"My life, I wouldn't be satisfied if I missed this game," Heuer said. "This is something I had to be at and see."
But other Sonics fans weren’t fooling themselves. Just ask Matt Heuer, a former Sonics employee who now works for the Seattle Storm. Heuer carried 2-year-old nephew Zach Rankin in one hand and a sign that read “Clay Bennett ruined my childhood” in the other.
Congrats to former Sonic employee Matt Heuer and his two-year-old nephew Zach Rankin for cracking the sports section of virtually every major media website in the country today.
Zach Rankin, 2, from left, his mother Heather Rankin, her brother Matt Heuer, of Queen Anne, and Tim Knittel, of Seattle, watch the Portland Trail Blazers play the Oklahoma City Thunder Wednesday evening at Rose Garden Arena in Portland. Heuer said the sign was for his nephew to hold. But he ended up with the job for part of the evening.
Zach Rankin, 2, his mother Heather Rankin, her brother Matt Heuer and Tim Knittel, from left, made the trip from Seattle to root against the Thunder.
Sonics fans display their signs and disdain at the start of the game Wednesday night between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Portland Trail Blazers.
Zach Rankin, 2, displays his opinion of the Thunder's owner. His uncle is former Sonics marketing coordinator Matt Heuer.
