Sonics fans held a Thunder hate-watch party for Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Mike's Chili Parlor in Ballard. But hate was not the foremost feeling here.

In a booth, Mike Semandiris (the bar’s fourth-generation owner) sits across from Donald Watts (the former Husky hooper and son of Sonics legend Slick Watts).

Will more generations watch Sonics basketball at Ballard’s original sports bar? We know what great grandma Raben and Slick Watts would want. But on Friday, a “hate watch” will work.

SEATTLE — Hate is not the foremost feeling here. It’s 7:41 p.m. on Friday, and a “Let’s Go Pacers” chant bounces off the walls of Ballard’s original sports bar. It may be the first ...

NBA expansion is possible, but a title for the city that took Seattle's franchise in 2008 would still sting: "It's not their team." ...

In a booth, Mike Semandiris (the bar’s fourth-generation owner) sits across from Donald Watts (the former Husky hooper and son of Sonics legend Slick Watts).

Seattle loves its Sonics. But it also hates the Thunder, Clay Bennett, Howard Schultz, David Stern and anyone associated with a nasty divorce that left them with nothing but memories.

Looking back on a legendary life and career, it's no wonder he will be honored with a statue outside Climate Pledge Arena, where his teams once ruled the NBA.

SEATTLE — Lenny Wilkens’ eyes flicker and his soft voice rises to an occasional crescendo as he tells the stories that have shaped his life.