That was Vin Baker. The Seattle SuperSonics traded one of their franchise icons, Shawn Kemp, to get Baker and in his first year with his new team, they won 61 games (only Chicago and Utah won more).

Ahead of the 2000 Olympics, Seattle Supersonics star Vin Baker and New York Knicks icon Patrick Ewing were involved in wild trade rumors. Like today, those speculations create a tense atmosphere ...

Vin Baker rejoined the Seattle SuperSonics on Thursday after spending a night in a Los Angeles hospital, where he was taken after experiencing an irregular pulse, the team said. The 6-foot-11 ...

Vin Baker has since recovered from his years as ... Baker had once played for Schultz’s NBA team — the Supersonics — so managing baristas in Connecticut felt like a harsh downgrade.

Vin Baker rejoined the Seattle SuperSonics yesterday after spending a night in a Los Angeles hospital, where he was taken after experiencing an irregular pulse, the team said. The 6-foot-11 ...

SEATTLE — We begin Season 2 of Inside the Arena with a Sonics legend Vin Baker. The four-time NBA All-Star talks about his time in the city, his struggles and how he found sobriety. Baker has ...

The Boston Celtics acquired forward Vin Baker from Seattle on Monday in a five-player deal that sent point guard Kenny Anderson to the SuperSonics. The Celtics also got guard Shammond Williams and ...

Vin Baker’s house foreclosed on ... was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. There he averaged just under 20 points per game. Which was, at least in retrospect, astonishing, because while ...

No matter what Baker did on the court, he was never going to be Shawn Kemp. The Seattle SuperSonics sent Shawn Kemp to Cleveland on Sept. 25, 1997 in a trade that brought back Vin Baker from ...

Oft-maligned Vin Baker showed a fourth-quarter effort that new Seattle SuperSonics coach Nate McMillan has been expecting. Baker, relegated to the bench when McMillan took over last month ...

S E A T T L E, Dec. 20 -- Sure, Gary Payton and Vin Baker of the SeattleSuperSonics have the moves for basketball. But ballet? The answer from the cast and an audience of 2,400 at the ...

Vin Baker best described it when he explained how Payton helped him acclimate despite struggling to fit in with the Seattle SuperSonics. "Gary removed all doubts from my mind. Whenever I was ...