Bennett to Sonics players: 'Boo hoo'

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When Clay Bennett was told some Sonics players were upset about the prospect of moving to Oklahoma City, his e-mailed response was "Boo hoo," according to a deposition released Friday in advance of the team's upcoming trial. [link]

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Boo Hoo
Published 5/27/2008 by Hoopsvibe.com at HoopsVibe NBA Blog
... city wouldn t agree, Bennett announced he was moving the team to Oklahoma City . Seattle filed suit to keep them in-city through the end of their lease, some e-mails surfaced that made it clear that Bennett wanted to move the team all along, former owner Howard Schultz files suit against Bennett claiming he was dishonest during the team purchase. Court trials loom to decide the fate of the team next season, for sure, and perhaps beyond that. Like I said, do some research. So the new development in all of this, which I alluded to in the lead, is Bennett s feelings about his ...

Northwest Sports: In the Morning
Published 5/27/2008 by Seth (noreply@blogger.com) at Enjoy the Enjoyment
... , the damaging. Aubrey McClendon to Clay Bennett, by way of apologizing for telling a reporter they always intended to move the team: "the truth is we did buy it with the hope of moving to Oklahoma City." Yikes. Now, via the P-I's Greg Johns, the embarrassing: When Bennett was told that some Sonics players weren't keen on a move to OKC, he wrote: "Boo hoo." Nice! ... ...

Bennett Joins the Chorus
Published 5/27/2008 by PN (noreply@blogger.com) at Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!
... That quote comes courtesy of Greg Johns' article in the PI today. You'll also read about Bennett's empathy towards the players' desire to remain in Seattle ("Boo hoo") as well as Aubrey McClendon yet again showing why he was so sincere about keeping the team in Seattle ("The truth is we did buy it with the hope of moving to Oklahoma City.") ...

Tuesday Bullets
Published 5/27/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Greg Johns of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Among the hundreds of thousands of words transcribed on 470 pages of depositions taken by lawyers for the upcoming trial between the city of Seattle and the Sonics' ownership group over the team's KeyArena lease, there are two Clay Bennett would surely love to take back. Boo hoo. In an e-mail to Oklahoma-based public relations consultant Brent Gooden after hearing some of the Sonics players were upset about the prospect of moving the franchise to Oklahoma City, Bennett responded by writing, 'Boo hoo,' ...

Even More Emails Burying Clay Bennett And The Sonics' Move To Oklahoma
Published 5/27/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... In an e-mail to Oklahoma-based public relations consultant Brent Gooden after hearing some of the Sonics players were upset about the prospect of moving the franchise to Oklahoma City, Bennett responded by writing, "Boo hoo." ...

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