Noooooo! Well, no Bynum for the playoffs. Bummer.

Quoted: More than four months after Andrew Bynum injured his left knee, it's been decided the Los Angeles Lakers center will undergo arthroscopic surgery.

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.

Poor Penny ...

Quoted: Penny Hardaway's comeback attempt with the Miami Heat is over. The 36-year-old forward was waived Wednesday, a move that cleared the roster spot Miami needed to sign another former first-round draft pick -- guard Luke Jackson. Hardaway signed a non-guaranteed contract with Miami this summer after recovering from an array of injuries that kept him off the court for nearly three full seasons. - National Basketball Association 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

Headline should be "Lakers owner says that he does indeed smoke crack".

Quoted: Jerry Buss has already shown that he'll part with superstars. Yet upon hearing that the Los Angeles Lakers' owner would consider trading Kobe Bryant, even Shaquille O'Neal was shocked. "I guess it's business before loyalty. But, wow. He said that?" O'Neal said Thursday in Miami after learning Buss told reporters he would trade Bryant under the right circumstances. - National Basketball Association news

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

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.

hmm ... I don't know that this issue demands governmental inquiry. perhaps our government should spend time on some better issues right now.

Quoted: The chairman of a House subcommittee is requesting a meeting with NBA commissioner David Stern concerning the betting scandal involving former referee Tim Donaghy. Rep. Bobby Rush, who heads the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, said he is also considering calling a hearing on the matter "should the facts warrant public scrutiny." "If the allegations prove true, this could be... - National Basketball Association news

Is this picture supposed to be his house? An NBA ref can afford this house?

Quoted: Police staked out former NBA referee Tim Donaghy's home after he received two telephone threats following disclosure that the FBI is investigating him for betting on games he worked. Both calls seemed to come from the same unidentified caller, Manatee County Sheriff's Office spokesman Randy Warren said. - National Basketball Association news