Former Guns 'n' Roses member and current Velvet Revolver member Duff McKagan with a unique perspective on the downfall of the near great Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton Sonic team. I, personally, had forgotten all about Jim McIlvaine.
Tom (Princeton, NJ): Would you compare the Scott Weiland-era in Velvet Revolver to the Shawn Kemp-era in Seatle? It was fun, unpredictable, and successful....but in the end was too destructve and volatile for its own good?
Duff McKagan: Right. Well, that season, 95 or 96, after we went to the Finals, the following season I got season tickets. That's when McIlvane came in and got more money than Kemp. Although Kemp was trying to be cool, he was ticked off they peeled of 12 large for that guy. I think it drove Kemp to just being more visible with his drinking and week and stuff.
