City to press lawsuit against Sonics owners

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In order for Howard Schultz to fight Clay Bennett in court, the city of Seattle needs to do its part by pushing ahead with its own lawsuit to keep the team in Seattle another two years, says Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis. [link]

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Ciess Not Gonna Settle
Published 4/24/2008 by Brian Robinson at SonicsCentral.com - Sonics basketball will return!
We need a new thread. Take a look at Greg Johns article today. I am not certain how, even if they wanted to the city could accept a cash buyout now. I would have to think that given the pending litigation if they agreed to take $100M to settle, and made that conditional upon Clay having legally established control of the team that they would then have to put the money in escrow and have it sit there pending the outcome of the Schultz case. Would you want to be the mayor that played Judas, sold the team, then never even collected a dime of the blood ...

NBA Playoff Triple Threat: Revenge of the 0-2's
Published 4/25/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... Carl Landry, Hou: 7 points, 11 rebs, 2 blk (1 season saving) Washington Wizards: 52.1% FG, 8-19 3PT, 20 ast, 13 stl Rumors du Jour Brown steps down as Sixers VP - Honestly, I don't really care what Larry Brown does anymore. Chuck Person on Knicks wish list - This would likely be for an assistant's job, as the head job remains Mark Jackson's to lose. Seattle to continue lawsuit - At one point does waiting for the inevitable become worse than ...

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