kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 23 2008 | nba, seattle, local, sonicsSeattle's last chance ...
Quoted: Former SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz filed suit Tuesday to undo his sale of the team to an Oklahoma City-based group led by Clay Bennett, saying Bennett lied to him by insisting he planned to keep the NBA franchise in Seattle. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks to deprive Bennett's group of "the fruits of its deception" by rescinding the sale, and described Bennett's actions as... - National Basketball Association news
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 11 2008 | seattle, nba, sports
Shocking news ... or not. This does seem to let David Stern off the hook a bit though. I read elsewhere that Governor Gregoire was going to ask the NBA not to approve the relo next week due to these revelations and to instead find a way to have some REAL "good-faith" efforts to keep the team in Seattle.
Quoted: E-mail messages between SuperSonics owner Clay Bennett and team co-owners appear to show Bennett misled NBA commissioner David Stern on the group's intentions to move the team to Oklahoma City before all avenues for a new arena in Seattle were closed. The messages have become part of the team's dispute with the city of Seattle over the two years remaining on its KeyArena lease. - National Basketball Association news
ShareViewed: 1 Time - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 20 2008 | seattle, nba, news
If road teams won't want to play in OKC, how hard will be be to get players who will actually want to be on a team based in OKC?
Quoted: Shaquille O'Neal and other Phoenix Suns personnel say they can't see Oklahoma City as a better NBA city than Seattle.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 08 2007 | seattle, nba, news
Ouch ...
Quoted: NBA commissioner David Stern warned on Thursday that if the SuperSonics leave Seattle he sees no way the league would ever return to the city. "I'd love to find a way to keep the team there," he said, "because if the team moves, there's not going to be another team there, not in any conceivable future plan that I could envision, and that would be too bad." At a news conference following his... - National Basketball Association news
ShareViewed: 2 Times - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 24 2007 | seattle, news, NBA
wow ... this thing is escalating ...
Quoted: Seattle city officials filed a lawsuit Monday to keep the SuperSonics from leaving town. The lawsuit filed in King County Superior Court was a counter move to a Sonics' attempt to be released from their lease on KeyArena. According to the complaint, "The Sonics promised to 'play all home games ... exclusively"' at the arena at the Seattle Center through Sept. - National Basketball Association news
ShareViewed: 1 Time - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 13 2007 | seattle, nba, news
Boo!
Quoted: OKLAHOMA CITY - OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoma City energy tycoon says the group that purchased the Seattle SuperSonics hopes to move the NBA franchise to Oklahoma City, but he acknowledges the team could make more money in the Pacific Northwest.
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