Report: Ex-owner will sue to get Sonics back

 

Published 4/15/2008 at FOXSports.com News for NBA

Claiming he was misled by new owner Clay Bennett, former Seattle SuperSonics owner Howard Schultz is planning to file a lawsuit in hopes of rescinding the sale of the team, according to a report in the Seattle Times. [link]

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Howard Schultz says he wants the Sonics back. Nearly two years after selling Seattle's NBA franchise to Oklahoma City investors, the Starbucks mogul is preparing to file a lawsuit against current Sonics chairman Clay Bennett to rescind the July 2006 sale.
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Schultz says he'll sue to get Sonics back

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NBA commissioner David Stern said Monday that the recent release of e-mails involving Clay Bennett's ownership group has done nothing to change his feelings about the Sonics' situation.
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