Portland travels further than any other team because "Portland is the only team in the Pacific Northwest." (Geez I'm not a sports fan but who moved the Sonics

Portland travels further than any other team because "Portland is the only team in the Pacific Northwest." (Geez I'm not a sports fan but who moved the Sonics to Oklahoma without telling me?) Anyway yeah look at this map and you can see it: Portland is both near the geographic extent (like Boston, Miami & LA), and relatively far away from its adjacent cities (unlike those 3). https://sportemind.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nba-map.jpeg https://sportemind.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/nba-map.jpeg