Donaldson To Make Announcement

Mike Seely of Seattle Weekly provides an in-depth look at James Donaldson's quest for the mayoral chair in Seattle, including news that the former Sonic will officially announce his candidacy tomorrow (March 26).

Donaldson has a tough road to travel, as incumbent Greg Nickels has deep pockets and exceptional name recognition. Still, the 7'2" Donaldson received this eye-opening bit of praise from former Tacoma mayor Brian Ebersole:

"He's one of the most modest, kind, sincere, wonderful, good-to-the-core people I know. You feel like you're in the presence of greatness, like the Dalai Lama or Jesus Christ."

Alright then.

KeyArena News; Gelabale Signs

KeyArena will still be KeyArena, even if the Sonics are long gone. Key Bank has inked a deal with the city that will cost them $300,000 a year, down from the $1.3 million they used to pay when the Sonics were still around, Chris Sullivan reports. The city council will vote on the revised payment structure at 2 pm today.

Greg Johns at the PI notes that the city is closely following the progress in the state legislature of the two possible stadium bills currently being considered.

Former Sonic Mickael Gelabale has signed a contract with the Lakers' D-League team, the Los Angeles D-Fenders, Ridiculous Upside reports.. Gelly is hoping to resuscitate his career after a terrible knee injury last season.

Amazing But True

Last year, in his second season in the NBA, at the age of 24, Leon Powe played in 24 playoff games as the Celtics won the NBA title.

Juwan Howard has been a member of the league since 1994 and he currently ranks sixth among active players in regular games played. In all that time - the arrival of the internet, the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, proliferation of cell phones, and so on - Howard has played in 23 playoff games, or one fewer than Powe played in last year.

And you wonder why Juwan keeps playing ...