance in the 1996 Finals but lost to the legendary 72-win Chicago Bulls team.