Sonics will move to OKC for 2008-09 season. Sonics name stays with Seattle

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[QUOTE=Jailblazers7]This is unfortunate. I think they should leave the Sonic name and jerseys in Seattle and start fresh in OKC. Similar to when the Browns moved to Baltimore. Maybe some day the Sonics can arise again just like the Browns did.[/QUOTE]
That's what's going on...

The NBA well come back to Seattle within another 6-10 years. But I agree with you guys Sterns should step down in the near future.

[QUOTE=RainierBeachPoet]shultz could have easily sold the team to local investors[/QUOTE]

False

[QUOTE=veilside23]the only season that they have a healthy peja and david west .. plus they lose 7 games to the [B]SPURS[/B] no excuse but i wont be surprise if they will make it to the WCF next season... as long as they can make the right move to get a good backup for mo pete or a better starter than mo pete.. I hate to go off the topic but just answering your question.[/QUOTE]

I am talking about the Jazz.

I know NO is good, which is why the fact nobody supports the team is pathetic.

Imagine they moved to Seattle? The support they would get is mind boggiling.

RBP .. i wonder how much money clay bennett gave to stern to get the approval of moving seattle to OKC ... :confusedshurg:

its all about the benjamins stern probably knew that his time to be changed is near that's why he agreed to approve the movement just for him to have $$$ before he sits his a$$ off... talk about a life insurance :banghead:

[QUOTE=gts]well it appears that after a few days in court because the two parties couldn't reach a deal, today before the judge made her ruling both sides realized they could come to some form of understanding...lol[/QUOTE]
ok what parties and what court, i'm talking about the whole story? like I don't know what happened at all, why did they have a hearing at court, what happened originally? I'm wondering the whole story:confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=Raj Da Dodge]ok what parties and what court, i'm talking about the whole story? like I don't know what happened at all, why did they have a hearing at court, what happened originally? I'm wondering the whole story:confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]


reading is something go here [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Supersonics[/url]

go to the Relocation to Oklahoma City you will see the answers
[QUOTE]In 2006, the Sonics were sold to an investment group led by Clayton Bennett, who said the team would stay in Seattle if a new arena complex was built. Yet, in August 2007, Sonics co-owner Aubrey McClendon announced publicly to The Journal Record that, "we didn't buy the team to keep it in Seattle; we hoped to come here." After receiving a private warning from NBA commissioner David Stern, Bennett responded, assuring Stern that, "As absolutely remarkable as it may seem, Aubrey and I have NEVER discussed moving the Sonics to Oklahoma City, nor have I discussed it with ANY other member of our ownership group[/QUOTE] or better yet go here [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics_proposed_relocation_to_Oklahoma_City[/url]

[QUOTE=Raj Da Dodge]ok what parties and what court, i'm talking about the whole story? like I don't know what happened at all, why did they have a hearing at court, what happened originally? I'm wondering the whole story:confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]

The sonics have always had a bad lease on the Key Arena with Seattle. Howard Schultz, former owner, was losing too much money, and sold the team to Clay Bennett and a group from OKC. Clay promised to make a "good faith" effort to keep the team in Seattle. This "Good Faith" Effort consisted of complaining about the lease, getting Stern to deem the Key Arena unsuited to play basketball in, and propose a 100% Publicly funded arena in Renton, WA (South of Seattle). Seeing that this arena would cost $500 million, and not one cent would come from Bennett, it was shot down in the vote. To Bennett, this meant that Seattle wanted no part of the NBA. However, he still had a lease with Seattle until 2011 to use the Key Arena (From old ownership). Realizing the outrage that would come up if the city did nothing, the city sued Bennett for trying to break the lease early, trying to keep the team in Seattle for two more seasons (This trial). Today, the two sides settled out of court.

Howard Schultz also realized that Bennett never had any intention of keeping the Sonics in Seattle. He is now suing for Breach of contract, hoping to get the team back. This trial will probably start at the end of the summer (rough guess).

[QUOTE=RainierBeachPoet]please forgive me for flooding this thread... as you can tell, i am pissed and this is my way to vent[/QUOTE]

If Toronto had it's team stolen I'd be smashing up cars with a baseball bat. Any fan that really feels a connection to their team has to empathize with the sonics plight. Vent away.

[QUOTE=browntown]The NBA well come back to Seattle within another 6-10 years. But I agree with you guys Sterns should step down in the near future.[/QUOTE]

Stern was pretty hardline during the stadium negations. He might just keep another team out of there as prove of his wrath when cities don't capitulate to a stadium shakedown.

Sorry sonics fans. Must be like losing a family member.

You're welcome to jump on any team without being called bandwagoners.

This is just sad, they have so much history... the Payton/Kemp era the Ray Allen era... Damn

This is sad. Sad day for the NBA and the Sonic fans.

**** clay bennett and **** david stern. those ****ing ****heads should've never pulled the **** they did. screwing over all of seattle and damaging the league. **** them.